CRITICAL FINE ART PRACTICE

Degree show meeting minutes 19/1/09

2009-01-19T18:44:00.000-08:00

Present: Adam, Cameron, Clare, Lenka, Sina, ttfb (later Lucy)

We first discussed the ideas that people had had concerning the work they want to produce and how it could be set up in the studio. They are as follows:

Anna: camera obscura or potentially projecting onto the floor and ceiling...may build a room to achieve this.
Lizzie: ten armchairs, maybe five, in an open space with people on them.
Clare: moving fabric suit. Perhaps flying.
Janna: architectural model of London in the centre of 206
Cameron: will need 3x2 metres of floorspace with enough space to move around it.
Ellie: wallspace for flatscreen tv, or perhaps documentation area (see below)
Adam: Dubailand documentary, will need projection space
Thomas: tv on wall stand and space for a bed
Lucy: two kaleidescopes next to a window, preferably in 207 as there is more light, and wallpaper.
Esther: desk to relay information to another area, as a headquarters.
Kathryn: video installation
Lenka: film animation, perhaps projected, but maybe on flatscreen tv depending on resolution.
Richard: unsure, possibly film.

The documentation area was discussed. Ellie has approached the group suggesting that her work would be to create the documentation area and, as her work deals with the fabrication of other egos, her work would be to insert new documentation for a 'missing' member of the group (as far as i understand it...you may need to ask her about it). The group discussed how if Ellie is willing to create the documentation area as her work then this would be advantageous for everyone, as the space would be created without it being, as Clare reminded the group, a potential afterthought or a neglected area of the exhibition. We therefore decided that if it were still her intention then she should go ahead with it.

We then discussed the prospect of other students helping with the exhibition. It is rumoured, as i mention to Sina, that Alex is against the idea of first years helping with the construction of the show, and that there is talk that the first years will be taken by her to Berlin during May. Sina mentions that the event was purely a misunderstanding and that Alex was not aware that the show was being set up in that month, so the dates have been moved. It was mentioned how the sheer number of students currently means that if everybody took part in helping with the show then each third year would potentially have three helpers each. It was suggested that, considering that not everyone in the third year will need three people and may result in a lot of people turning up to help only to be left at a loose end, Sina's response was to suggest that all those willing to help could be seperated into designated groups, such as a group helping with painting, or cleaning, or construction etc. This would mean that they could even be set certain days in which these tasks could be undertaken, meaning the job would get done quicker and more efficiently and leave time for the helping student to continue with their own work if a project is set for them by their tutors (particularly as the second year show immediately preceeds a large part of the show set up.)
Last year there was a session where the plan was to congregate as an entire course and be allocated a specific third year to help. Here the third year explained a bit about their work and other students would drift towards the one they felt most akin with...or something. The group suggested this could be done more informally, perhaps immediately before or ideally immediately after the easter term, that way if a third year was allocated a specific helper the helping student would not be thrown into having to help someone they don't know very well. Perhaps this could also be a bonding session of sorts where we all go out and get drunk again (editorial addition).

We then discussed idea of a gift shop. The difficulty is that we are unsure how many people want to go ahead with this idea seriously. ttfb said that he is going to be selling product at the show and if needed would do it next to his work, but if a shop was in place would have it to sell there. Adam said he would be willing to make DVDs of his work and personalised mugs and old tshirts from the Hilary Clinton campaign that he has obtained from a friend. Lenka said she could make posters from film stills of her work. There was also talk of cfap pencils being made, or as Sina suggested simply pencils that stated 'I hopefully graduated at Brighton 2009'. It was made clear that if a person was eager on having a product in the shop that they would finance its production personally and equally keep their share of the reward. There was also the suggestion that the shop need not only have products by us but also by other students who allow us to take a commission for every one of their products that is sold. Depending on the turnaround the shop could be set up simply during the actual show set up and the products could be made while the show was being marked in preparation for the private view. There was the suggestion that the shop might not work if it doesn't fit curatorially, there is also the question of having to provide and extra person to safeguard the transactions, unless there is a donation box instead.

We also talked a little bit about the catalogue after most people had left. Cameron's suggestion for the catalogue is that, in order to maintain that everyone gets the content they want in the catalogue, everybody would be given an A4 sheet in which they could produce what they want, the only recurring detail being that the name of the artist would have to go in the same place with the same typeface etc. That way everyone can include whatever they like with regards to the work shown. This would mean that the catalogue could be 32 a5 pages in colour, meaning with 13 artists with a double page spread each plus a double page group portrait and a front and back cover would leave two pages free, either for a foreword by Mick perhaps or a page of advertising to help finance it or whatever. There would be no need for a contents page as the artists would be in alphabetical order. If everyone is pleased with this idea we can all be issued sheets, given a date with which to complete it and then research printing costs for that particular format. Would we charge for it?

We (cameron, lucy, ttfb) then discussed the style of the show and possible recurring themes that appear that may change how the show looks. One theme we can see emerging is that of domesticity, or the domestic backdrop. Lucy wants to put up wallpaper in one room as it ties in with her dissertation; Lizzie intends to have a number of armchairs and has placed importance on the comfort of the visitor; ttfb intends to have the idea of the hotel inherent in his piece, and would happily have Lucy's wallpaper interfere with the work; Cameron is making work that relates to functions of labour-saving appliances; Ellie, in making a documentation area, would likely be making an area where people would be encouraged to stop and rest and explore the work , so perhaps this would benefit from being a homely surrounding. IF this was a related strand in the work that people with such work were willing to persue, there is the possibility that 207 could be set up as an area pertaining to a luxury hotel room or a living room, with at least five people displaying people work there, and having 206 and 206a as areas that look more like the white cube gallery space, which assuming we don't get 204 would mean one person exhibiting in 206a and seven in 206. We talked more about this for a bit.

TO DO FOR NEXT WEEK:

- all attending prepare to explain dissertation subject, as a means of deciding whether a specific curatorial stance should be taken.
- print out plan of the studio so we can begin mindshowering the potential placement of people in the rooms.
- anything else anyone wants to suggest.

Degree show meeting minutes 5/1/09

2009-01-11T12:07:00.000-08:00

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Degree Show Meeting minutes 5/1/09

Present: Adam, Anna, Cameron, Clare, Ellie, Esther, Janna, Kathryn, Lizzie, Lucy, Me, Mick, Sina.

The first question was about funds. How much do we need to make a degree show?
Sina pointed out that the CFAP budget has potentially £600. This does not mean we have £600 in cash, it means that there are certain places that we can order things from via the university and that it can be up to that price. Usually this budget covers for buying painting materials (paint and rollers largely) and for cleaning, and for some chipboard if it's needed.

We might need money for vinyl lettering and other extras. It was also agreed that we'd like a catalogue, this would be something we'd need to raise money for. We would also need a deadline for handing in any work we'd want put in the catalogue and any text we'd want accompanying it, so that it can be printed before the show. The deadline was not set.

Dates for your diary:
Hayley Newman (external examiner) visit for meet and greet: 27th February
Dissertation deadline: 26th March
Day of furniture removal from studio: 11th May
Deadline for show: 22nd May. The following week would be for internal marking and the week after that for external marking.
Degree show takedown: by Friday 12th June. DO NOT BOOK A HOLIDAY BEFORE THEN.

Some of the third years are worried that Alex is against the idea of the first years helping out with the degree show, the evidence being last year. There was talk of a project being set for them in the third term that would swallow up all their time. The second year show in the gallery is shifted to May due to the gallery's centenary/bi-centenary/whatever, and this may cause problems. Mick is unsure of these dates and will check.

We talked for a bit about whether we should use chipboard or not. It looks a bit rubbish, is very heavy to shift upstairs, but is cheaper than other wood. Still don't know.

Room 204 may be available, as well as 206a, which are good rooms to project in. It is evident that quite a few people will be making film work that they want to project, including Adam, Lenka and presumably Richard. How do we decide who gets where in this instance? Should we collect ideas for work soon so we can 'curate' in this way?

To that end, what would the curatorial angle be? If any?
Would we ask an outside influence to curate the show? Peter Suchin, Rob & Tom, Mick, Sina, Goldsmith's students? Seeing as the curator doesn't really have a choice of what goes in the show and what doesn't, does it null their responsibilities somewhat?
Will the exhibition definitely be in the studio? Mick mentioned that the economic downturn may lead to lots of empty shops eager to fill the space with anything for little money, could this be a possibility? Would we have two dual shows existing at the same time or just do one show offsite if that happened?

Should we write a biog before we 'curate' the show like we did with Unbelievable Crimewave!?
Should we make an advert for the show?
Are we still going to have a gift shop?

