Alot can happen in a day.



my installation which has been constantly pushed back since i started making it by unforseen hiccups is finally finished.......sort of, well i had it all set up, it looked okay, not too bad and i set up the light and leave it ready for viewing tommorow...go back to see it when i am about to leave and the light is off...the plug is super hot, so my lamp blew...great so what i have to do is not put it through the dimmer swicth, and hope for the best...also i'll have to turn it one each morning and off each evening, which means being in uni for longer than i really want to....at least it'll force me to work more.

so even though im working tommorow i'm heading into uni early to try and sort out the problem, and if it can't be sorted quickly then i've asked james to kindly sort out a light for me.

seeing as it opens tommorow (on the posters) i don't want to have to push back the dates anymore...

all i want to do is record a little of what noise people make when they enter the little space, take a few photos and then move it out into the street, which is my next stage in the installations process.

see i've been working on this idea for a couple of weeks and envisioned it as a room piece, confined to uni or a gallery, i originally dwelled on the idea of making it a street installation but thought better of it. now after seeing what it looks like, which is okay at best in my opinion, i beileve it would work alot better in the street. so next thursday i will be semi-performing/installing this piece in another incarnation throughout areas of cardiff town centre. i will hopefully be videoed and photographed (thanks james)


also, after this piece is done, i have an idea for a performance.
more like a performance exercise to see whether it would work as a performance. I thought of it while i was thinking about exercises i could make while in my room for my degree piece, which by the way i was refused of but now i have another prospective venue!
The performance this time around would be for camera, and at least 3 hours long. it would entail constant pelvic floor muscle exercises, as a sort of comment on the importance we now put in apperance and superficial qualities of our sexual organs.

some may say having a tighter pussy is great for both parties, i can't help but think its a waste of energy, i remember when it started becoming a big practice that it was touted as

"an exercise that you can do while doing other things!"

like hoovering? ironing? making dinner? massaging your spouses feet? while you read your jilly cooper novels? while you strip for your web-cam? or perhaps while your write that hard hitting feminist column for your fan-zine?

It makes me laugh because i think back to writings i looked over for my dissertations and practice research, about men fearing the vagine because they beileved it to have teeth and that they would be castrated should they be tempted into intercourse. the writings then go on to talk about instances of female "castration" where parts of the labia are lopped off, all very interesting mind you! but yes, pelvic floor exercises encourage the thought of taking a hold of men through strength of sex.

oh also fairly exciting news! Simon aeppli (our tutor) let us know of a festival in france that would be interested in a dvd containing performancce and video work from our college. being the only performer in attendance i took the task of organizing the performance side of the dvd, which will be extra work....but worth it, exposure and all that.

I also got quite excited about something which i saw the most recent E-digest:

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A.3) animate:SPACE @ TescoDisco, 25th April
Calling performers, live artists, scenographers, installation artists, sculptors, and video artists for an exciting happening at ‘Hedges and Butler’, Oxford Circus, on 25th April.

animate:SPACE was set up by MA Scenography and Architecture graduates who share an interest in unique performance events, which occur outside the constraints of traditional theatrical institutions. Their multidisciplinary approach to the design and facilitation of performances makes their events unique and important in providing a platform for new and exciting performance-based work.

We are currently curating an art/performance event on the 25th April for Tescodisco club. The evening is themed as ‘Dominatrix Sleeps Tonight’, although it is not essential that proposals follow this theme.

Please send no more than 1 page of A4 word document and 1 A4 jpg image file. Please include the following:
1. Name
2. Contact telephone/email
3. Project title
4. Project description
5. Artist bio
6. Technical specification

Deadline for application: 9th April.

For more information: window@animatespace.com

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Dominatrix eh? well having worked with one and currently awaiting more meetings with her (such a wonderful woman) i think perhaps i should try to put something in for this!

i'll be working on that from now on, and also the other stuff!