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Instructions for getting into the Dome - AVA July 2017 |
July in Novemeber: I left my last post on a bit of a cliff hanger. I was supposed to have revealed what happened re Sasol. Well I had my first failure in a long time. I know why and yes I could have kicked myself I'm not too down about it. Just irritated.
So why July in November. Well to be honest I think I have been posting blogs in my dreams and have been waking up thinking that I have actually done something. Well I am awake now and decided to post something and well, I have discovered the truth, it seems that I have been in a state of delusion for a few months now.
So what have I missed out?July, post Sasol hand in I put up the Dome at AVA. First time that it has been up in a while. The lower panels got a bit trashed, mostly because people didn't read the instructions. Also some of those connected to the gallery who were not aware of the Dome's imminent arrival had problems with their jaws hanging on the ground. In terms of audience participation things turned out well.
I also ran some workshops at AVA which was having a photofocus month. The workshops were mostly attended by kids. The worry being the attention span needed and that the fact that taking a pinhole photograph takes much longer than taking a photo with a phone camera. Everything turned out alright. The one kid decided to do a series of photographs of cigarette butts!
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Pinhole Camera taking a photograph |
While I was at AVA Andrew Fernstein popped into the gallery so that I could start work on his portrait.
Was it August or was it September? Anyway Intoto had a show and my work was sold before the opening night. That was cool and made the finances happy for the moment.
October October October hmmmm. Anything to speak of ? I'm not sure. No. Does installing water tanks count?
November? Yip something has happened. I gave a talk of my work at the Creative Camera Club, Cape Town. It's been over a year since I had given a presentation so I have to admit that I was a little bit worried. But going on the reaction of the audience, I think that it went ok. (sorry to Club members for the low res quality of their logo)
So that is that for now. I am still chasing after candidates for my next series of portraits. It seems though that people in politics are not so keen as people or available as artists are.