Sina pointed out that if you need anything pristine made, like plinths for instance, then you shouldn't ask her and that it's worth investing in getting a professional to do it.

Mick gave the advice that you should not try anything technical that you've not tried before. This was the case with the greenscreen two years ago, it just didn't work.

Also, should the room be seperated? Anna mentioned the possibility of seperating the room with cloth rather than chipboard. Some agreed that seperating the room would be good for individual work but as an exhibition look too fragmented. Some mentioned that with only thirteen people between two rooms might make the room look a bit sparse.

TO DO FOR 12/1/09:
- hunt for empty shop spaces
- look for chipboard alternatives
- try to find a quote for the catalogue
- write short biog or plan for the degree piece if you have it.

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NEWSFELCH

2008-11-26T09:53:00.000-08:00

Hi, sorry me again.

Firstly, the organisation for the CFAP christmas dinner is underway. It will be held at nifty little boozer The Lion And Lobster near Waitrose/the old pier/Lizzie's house (i'm not very good with landmarks, sorry). If you would like to attend, simply bring in £15 to give to Ellie at our meeting tomorrow and then also choose a main meal and a dessert off the menu which is floating about somewhere. They've done us a deal which means we can have the entir upper floor and up to 70 people, and two courses for that amount perhead. You can look at the events page by Adam right here on macebook. If you want a sample of the atmosphere, if not the festive nosh, the plan currently is to visit the pub tomorrow evening in celebration of Lenka's interim presentation, which as you'll recall is tomorrow at 1.30pm in 206a. We might also go out after the dinner itself, the last cfap night-outing we had was proper bubbles (meaning good).

Secondly, the blog is still here! Wheeeey.

Thirdly, do people want to get involved with a CFAP secret santa? i mentioned this on the facebook group but i thought i'd check here. Simple rules, one gift each, under a fiver, you know who you're buying for but not who you're being bought for. If you see. If you're interested let me know tomorrow and i'll e-mail everyone with their allocated giftee as soon as possible - perhaps we could dish them out at the christmas dinner? Bit twee that.

Fourthly (this'll be it for now) i have been approached by Adam from MAVA asking whether CFAP would be interested in getting involved with Dot-to-Dot festival in Brighton on the 12th of December, which is the last day of term. The idea of the festival is that there is an allocated route through Brighton taken by everyone attending, staring somewhere in Kemptown, heading through the North Laines and ending up in Seven Dials. On the route there will be different events occuring across the day that we might be able to do something for. Last year's event was great fun and involved seeing a film screening under the arch next to the train station, a set by Marcus Hessenberg in the middle of a street off Terminus Road, another gig in the car park of Oxfam, being sidled into various exhibitions and performances and getting hit in the face by a paper aeroplane from the top of a shop on Church Street. The idea would be that we would organise something somewhere on the route and let the organisers know so they can lead the gathered throng there at the appropriate point on the journey. Again if you're a facebook person the event lives here, there's a video and some photos of past events there and hopefully at some point the route! Please let me know if you're up for this and if you have an ideas what to do.

Toodles

ttfb xxxxx

Fundraising ideas

2008-11-26T08:35:00.000-08:00

as discussed and suggested by various attendees at the meeting 25/11/08
the ones i think we could feasibly do in the foyer on the 8th-10th i have marked with a *. Please say if you disagree. Remember we could do more than one of them.

* - creating a poster/billboard/pinboard style thing that people pay to advertise or put work on, the tangible equivalent of the budding internet entrepreneur that sold advertising space per pixel as advertising space on his website. This might do well considering that postering for free has been banned in uni, but there might not be that many events on to advertise if that's the angle we're pushing. Maybe we could make a messageboard instead?

* - bring and buy sale. This could even be selling artwork, a craft fair type of thing that we could invite other people to (and maybe charge them for use of the foyer...haha, evil times) or a jumble style sale where we flog some valued possessions/old tat.

* - bake sale. We might have to check if this goes against HELF AN SAYFTY rules (it probably will do in the foyer) but if not we could do like other courses do and just visit the different rooms in the university. Note that sculpture are doing this tomorrow (27/11/08)

* - the key/safe conundrum, where we buy a load of keys and a safe, but only one of the keys can open it. We put a prize inside and people pay to dip their hand in the bag and try it out. There are other activities we could do along these lines, and other risk games like guessing how many sweets are in a jar and that. Maybe we should call it Tempting Fete?

* - selling goodwill messages or carol singing to people. Like prank calls but nicer, so, the person gives you money, calls their mate and then get you to say something nice to them or sing to them or something. Maybe like RickRolling, but more like XmasCaRolling. This could be done to fit any nearby holiday of course, valentine's day, birthdays, pancake day, whatever.

* - portrait painting. Like doing cariatures of people. Or maybe somehow taking the person's photo, pretend to be drawing while someone puts an awful photoshop filter on the portrait, pints it off and hands it back. Play of the con and all that.

- selling merchandise. This was mor for the degree show, and would consist either of individual self-promotion effects or merch aimed at CFAP as a whole. We might have to get pr in.

- starting a film society. Mick suggested this and i'm not sure what he means, maybe charging people to see films we're screening (highly illegal but still practised in uni, cf. filmclub) or milking our contact with the duke of york's picturehouse.

- selling work for the future. This is a risk for both parties really, and might be something again used to better effect at the degree show. We say to a visitor, for instance, that for £1 we will sell them a piece of work that it's taken three hours for us to make in ten years' time, then give them a certificate and a guarantee for it. The gamble for them is whether or not we become famous in the future, as something it takes us three hours to make in the future could be worth loads if we reach the giddy heights of K**th T***n. Plus the other risk is that we lose touch with them or die or decide to stop making art or something, i think you'll have to ask whoever suggested it for details.

Thoughts? Additions? Please say.

ttfb xxxxx

CFAP degree show fundraising (third year -centric)

2008-11-25T11:08:00.001-08:00

Hi everyone, hope you're wrapping up warm.

Today we had a few meetings about forthoming ideas for fundraising. Ester has got hold of us and said that she has booked the foyer between the gallery and the cafe for the 8th, 9th and 10th of December in order to raise funds somehow. This was, i believe, in anticipation of the Santa's grotto idea but i haven't hard anything about this for a while and presume that we don't have enough time to go ahead with it...please tell me if i have assumed wrong.

There were a number of ideas of things we could do instead and i shall post the ideas on the blog ( http://www.criticalfineartpractice.blogspot.com ) later on tonight for you to mull over at your leisure. i think considering we have the space booked we might as well try and use it to make a bit of money to start off with or at least try to promote a better image for cfap, however the hell we do that. It would be good to have another meeting at least, if not two, before the week itself.

One of the problems that occured during the talks though is the issue of fundraising itself. After lunch we had an impromptu discussion about the issue of money and how we can all contribute equally to the show. It's obvious that personal effects should probably be funded and provided by the individual on their own terms, such as contact cards, equipment, construction materials, the work itself, etc. But there will be costs that we'll need to pay for as a group, for instance if we decide to have a catalogue accompanying the show, vinyl lettering or some sort of blurb explaining our motives, the documentation area, and other costs that we likely don't know about. It's been pointed out that the total usually required for a whole year to raise for the degree show is about £2000. Whether this is true of our situation is yet to be discussed, as we've not talked about what sum of money we'll need yet to finance everything, but let's say for sake of example that this is the target we'd be aiming for. A number of ways were suggested to reach this: fundraising ideas or approaching bigger companies for funding or sponsorship; each member of cfap paying on a regular basis, perhaps weekly, a smaller amount of money that culminates in the total denomination, in this case about £5 a week each; paying between £50-£100 each at the beginning of next term after our loans come in and sitting on it, maybe even gaining a bit of interest on it.

The difficulty is that not everyone will agree which method is best. i, for instance, have had a bad experience of fundraising and would rather not spend time and effort on what is essentially a risk, when instead of ploughing the scrilla out of my own wallet into an event or fundraising activity i could simply put the money straight into a kitty. However it became evident in our talks that there will be some people wary of their financial situation and would be more comfortable investing their time into raising money through fundraising than find themselves in their overdraft from putting so much in on a weekly basis or as one lump sum.

The idea that came through from these talks, which i think it would be good to get everyone's opinion on, is that we say, for instance, that everyone owes the cfap degree coffers £150 and that they can provide that money whichever way they see fit, whether straight away, over time or through events that they've organised. Would this be an acceptable method? Would you feel comfortable with it? And would we have an individual treasurer, volunteering or elected?

