Exhibition
January 14, 2012
My thoughts have for some time lingered on the possibilities presented by exhibiting work or a piece of work which reflects, supports, or simply illustrates this project. For me although the research centres on typography, it is also the relationship the viewer has with a piece of graphic communication in which type might appear – and the appropriateness its environment effects.
The focal point of any publicity within an adult learning centre is “the Notice board”, and it is this element which I’m currently aiming to interpret within any exhibition space. This in turn will provide the frame for any work which is produced through and as a result of my action research.
Tutorials have raised consideration of previous installations such as that of Martin Boyce (Turner Prize Winner, 2011 – in particular “We are Soundless Until Spoken”, 2010, where scratched and scraped graffiti sprawl across a wooden desktop) as well as a 2010 exhibition of prison doors at Edinburgh Castle, where graffiti again is etched, recording the meandering of inmates minds (video footage of these is provided below).
My own personal interest is the visceral, core realisation, where the opportunities education offers can enable social mobility and life improvement. The question, ‘What if. . .’ perpetuates the thought of the prospective learner.
I am trying to source components for the exhibition, before demolition consigns history to a skip. Watch this space.
