Only a week or so into the new term and already i feel swamped by an explosion of activity closing in from every angle. The “Wilson Gallery” shows are to start with regularity and the first is entitled “Abstraction”. I feel a need to exhibit my work, as I believe this will be the best opportunity for me to achieve a more objective view of my work, whilst at the same time being able to better contextualise the whole process. I attended a meeting of reps from each of the MA subjects and a brief discussion was held. I dont feel enough time was spent on the finer points, but I do appreciate that time is of the essence and a show needs to be organised, curated and hung in the space of a week, so deliberation and contest may be counter-productive. I have posted a request with Alain Ayers for plinths and DVD players and have had a meeting with him to get the ball rolling. I shall make myself available at certain points next week to help further with the setting up, but I have decided not to show any work at this show. I was interested in the theme because of my work involving very specific methods of abstraction. I am very much looking at the definition of abstraction as being a form of subtraction. Subtracting what is not needed and framing, focussing on or just hi-lighting what is core. This is what I have been doing with Moth and Tango. But I believe also that my work should be able to fit in to other themed shows as there are more facets to underline within the pieces.
As for the progress with my pieces, I am still on the verge of seeing through some of the experimentation that I flagged up from my previous films. I need toresolve these enquiries soon as I want to be working solidly on my final piece, and I also need to feel confident that this is underway. One final element to this final piece will be the quality aspect of the visuals. So far I have relied on, and been quite pleased with, the footage I have shot on my basic miniDV camcorder, but this could be improved by using 3chip cameras. Further to this, I would like to move away from the direct and clearcut methods of editing and introduce filers and the like. Thismay not work in the way I find pleasing, but at this stage I am too aware of what is going on on the screen regardless of how much I am cropping out. The introduction of ambiguity might be just what I need.
As for my forthcoming fight, i am now training with a pro, Dave, twice a week, along with my other conditioning sessions, and am feeling on top of my game. I got knocked out on saturday by a rather excitable heavyweight, so no moresparring with the big boys!