If you could please please visit the blog at some point in the future and comment on your thoughts then that would be super. There's also a question there about the UC! website that needs answering pretty soon.

Thanks artists (thartists),

ttfb xxxxx

1 year on

2008-11-21T15:25:00.000-08:00

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Have your say!

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Welcome back

2008-10-24T03:11:00.000-07:00

Hello.

i've decided to resurrect this forum for CFAP activity as it's not only a useful tool, but dead blogs are a WASTE OF THE INTERNETS. Use it for what you will.

Here's some upcoming events:

Saturday October 25th (that's tomorrow):
As part of Brighton's pretty massive celebration of British summer time coming to an end, White Night, Brighton University's Grand Parade gallery will be hosting a debate influenced by the current Julian Stallabrass-curated war photography exhibition Iraq Through The Lens Of Vietnam. The debate is called Make Love Not War and is organised by Susan Diab and various members of CFAP and Sussex Visual Cultures Society. You are all welcome to come along and creae a utopian conflict-free world with us.

Don't forget Saturday and Sunday is also the days when that APEC Around Photography thing is on.

Tuesday October 28th: Currently as there is a window in our schedule the third years have decided to present some work in a critique situation, meeting at 11am in the studios. The number of works that will be in show is currently unknown, and the same can be said of the number attending, but i'm hoping that i could perhaps tempt some first years into the discussion for as long as they can afford so as to get some idea of what we are up to. This has not yet been formally discussed, but i intend to storm 207 and like a scruffy pied piper with only the rallying call as my trusty fife lead the swathes of neo-Wildian students to our hollow but welcoming bosom. Or i could just ask.

In the evening Mick will be screening Billy Liar in 205 as part of his Out Of the Sixties week. Because we're well out of the sixties, in case you han't notice.

Wednesday October 29th: Third years have some library thing. Don't quote me on that.

Thursday October 30th: The one you've all been waiting for, the commencement of this year's interim presentations. The first to stand to the pulpit is Adam J Smith who will give a talk on tourist space and the notion of the ironic battle between tourist-provoked artifice that eludes to homeliness and recognisable comfort in areas that are visited by tourists for their supposed sense of exotica and foreign-ness. Should be nice. If you're one of those facebook people you can respondez-vous s'il vous plait here.

Have i missed anything out for next week?

Regards,

The Thomas Ferguson Band

London Trip Monday 25 Feb - details

2008-02-20T16:03:00.000-08:00

Dear All
We will be meeting at Victoria Station at the flower stall near Smiths main entrance at 11.15am on Monday 25 Feb. If you want to organise group tickets from OneStop travel again that will definitely save you money. I will already be in London on Monday morning so won't be able to travel up with you but will meet you there at the flower stall. We are meeting Alex and first years there. Plan is to visit smaller and commercial galleries: Lisson, Haunch of Venison, Timothy Taylor etc. East End galleries and Vyner St etc are mostly not open on Mondays so we'll do that another time. Some notes and press releases are attached to an email to you for your perusal in advance.
See you there!
All the best
Susan
PS Please pass the word around if you think anyone might be likely not see this blog before Monday!

< / UNBELIEVABLE CRIMEWAVE >

2008-02-19T13:49:00.000-08:00

Exhibition take-down

2008-02-18T04:21:00.000-08:00

GALLERY EXHIBITION TAKE-DOWN
TUESDAY 19TH FEB 2008

I will be in from 8am and start taking down everything that hangs from the ceiling.

Please note that I have to be away from 10am, as I have to do video inductions for sculpture all day.

Please make sure that you take all your equipment back to the media centre.
(Tom – you will need a key for your padlock. It’s booked in the media centre under my name).

Small plinths need to go back up into our studios.

The bigger plinths need to be taken apart and brought to the skip (unless painting wants to use them). Thus you will have to get rid of Lizzie’s dancefloor and “seating area” and “the catalogue display unit” plus the plinth we left outside the gallery.

Thanks everyone.
It’s a great show!
I really liked working on it. You all did really, really well. Definitely my favourite show so far!
If you are that prepared for the degree show then you have nothing to fear!

Sina x
18/02/2008

Lie Down Disco 15/2/2008

2008-02-15T22:52:00.000-08:00

Sleeping Lions Mix
(Dedicated to Billy ‘P’ Sims)

The Thomas Ferguson Band played:

11am

People Like Us – Sing With Melodious Inarticulate Sound…
Listen With Sarah – Another Nice Mix
v/vm – Relax: The Full Story (excerpt)
Hot Chip – The Warning
Rick MacNamara – 20 Years of Confusing Anti-Drug Public Service Announcements in 60 Seconds
Venetian Snares – Horse & Goat
M.A.N.D.Y. vs Booka Shade featuring Laurie Anderson – O Superman
The Heptones – Cool Rasta
The Knife – Heartbeats (OneMusic session version)
Jefferson Airplane – White Rabbit
Emmy The Great – Where Is My Mind?

(nobody lied down)

1pm

People Like Us – Sing With Melodious Inarticulate Sound…
Oliver Postgate – Bagpuss theme
Pinch - Qawwali
Brightblack Morning Light – All We Have Broken Shines
Lata Mangeshkar – Kahin Deep Jale Kahin Dil
Augustus Pablo – Power of the Trinity dub
Pauline Easy – Life On Mars?
People Like Us – Scott Slim
David Schafer – Forever in Love in Reverse
Ziggy Bollus – Another Nice Remix

(Lizzie & the invigilators lied down and some kids roared at me through the window)

3pm

The Lance Gambit Trio – Left Bank 2
People Like Us – Sing With Melodious Inarticulate Sound…
Frank Sidebottom – Guess Who’s Been On Match Of The Day
Albert Kuvezin & Yat-Kha – Love Will Tear Us Apart
The Velvet Underground & Nico – Femme Fatale
Robert Johnson – Dead Shrimp Blues
Belle & Sebastian – I Don’t Want To Play Football
Yeah Yeah Yeahs – Hyperballad (live)
Electrelane – More Than This (Peel session)
Young Marble Giants – Final Day
Caroline Martin – The Singer
Johnny Cash – I See A Darkness (excerpt - disco abandoned halfway due to lack of license)

GALLERY GET-IN WORK SCHEDULE

2008-02-11T04:17:00.000-08:00

OK, this is my rough plan for the two get-in days.
Everyone that can get on with his or her work on their own – go ahead.
If you have time to spare, see whether anyone needs help. There will be a lot of waiting around and tea drinking, but that is part of putting up a show. So if you can, please, please hang around. I bet we need people to run to Dockerill’s several times for last minute purchases!

We might have way too many plinths plus that big wall dividing the space, thus at some point we will need people to carry left-over plinths upstairs (if we want to keep them) or take them apart and skip them. This should ideally happen on Tuesday.

You might also need to paint some part of the walls white again. Make sure you check you space Tuesday morning. You will need to buy paint rollers yourself. I have white paint and we can only use that on the gallery walls!

MOST IMPORTANT:
YOU ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR YOUR EQUIPMENT AND ALL EQUIPMENT NEEDS TO BE SECURED! DON’T UNDERESTIMATE THE THIEVERY THAT GOES ON! THUS MAKE SURE YOU GET PADLOCKS AND SECURITY LOOPS FROM THE MEDIA CENTRE (OR BUY YOUR OWN PADLOCK FROM THE SHOP). INVIGILATION IS SIMPLY NOT ENOUGH ESPECIALLY WHEN IT COME TO LAPTOPS! I WILL GO ROUND FROM TIME TO TIME AND CHECK HOW FAR WE GOT WITH SECURING EQUIPMENT.

TIME TUESDAY ACTION
8-9 Gathering thoughts – waiting for people to come in. Maybe start putting up DebbieMcGees poster (Would need Tom to be in for that)
9-10 Hanging Esthers screen / checking whether outside cable works / installing outside speaker
10-11 “ “
11-12 “ “
12-13 “ “
13-14 If we can, we have a bit of a lunch, but maybe not. See how it goes.
14-15 Hanging Clare’s paper roll from ceiling (given space is clean and tidy enough otherwise it might have to be on Wednesday)
15-16 “ “
16-17 Attach Alex’s speaker to the wall + cd player set-up / Secure Kathryn’s monitor / dvd player
17-18 “ “
18-19 First safety check regarding equipment
19-20 Time buffer

TIME WEDNESDAY ACTION
8-9 Waiting for people to come in
9-10 Hanging Clare’s paper roll, if haven’t done it yesterday.
10-11 If the space is clean and tidy enough – put up Lenka’s screen. This is a 3 person job – I definitely need people to lift up that screen.
11-12 “ “
12-13 Second security check
13-14 Tom cabinet set-up
14-15 Check on Lizzie
15-16 Adam’s set-up + final security check
16-17 Time buffer

If I forgot anything, add it to the list I will put up in the gallery Tuesday morning.
I will see where and when to slot it in.
Thanks a million,
Sina
11/01/2008

Charge your diaries

2008-02-10T11:15:00.000-08:00

Invigilmalation times

2008-02-10T11:08:00.000-08:00

Hello.

Obviously it would be great if people could attend the gallery as much as possible during the exhibition's run, even if it's just to lie down, but here is the timetable of invigilation that was drawn up last week:

Thursday 14th:
9am-1pm: Richard, Alex, ttfb
1pm-5pm: ttfb, CRIT with Rob & Tom

Friday 15th:
9am-1pm: Richard, Lenka, Cameron
1pm-5pm: Lucy, Clare, Kathryn

Saturday 16th:
9am-1pm: Nikki, Clare (someone else here would be good)
1pm-5pm: Lucy, Kathryn (someone else here would also be good - remember there may be a tea party)

Monday 18th:
9am-1pm: Lenka, Nicki, Janna, ttfb
1pm-5pm: Richard, ttfb (any other takers?)

Would also be good to see people tomorrow morning, even from 9am onwards, in case we get to take the gallery by force

two things

2008-02-08T07:42:00.000-08:00

1) We currently have about 70 flyers left, if you know anywhere they would actually be picked up, looked at and considered then ask me or Cameron for some on Monday and set them free pronto. Also if you are on any social networking sites you can still happily bombard your friends 'wall' or whatever it is with these little beauties:

http://i174.photobucket.com/albums/w108/cfap/UCI-Y.jpg (yellow)
http://i174.photobucket.com/albums/w108/cfap/UCI-R.jpg (red)
http://i174.photobucket.com/albums/w108/cfap/UCI-G.jpg (green)
http://i174.photobucket.com/albums/w108/cfap/UCI-B.jpg (blue)

which can all be found here ...so please do.

2) There are still people who have not paid either Cameron or Alex the money they are owed, they are keeping their own list of paids and unpaids so i cannot personally berate you, for shame, but you presumably know who you are.

Yeah.

ttfb

Unbelievable Crimewave countdown

2008-02-08T01:47:00.000-08:00

Dear CFAP Y2

I would just like to echo Sina's words to say that flyers and the catalogue look great and what I have seen of the work is very promising and that I am very much looking forward to seeing the show itself.

Just some info first of all about what will be happening next week: I will be in on Monday all day and then in on Weds as well from around 1.30. Rob and Tom will be with you all day Weds to help set up and Sina will be around Mon - Weds as usual.

Can I suggest that you all turn up first thing Monday in order to show your numbers around the gallery and give the general impression that you are keen and ready to set up so that the take down of the current show gets moving asap.

Anyone showing work on electrical equipment: make sure you test whatever it is you are showing it off (CD/DVD/laptop) on the actual equipment you will be using for the show before Monday (i.e. TODAY) if possible - if you haven't already.

When I come in on Weds afternoon I will be looking at how the exhibition looks and will have an extra critical eye open. Anything that doesn't look up to scratch will have to be redone and I will tell you so directly, so don't be offended, I am warning you now that there won't be much room for compromises.

You then have a crit with R&T on Thurs afternoon and one with myself, Mick and Alex on Monday 18th.

Good luck everyone!

all the best

Susan

Looks good

2008-02-04T05:07:00.001-08:00

Dear All,

i just want to say that i think all looks and sounds pretty good so far.

the concept is great, so are the flyers and catalogue and judging by the floor plan the layout looks pretty good as well. just a little technician's opinion, but i am definitely excited about your show!

Sina x

ps. remember any woodwork for the show is happening Mon 4th - Wed 6th from 11am-5pm. Find me so we can make whatever you need. cheers.

Catalog

2008-02-02T10:12:00.000-08:00

Ok Folks,
This is what the catalog looks like at the moment:

Please post up what you think, if there are any errors you see or any problems/ worries you have with it.

I want to make sure you are all happy with this before it is sent off to be printed.

plan

2008-01-29T06:59:00.001-08:00

Here is the plan for the gallery at the moment - i'm sorry it's not very clear, i'm new to Flash.

Thoughts?

ttfb

Fabrica mailing list

2008-01-25T04:28:00.000-08:00

Hello!

Just to let you know I sent the link for the invite/flyer thing to be sent to the Fabrica mailing list.

That was all :-)
Kathryn
x

'label details' for Unbelievable Crimewave

2008-01-24T10:19:00.000-08:00

By 'label details' we mean any details you want place next to you art piece. ie. Title, Media, date, your name etc.
It's your choice on which details are included.

Brave New World
Digitally Collaged micro-chips and circuit boards, arranged into a 'Cityscape'
Adam J. Smith

ps. i love you
The Guilt Mirrors

An Imaginary and Indefinitly Remote Place
Richard J. Aston

Dance with my father
Mixed Media
Jannathara Rais

Video Installation
Tape
Cameron McEwan

We Are The Debbie McGees
The Debbie McGees

aide-memoire
Clare Wilson

To: Brighton From: Brighton
Paper
Nicole Mucher

Fish and Chips
Fabric, Chips
Nicole Mucher

Lie Down Disco
Elizabeth Banks

Reflections
Kathryn Evans

Skin of the Sky
Lucy Roberts

Cover Versions
Esther Springett

Hyperion
Text on wall, audio
Alexandria Deary

Dance Of The Absurd
Lenka Ivancikova

Objets d'Art

2008-01-23T11:00:00.000-08:00

This is the current list of artworks i have for the gallery:

Richard Aston - floor map sealed with sticky-back plastic
Elizabeth Banks* - lie-down disco
Kathryn Evans* - film of Devil's Dyke on monitor
The Guilt Mirrors - video in cabinet
Lenka Ivancikova* - video animation
Emily Lodigensky - ? see below
Cameron McEwan - video installation. Only it's a tape sculpture really. He did a twisty.
The Debbie McGees - posters suspended from ceiling
Nicki Mucher - performance that involves dressing up as a shark
Jannathara Rais - writing on the windows
Lucy Roberts - Quality Street-core coloured window light painting thingummy
Alexandria Ruth* - a text on the wall with accompanying sound piece, possibly through headphones?
Adam J Smith - see below
Esther Springett* - spoken performances to be played on the external sound systems
Clare Wilson - long bit of wallpaper with all the nice things on

Those marked with a * are making work that invloves sound and may have to discuss with each other about that.
This is the list i have. If there is a mistake in it please let the blog know.

Now. With regards to the work of Adam J Smith, i have received this correspondence from him:

"Thought i'd outline the 2 pieces of work i want to 'exhibit':

'Brave New World', a webased piece. Displayed on a computer monitor or labtop, with mouse (so the collaged image placed within a Google-Earth format can be 'navigated' by the viewer.) Placed on a plinth..

'Sale', an animation. I spoke to Mick today about the possibility of hiring out a projection unit used in the William Kentridge exhibition. To back project the animation onto 1 window (like in the Kentridge exhibition!).

I have no prefernce where these two pieces go... i can leave it up to the decision of the curators.... i spoke to Esther today, and i understand she and Lucy are doing something on or against the windows in the gallery space, so i guess the back projected animation could be placed where ever is best.

As for a live feed i'll speak to Sina.... i surpose i would require another computer screen and a webcam for this... (if the live feed goes ahead i would also like to place alongside it, a printout of an image from Google Earth of the building Emily and I will be in at the time of the private view).... I guess the 'Brave New World' piece could be displayed alongside the Google Earth printout and the live feed.

Emily and i will be collaborating in some way as well.... possibly.... i'll keep you all posted on this one....

Thanks again...Adam"

This is also all the information i have about Emily's work as well as she is yet to get back to me.

Is anybody up for organising this work? As far as i am aware Cameron has already organised the Brave New World piece in terms of it being zoomified, you can see the results here. However both these pieces and the live feed into the private view would involve some technical skill and would need quite a lot of setting up, so if anyone's willing to liason with him about it the address is adam_smith_350@hotmail.com

WHILE i'm here:

- i propose we have an exhibition meeting tomorrow after the David Green session, 11.30am back at CFAPHQ206? Giving people time to get coffee and rewire their brains before discussion. The three most pressing things i can think of are the work proposal sheets, getting titles for the catalogue and actually curating the work before we go into the gallery.

- there are currently, as well as the pdf file you should have received from Cameron in your e-mails, images of the flyers at our photobucket over at our photobucket so please feel free to take these visuals and use them to clog up your friends' inboxes at MyBook or FaceSpace or whatever it is you young people do nowadays.

Happy Wednesday!

Sina's gallery note

2008-01-23T01:45:00.000-08:00

Please note that with only two days getting-in time, you will not be able to start building your actual work inside the gallery. Hence dark projection boxes or similar will be a problem as it takes more than one day and several people to build them, plus you need to allow time for painting (and paint to dry) and for installing and securing the equipment.

This also goes for plinth making. We won't have time to make plinths on the two get-in days. If you need a plinth or shelve etc., we will have to build them in advance. Thus Mon-Wed 4th-6th Feb from 11am onwards are plinth making / wood work days. But you will need to sort out the measurements yourselves. Also allow time for painting the plinths. (I ordered white and black paint). And please let me know in advance whether you need any wood work done or not.

If you need to use equipment, make sure you try things out days before you move into the gallery. And you have to book your equipment in advance at the media centre, but you need to fill out work proposal forms first. Susan and I have to sign those forms (I put some by the second year notice board). You have to really think about how any equipment is secured. Invigilation alone is not enough. That means you will need to book security loops and padlocks from the media centre. Projectors need extra care and require more wood work. Also think about where you get electricity from? Do you need to book extra extension leads? Does everyone know where their works goes yet? Is anyone using the big white chipboard wall that is currently inside the gallery?

Anyway, i will need a work proposal form from everyone - regardless whether you use equipment or not - by Tue 28th Jan 08.

On the get-in days I will do any work that requires hanging from the ceiling first as well as starting to adjust lights. Then I will have to make sure that every piece of equipment is secured properly. Thus there simply wont be any time for me to build structures or cut wood in the workshop.

I know this is not ideal, but the best we can do given the time we have.

Thanks,

Sina

Gallery Email Invites

2008-01-20T10:05:00.000-08:00

I will be sending the gallery invites out tommorow.
I have sent everyone a copy of what it will look like already so that if you have any problems/ would like to make any alteration or additions, then please do post up your ideas.
The web version of the invitation can be found here.

Flyer Fun

2008-01-17T10:59:00.000-08:00

As Susan has already noted below; the new flyers have been printed only 48 hours after being put in. Not only do they look great (even surpassing the last lot) but myself and ttfb were most pleased to find that they (BlowUp) had precut the flyers for us!
This meant that after a bit of counting; we could go straight to Gez at the gallery office. She directed us to printmaking who had the envelopes for the sendouts. We stuffed 700 envelopes with our flyers and have left them with printmaking to add theirs. Gez knows this, so the ball's in their court for getting them ready for monday; which I'm confident they can do.

New flyers!

2008-01-17T09:00:00.000-08:00

Dear All

Some new flyers with the correct dates have appeared outside CFAP and they look great. Very well done for getting them redone so quickly. Just to let you know I asked Brighton and Hove museums and Fabrica if they could include your flyers in their mailouts but they can't, unfortunately, because they have to promise their subscribers they will only mail them with info from themselves. It was worth a try.

Please remember to check out asap all technical restrictions and possibilities for your show with the gallery technical staff. Colin Matthews is the head honcho and Dave Cooper one of the main technicians. They are generally very helpful.

Also, I am not in on Thurs 24 Jan as I erroneously said on the timetable. I am working elsewhere that day so no tutorials with me then.

All best

Susan

timetable update

2008-01-17T03:20:00.000-08:00

Dear All

I have just spoken to Mick about exhibition dates and then rung Gez as well and the actual low-down is that we might be able to get into the gallery in the afternoon of Monday 11th depending on how quick the Schottlander comes down. Gez says they will aim to clear some spaces as soon as they can so that you can start setting up as early as possible. Then you will have all day Tuesday and Wednesday to set up finishing by 5pm on Weds. The first full day the show will be open to the public is 14th. I'm not timetabled to come in on the Weds 13th but I'm shifting some of my diary dates around to come in for an extra afternoon on Weds to work with you on the final touches of set-up. Your show has to come down on 19th Feb so we will have our group crit on Monday 18th and I'll see if Rob and Tom can come in on any of the other dates it's up for a group crit with them.

That's probably all clear to you already but I just wanted to state it from the horse's (Gez's) mouth as the final word. As far as refunds for extra printing costs go: speak to Mick, he's going to help you if he can.

While I'm at it: I would like to see some work in the tutorials and small group crits I'm doing with you now. I was rather dismayed on Monday that so few of those I gave individual tutorials to had actual work to show me. It's a bit of a waste of a tutorial to talk about work in the abstract and you can be using your crits and tutorials now to really test out work in preparation for the show. So bring the work along please.

Next Monday 21 Feb I'd like to see the whole year for a whole group meeting about the exhibition before we have the small group crit involving Clare, Lenka, Liz and Nicole.

That's all for now

All the best

Susan

Big Wednesday

2008-01-16T07:50:00.000-08:00

For those who aren't aware of it yet, we're currently planning a fundraising event to happen after the private view on Wednesday 13th February, to take advantage of how those who turn up to the gallery can then go along afterwards. It's likely to be at the Ocean Rooms which, in case you're about to moan about the choice of venue, is not only free and near to the gallery but we also have one of our number in direct contact with them, so we can see if we can get our choice of room. Plus it's right next to the Market Cafe innit. Ther premise is that the ticket is not a slip of paper but a jacket, a flourescent one which we'll sell to the punters, and then when we're in there we'll take a load of mega snaps for later on. And sell glowsticks as well. We're so nu-rave it hurts.

If anyone wants to help sell tickets, do flyering, that kind of biznizz, state your name and occupation below.

Blowup the flyers

2008-01-15T09:50:00.000-08:00

Today we took the ammended flyer designs into 'Blowup'. The price for 1200 flyers (300 x A4) was £195 and they will be ready on Thursday afternoon.
Sina has done a good bit of wangling and has invoiced the bill to the university, coming out of the possible £300 expenses for the show.
I believe the university covers the VAT so the full £195 for the flyers might not be charged leaving us roughly £130 to help make a dent on the catalog costs.

We also asked blowup for a quote on 200 booklets (3 double-sided A4 sheets folded with staples down the middle). The price for this would be £300.

I'll see if we can get a better price elsewhere but invoicing the university makes things more complicated.

Blue Monday

2008-01-14T12:39:00.000-08:00

It's not been the best day ever in Unbelievable Crimewave! terms.

Having taken the 700 flyers to Jez as planned for posting, it turns out that the dates for the exhibition are 14th to the 18th of February, and not 11th to the 17th of February, as we were told. This means all of our flyers are wrong and have to be reprinted. The posting of the printmakers' flyers has been postponed until next Monday so that we can hopefully get at least some sort of advertising produced and inserted in there with them too.

We still have not got to the bottom of where the information changed. As you all saw at the meeting at the beginning of term, Mick believed that we had the gallery from Wednesday 6th February to start setting up, and if we were lucky maybe the Monday and Tuesday before that too, to open on Monday 11th and close on the 17th...which is a sunday and they'd be closed anyway. (He already thought that the Schottlander show closed on the 7th February, so how we would have got in there then anyway i can't quite work out.) However it turns out that the Schottlander exhibition finishes on the 9th, the Saturday, and we should expect to be able to get into the gallery on Tuesday 12th February, in the afternoon, and because the private view is still due on the Wednesday night we would have about one full day to get the entire show up. This means that the week we were due to be setting up should instead be devoted to getting all the things due to be in the gallery completely prepared so they can just be moved in as quickly as possible.

i have conflicting reports about where the blame lies on this. Somewhere between the gallery and us the information changed dramatically, the route apparently being Jez to Peter Seddon to Mick to us. Mick is adament that he was told the dates we were given, however printmaking were told the correct dates (except they thought they'd be able to get into the gallery on the Monday too) and Jex e-mailed both departments three weeks before Christmas to check the dates were satisfactory and could be confirmed for the gallery schedules which will have been posted anyway. Regardless of whose fault it is, Sina is in the process of finding out whether the university funds can go towards reprinting them when she visits Blow Up tomorrow. We didn't use Blow Up this time as they ballsed up both the Sounds Like flyers and the Masque a' Rave ones too, but at least if they're shit this time they'll be shit on the university's money and not ours.

Which reminds me. There are some people who still are yet to pay their £10 towards the promotional flyers. As far as i can tell, we have money from Adam, Clare, Esther, Lizzie, Lucy, Richard and thomas. i apologise if you have paid and you're not on this list, but can those who haven't please cough up soon. It's unfair that Cameron has to remain out of pocket by paying for 1200 flyers that are of fuck all use to us now anyway.

Have a good day.

PDF for Email Send Outs

2008-01-13T03:50:00.000-08:00

*Temporarily removed for date alterations.

Privates on full View UPDATED

2008-01-10T06:32:00.000-08:00

Hello. Right.

i've just spoken to both our printmaker liason duo and my boss and they have both given us information about the private view.

There will be an official e-mail sent out soon, which i will forward to you all, but otherwise this is what you need to know.

The printmakers went to see Jez with their invitations to send out, which she needs to have by Wednesday, only, they put on theirs that the private view was 5-9pm, like we have, and Jez told them to reprint the lot (for reasons i will mention later). Now. i don't really want us to spend another hundred-odd quid getting them reprinted, so my suggestion is that we make the private view 6-8pm and change the leaflets by hand, which won't look great admittedly, but what can you do. Any other suggestions welcome. They said that four hours for a private view was a bit long anyway.

Okay. The problem with time is that not only does the gallery close and reopen at 5.30pm for private views (i don't understand either) but the caretakers have to close the building by 9pm sharp, otherwise they are liable for another hour's work and we have to pay them. That is why if you are in the building of an evening they start their exit strategy at 8.15pm. We could, if you all really really want to, stay open that long and pay them for an extra hour, but that would probably take a sizeable chunk out of the currently non-existent budget.
The gallery owners are also worried that a few hundred people will turn up at 5pm before they are ready to receive them, which i think is pretty unlikely seeing as it's printmaking and CFAP, and my suggestion that we just take them all to Hectors for a swift one in the interim didn't go down too well. The time limit is 5.30 at the earliest to 8.30 at the latest. We need to decide what to do sharpish.

The other information about the private view from the caterers is about drink. They stress that not only must food and drink NOT be sold in the gallery, but that if they see us with ANY alcohol that is not their own it will be confiscated and in some instances the gallery closed down for the evening. They will have the cafe bar open selling all the usual shiznit plus red wine, white whine, a selection of lager beers and non-alcoholic fruit-based beverages.

Anyway. Official statement imminent. And if you see any printmakers don't make any sudden movements, they seem VERY tense at the moment.

*****UPDATE UPDATE NEWS JUST IN*****

Esther has used her distinct Northern charm and persuaded Jez to keep the flyers as they are, even without an accompanying amendment as suggsted below. However they have made clear that we, along with the caretakers, must endeavour to rid the gallery of pesky visitors by the appropriate time, probably about 8.30pm. They also want to remind you that the studios will be closed before the gallery, so remember to store all personal effects needed for the remainder of the evening in a suitable area elsewhere.

They need 700 of our 1200 flyers by midday on Wednesday. Yep.

give me sunshine

2008-01-09T07:10:00.000-08:00

RIGHT, thinking caps on compadres...

i need some help from y'all for my Idea if you don't mind, call it research if you will.

i would like, please, for you to think of what makes you HAPPY - things you need, things you do... ask your friends, ask your colleagues, ask family, ask randoms in the street (i will be)

see, what the plan is, i'm going to make a list about 10m long (since that is how long a roll of lining paper from B&Q is) of everything that i can possibly get ahold of that makes people happy. so, as well as whatever our collective thinking comes up with, i'll be including those lists of '1001 places to visit before you DIE', '100 things to do before you're 30' all that jazz.
contradictions are cool, though hopefully i'll be able to fill it up without repetitions

once i have a list, i was thinking of displaying it so it rolls down the gallery wall and part way across the floor, but any other ideas of how to take it further would be gratefully recieved.

ALSO, when are we having general show meetings this term? still friday afternoons? i haven't been to see/emailed gez wilson to find out about mailing/postage, yet... i'll get cracking on that once my printmakey liasons get back from their meeting later. unless, of course, anyone else has heard form Print on their situation or has spoken to gez?

over and out,
clare

Gallery Email List

2008-01-09T01:23:00.000-08:00

I've managed to get my grubby little mits on a program that grabs email adresses from websites!
So we now have a compiled list of roughly 230 gallery email addresses .
(189 in London, 32 Regionally, 3 in Scotland, 2 in Wales and 6 in Ireland)

I'll pop the flyer into a PDF for sending and upload it here for all to grab on Friday.

Questions related to this:
- Did Mick want to send these out using his email?
- or we could have it sent out from exhibition@unbelievablecrimewave.com?
- When is a good time to send out publicity? (now? a fortnight before the show?)

Finally; I wish you the best of British on completing your essays!

Slice of heaven

2008-01-07T17:12:00.000-08:00

As announced below; the flyers have indeed been cut into their seperate colours.

I appologise to those that were looking forward to a cutting party as such but we figured that we would do away with the hours of graft and pull in some german muscle instead.

The Wohlenburg was truly a monster whilst Helen from bookbinding was a total star; three cheers for Helen!

The slick result led to a moment of joy.

Request (Lie-Down Disco / Take Ecstasy With Me)

2008-01-07T13:30:00.000-08:00

Hi there,

Elizabeth has asked me to ask you, CFAP, whether you have any spare clothes to give her for her Unbelievable Crimewave piece. Not just any old clothes though, oh no, but clothes that you would expect to be worn to a disco. Please note that these clothes would not be returned to you, so make sure you don't mind seeing them used as materials.

i, thomas, am also looking for people to take part in a piece for the exhibition. i am looking to have all 11 current cfap students get involved but i realise that this is being a bit optimistic. i am doing a piece which requires tongue models, as in, people who don't mind having their tongue photographed. Please say if you're willing to stick it out for the camera.

ttfbxxxx

Hurrah! Another Year...

2008-01-07T12:55:00.000-08:00

Hello. Some things to point out from today:

- all the flyers are cut and ready for distribution. Everybody needs to pay for their share of the promotion as it is unfair to keep Cameron severely out of pocket. Lizzie has some payments form people and as treasurer she is the one to get hold of.

- we need titles from people as soon as possible, for the catalogue.

- i now have the plan for the North gallery, including measurements. We probably should discuss what work is going to go in there at some point.

Timetable for term and group email

2008-01-07T08:53:00.000-08:00

Dear CFAP bloggers

Good to see you all again this morning. A timetable is now in your pigeonholes for each of you. Please bear in mind that some details of this may change as the term progresses. Having spoken to you this morning as well about using this blog as a way of communicating with you as a group and Alex saying that maybe email would be more reliable, I am now going to send out a group email to you from my hotmail account and would like you all to reply to it so that I know that you are looking at it/that I've got the right address.

Please note that one or two of the tutorial times on the timetable have been changed around by me in order to balance out numbers in the groups. If you cannot make any of the times I've given please do email me as soon as you know so that I can give you an alternative time. Please note that I shall only be dealing with uni business on the days on which I am in (Mondays and every other Thursday as on timetable.)

Please also note that the start of the set-up time on the timetable is down as Weds 6 Feb but that Mick pointed out this morning that you may well get in on the Monday 4th to start setting up the show. This is hugely preferable since Sina can only be with you Monday - Weds of that week, according to her usual CFAP days. Please contact gallery technical staff to see if they can let you in on the Monday. Mick and Sina will support you with this (as will I when I am in).

That's all for now

See you next Monday

Have a great first week back.

yours

Susan

PS Make sure you go and see 'Brilliant Noise' by Semiconductor at Fabrica before it finishes on Sunday 13 Jan. It is a video and sound installation by this collaboration, who consist of Ruth Jarman (ex CFAP) and Joseph Gerhardt (ex Sculpture), work made in response to their residency at NASA. It is a must see for Brighton by this duo who are now enjoying huge international success and I meant to mention it this morning but I forgot.

New Term!

2008-01-04T11:23:00.001-08:00

Hello CFAP Year 2
I trust you've all had a wonderful holiday, eating lots, having lots of fun and merriment? Or perhaps you don't go with all that traditional stuff and you've been laying low, reading Gertrude Stein and thinking up concepts to put into practice in the new year? Whatever, I'm really looking forward to seeing you all again (yes, it's sad, I don't have a life!) and to this term, which is a BIG one for you all with your Second Year Show coming up in February. Let's face it, you've got to do one better than the First Years who did so well with their end of term Christmas exhibition. No pressure, you understand.
I don't know if you all look at this judging by the comments that seem to come always from the same handful of people, so please pass on this info to any of your colleagues who might not tune in. We are going to meet in the CFAP studio at 10.30 on Monday (easing you all in gently, you see) to say hello, compare waistlines and get the term going. Mick will be joining us at 11.00 to go through the new timetable with you all and talk a bit about how things are going for your show.
So, see you then
All the best and Happy New Year
Susan

Santa Came Early

2007-12-20T08:06:00.000-08:00

That's right, I recieved a package this morning containing our flyers.

They look good and the backs are lined up perfectly. All thats needed now is a bit of cutting. Well quite a lot of cutting actually, but hell, what's Christmas without a bit of endurance!
Oh, and when I say 'Santa'; well the printer was actually called Nick.

Flyer Blurb

2007-12-14T01:30:00.000-08:00

You can find the blurb and what it'll look like on the flyer at the exhibition website:

www.unbelievablecrimewave.com

Why does a red cow give white milk when it only eats green grass? that's the burning question, let's have your suggestion

2007-12-13T05:43:00.000-08:00

Here's my suggestion for some kind of blurb. I should point out that i didn't re-read the other one so i don't know how it tallies, and i made it super cheesy on purpose.

Here, in the Unbelievable Crimewave colour chart, we have tied together all the complementary concerns of CFAP thinking. No more is the viewer just a visitor! Transform YOUR exhibition from a bland, lifeless white cube to an interactive, stimulating experience in glorious technicolour, SIMPLY BY PICKING YOUR OWN TITLE FOR EACH ARTWORK FROM OUR EXCITING NEW RANGE!!

Unbelievable Crimewave:
Colour For All Purposes,
Critical Fine Art Practice.
Second Year Show

bueno,
Clare

ahem..

2007-12-12T23:21:00.000-08:00

www.unbelievablecrimewave.com

At 30p a head I thought it was worth it.
Gotta love that cheap dollar!

2007-12-11T15:20:00.000-08:00

Hi all…

Seen as this is my last week on Cfap (for a long time anyways!), and I’m going to be absent from the ‘exhibition’; I should submit a description of the work I intent to show and the involvement I could have in the ‘exhibition’…(taking into account my limitations!)

To begin with I was thinking that I wanted to make use of my absence in some way, to demonstrate the worlds movement into a place of non-place, and peoples reliance and involvement with the internet.

I’ve been developing a piece entitled ‘Brave New World’ which will be web-based, and can be accessed and viewed/explored via a ‘Google-Earth’ style program (that I’m currently trying to figure out on Yahoo Tubes)…

The piece will work in very much the same way as Google Earth; the ‘participant’ can navigate (zoom in/out etc.) across a ‘landscape’… Although instead of aerial photographs of real landscapes, I’m in the process of editing and collaging together ‘aerial’ shots of microchips and circuit boards that will mimic a ‘city’.

This piece will be shown on a computer, as it’s web-based and the ‘viewer’ will be able to navigate this virtual landscape with a computer mouse.

I really want to be there for the preview (as does Emily)… so what I was thinking of doing for the preview evening, was to set up a web-link before hand, between the exhibition space in Brighton, and a room in the Kansas City Art Institute… so Emily and i could have our own miniature private view party-thing in Kansas City at around lunchtime while ‘experiencing’ your private view in Brighton at 7… and vice versa.

Again this will require a computer plus a web-cam… (plus I’m thinking of displaying a printout of an aerial view of the room I will be in in Kansas City during the private view in Brighton, off Google Earth…)

(If anyone is working with notions of time and space… there are possibilities for collaboration… i.e. the demonstration of time differences between places for example..)

Phew!

Finally Emily and I are thinking of collaboration somehow via You Tube… (I’ll keep you posted on this one!)

These ideas are still in development… but most of the work will be web-based, or can be posted a week or so before the exhibition opens…

A helping hand with the technological implications of setting work like this up in the gallery space would be much appreciated…

Adam x

START THE PRESSES!

2007-12-11T14:21:00.000-08:00

hey guys,

from the meeting on monday, here's what we know about fundraising and publicity and stuff.

publicity speaking wise, tom, esther and i spoke to gez wilson (the gallery manager/administrator) to find out about the uni's mailing list and inviting people to the private view. (which is going to be with printmaking on weds 13th feb, drinks and food courtesy of the canteen - we can't mess with this btw)
the long and short of it is this:
- there are 700 people on the university mailing list (plus whoever susan and mick and cfap bigwigs wish to invite)
- these invites have to go out 3weeks before the exhibition (18th jan - end of week 2 - LATEST)
- labels take a week to get hold of (14th jan - end of week1 - LATEST)
- therefore, fliers need to be ready for the beginning of next term
THEREFORE everything about the fliers HAS to be ready for the end of THIS WEEK, which means ladies and gentlemen, we need all the blurb to go on the back of cameron's tip-top fliers...
...and the money to print them.

it's going to cost us £93.75 (if i remember correctly) and we don't have any money left over from last year's fundraising. we're not going to have the opportunity to do any fundraing until mid january (i.e. TOO LATE!!)
so, if we all put in a tenner (all of us to make it fair) we can then re-coup the contribution once we've fundraised in january, we need to do this by the end of term.
i know it's a bit late notice, but if you pick this up before tomorrow morning, how about bringing it to Rob&Tom's session in the morning?
i guess that'll be a bit late notice for most people, can we perhaps call a meeting on thursday or friday to get all this sorted? we can make plans tomorrow i guess.

and now to fundraising.

we came up with a few ideas:
1) band night(s) - sounding good (excuse the pun)
2) writing for corportate sponsorship
3) gnoming!! dressing up as - for example - gnomes and being paid by people to follow their mates until the mate pays the same amount as them to get us to stop. if that makes any sense
4) board games afternoon - scrabble, mousetrap, monopoly etc on tables where the cafe used to be

i think that's all we talked about, except for having more ideas about the press release/things to say on teh backs of the fliers.

so that's my say said for the moment.
clare

STOP PRESS

2007-12-10T07:12:00.000-08:00

At 4pm today Keith Tyson is speaking at the CRD (Centre for Research and Development) mezzanine floor (where old computer pool room used to be). So Mick has decided we will be going there and assessment session postponed till next term.

You have to be SO flexible in this job!

Susan

Reminder for Monday 10 December

2007-12-10T04:46:00.000-08:00

Hi Everyone

I don't know if you've remembered so here is a reminder:

Today (Monday 10th Dec) at 4pm you've got a meeting with Mick, Alex and myself about assessment where you are asked to mark a number of YBAs as a way of having a discussion about assessment criteria.

Also, this evening's CFAP christmas dinner is now going to be at La Tasca, corner of North St and Pavilion Gardens at 7pm. Hope to see you all there. If you know of anyone who doesn't use this blog and whom you can contact by other means, please let them know.

All the best

Susan

Sample Flyers

2007-12-08T17:33:00.001-08:00

Ok folks; here's a little preview of what our flyers could look like.
I was thinking we could have four colour types which would get printed at the same time on a single A4 sheet (hopefully keeping costs down).
On the back we'd have more details (where, when and why).

Images:
Flyer Set (Larger)
Detail 01
Detail 02

Updates:
Edit 01

Let me know what you think.
- Dislike the colours?
- The smiley face offends you?
Any issue, mention it. :)

Press release.

2007-12-08T05:24:00.000-08:00

hi guys. And here are the results for the Cfap press release.

Critical Fine Art Practice presents Unbelievable Crimewave.

A successful decorating project starts with choosing the right colour scheme.
The Unbelievable Crimewave colour collection has been designed by (Unbelievable crimewave or Cfap???) colour experts to include both new trends and classic favourites. So, whether you're choosing colours for home or work, you can find just the colour you're looking for.
All Unbelievable Crimewave paints are formulated to give a performance and quality
like no other, so whatever colours you choose, you know the result will be exceptional.

Thats why professionals choose The Unbelievable Crimewave colour collection.

(Colour For All Purposes)

yba's?

2007-12-07T04:49:00.000-08:00

does anyone know if we're doing anything about this
marking sheet on yba's? monday perhaps?

Rob and Tom seminar

2007-12-07T02:32:00.000-08:00

Yes, that's right. Rob and Tom (or Tom and Rob) are coming in next on Wednesday 12 December at 11 - 1 for one last session with CFAP Y2 before the end of term. They will be expecting a full turnout, so be there or have me to reckon with.
Susan
see entry below for questions for discussion

Susan's thoughts and a Rob&Tom Alert

2007-12-06T10:26:00.000-08:00

Following individual tutorials with second years about your work for the second year show and as a result of my own thinking about how we have approached the organisation and planning for this I have come up with some points which it might be good to address on 12 December when you meet with Rob and Tom since I won’t be there. The timetabling of teaching means that I have now missed some of the group discussions about the second year show and some questions have occurred to me at this stage which I hope it might prove fruitful to discuss. Please take them along on Weds 12th when you see Rob and Tom and if you have any thoughts about the questions below arising out of the discussion, do post them up on the blog so that Mick and I can see them.

• What is the relationship between the two parts ‘artist’ and ‘curator’ for the ‘artist-curator’?
• What is the relationship of those CFAP students who do not wish to curate to those students who want to take on a curatorial role for the show?
• How can collaboration come about when someone is (or is perceived to be ‘in charge’? i.e. either in an organisational or curatorial role?)
• What might collaborative curatorial practice look like?
• How can we (course tutors, R&T, students) ensure that each student is seeing themselves as responsible both for their own work in the show as well as for the show as a whole?
• What kind of critical stance can be taken/do we wish to take towards the notion and practice of curating?
• Why is collaboration proving to be so difficult?
• How can we avoid institutionalised ideas about what ‘curating’ and ‘practice’ are informing how we approach putting on the exhibition?

Dangerous Liasons (with the Printmakers) and fundraising

2007-12-04T09:16:00.000-08:00

Hey all,

Apologies for the lack of my presence at the Friday meetings, I've been scheduled to work every friday afternoon except the last day of term. JOY.

ANYWIZZLE. I have been chatting to my housemates, who are Printmakers. I don't know how much all this has been talked about by Us, but here's what our exhibition buddies are saying:

1) their private view is going to be on the wednesday (valentine's on thursday so no-one'll go, and it's the last night of the chinese film festival in the sallis benney so people'll be around)

2) they've spoken to the cafe people, and they (the cafe people) are going to sell refreshments (so we don't have to?)

3) there's a deadline for when invitations to the Private View (to the mailing list etc) go out, and that is by the end of the 1st week of january - we think. therefore, we need to design and print them SOON, so that we can have a joint day in the 1st week where we stuff envelopes together with both invites.

4) They have 2 reps who wish to talk to us and liase about this kind of practical thing. I would therefore suggest that we have two people to organise/co-ordinate this kind of shizz, and more general practical points (publicity, fundraising etc)
I'm happy to volunteer for this if it hasn't already been appointed, tho i'm working fridays for the rest of term so i can't come to the main meetings and it needs a couple of people i guess.

AND SO TO FUNDRAISING!
have any ideas been discussed yet?

i know those rascally printmakers have already planned stuff for themselves, but would you guys be interested in a joint effort on a club night or something at the start of next term in a 'we've got loans again' stylee? double the social circles to pull in and split the profis 50/50? then we can do extra stuff for ourselves (tho i don't know exactly what)
my housemates are going to raise this at their meeting, so a CFAP opinion is needed ASAP.

CLARE

London Adventure

2007-11-29T11:17:00.000-08:00

Tommorow (Friday 30th November), a whole bunch of us are meeting at 9:30am in Brighton station.

The train for London Victoria leaves at 9:49am and arrives in London at 10:40. We would then have to get a tube (district and circle line) to Blackfriars whcih is nearest to Tate Modern. We're meeting Tom and Rob there at 11:30.

or we can get the crappy old First Capital Connect at 10:04 which would mean that we would arrive at Blackfriars (goes there directly) at 11:07.

offer of idea information.

2007-11-29T08:26:00.001-08:00

here is my information as requested for the group, although as some other people have mentioned i feel these may be subject to change and growth.
At the moment i'm working intensivly on some film shit, however don't feel that i want this to be shown in a gallery manner. therefore my requirements in terms of space would be wall, or floor space, possibly up to a metre wide for the displaying of an image or images. these could be projected but i'm not sure yet. sorry that i havn't been there recently, but i'm not enjoying uni at the moment and need some time to compute decisions. richard (J).

2007-11-29T07:40:00.000-08:00

Hi everyone, i dont know yet what id like to show for the exhibition i need a little bit more time to collect my ideas.but ive been reading the blog and i love the colour chart idea. i think that would tie everything together really well and visually look great. im pleased that it'll enable us to do a mixture of individual and collaborative things. Sorry ive missed the last few meetings, ive had a few things going on and couldn't make it last week because of an important hospital appointment. was then busy working on my presentation for monday and been processing that the last few days so wasnt ready to bring an idea today. working on it now, thanks, c u tomorrow in london! Alexandria

Cereal and blogging don't mix.

2007-11-29T01:53:00.000-08:00

my action plan of action is more a potential plan of undecidedness, but as i suppose it will carry on what i'm doing now, hopefully it will materialise into some form of video and it will probably be themed around ideas of frustration and/or happiness. we shall see.

the phrase (title?) 'art's a poisoned chalice and i can't stop drinking' keeps going round in my head. maybe that'll feature.

i'd also be up for being involved in group things, lucy's 'always paint never a painting' for example.

Clare

That guy

2007-11-29T00:31:00.000-08:00

In terms of personal pieces, I have a couple of possibilities for the exhibit:

- 'Music Hall Note' a small note written in musical notes stuck to a wall (or surface of somekind) post-it style.

-'Crosswords' a custom made crossword with subliminal angry overtones. Will be dished out around the college as well as a small sculptural version of the piece displayed.

I will probably come up with something else closer to the time but overall my works tend to be reasonably small; so I'm sure a space of 1m³ would be more than suffice.

I think 'Video Installation' is out of the picture as the title label plays a major role in the work.

I'm sure I will also be helping out with group projects such as the grey film that the thomas ferguson band speak of.

Best Regards,
Cameron

Hi it's me

2007-11-28T18:01:00.000-08:00

As requested here is a outline of my master plan, a true action plan of action... or three, rather, as i can't really decide. i would like to get involved in group work and at least one of these could involve other people. But these are the ideas preoccupying me most currently and this is where i stand at the moment.

- be a living sculpture, a bit Gilbert & Georgey i know but i would be interacting with the viewer, having conversations and so on, as if nothing was different. i'd hopefully be covered in gold paint. For this i would need space to put a plinth.

- a film shot in colour but where all the objects/characters are painted grey. For this i would need space to put a tv in but ideally i might also put up bits of the set maybe too. If there is a projection showreel i don't mind it being inserted into there somewhere.

- stage a political election where i am the only candidate, OR where there are many candidates but i'd play all of the characters, even the paperboy in the morning. This would take up the most space of all these ideas as i'd plan on filming a rolling news channel, so i'd want a tv somewhere, and maybe some wall space to put campaign posters up. Maybe even a ballot box, who knows.

i might change my mind by tomorrow though. Sorry.

signed, the thomas ferguson band

Simplified Colour Concept (so far)

2007-11-26T11:31:00.000-08:00

Please correct me if I am wrong but I believe this is where the proposal stands at the moment:

- Everyone creates individual work and/or organizes amongst themselves to create a group piece.

- Each piece (both individual and group) will be assigned a colour.

- The title of each piece will be placed aside its assigned colour in the exhibition catalog.

- After all the artworks have been assigned colours the catalog will be filled with hundreds of other colours which will have some sort of random titling.

- Many of these additional colours will be similar to those assigned to artworks; leaving the viewer to decipher which title is correct for the piece.

2007-11-25T05:07:00.000-08:00

As requested here is a outline of my master plan, a true action plan of action... if i was to do any work it would be based around something along the lines of always paint never a painting. but as i would rather do some group work, i need not explain. Lucy.

Minutes with Peter Suchin 23/11/07

2007-11-24T15:17:00.000-08:00

Present: Lucy, Tom, Cameron, Lizzie, Lenka
Minutes - Esther

“The Burning Question”

-Suchin suggests we go round the table stating what we would do if show was left totally to our own devices.

Premise
A desire to work on individual pieces for the show has been expressed. Therefore please put forth a short working proposal for the above. This is paramount in establishing the individual needs of each piece in terms of space, equipment, light, time and so forth.

Lucy:
Work receptive to natural light source.

Tom:
Following a phantom electoral process.
Charting the campaign of one individual played by Tom including all other associates party to this process, including news reporters, the paper boy etc., also played by Tom. Work taking a variety of formats: video, text, performance and site-specific.

Cameron:
‘Video Installation’
A VHS tape made out of tape.

Lizzie:
Lying Down Disco making use of big speakers in South gallery.

Lenka:
Existing ‘time-based’ practice, most likely to be exhibited on small-scale monitor.

Esther:
‘Inside the gallery but outside’
Investigating the glass threshold of the gallery, eavesdropping on the onlooker/ observing the eavesdropped. Site specific to the vantage point of the window.
-Possible use of external speaker system outside Grand Parade.

*Please note that some proposals are hypothetical and subject to change. An interest in combining forces on a collaborative venture has been communicated. The question was merely thrown on the table to see what each of us would do if it were purely a showcase of our individual work.

Roles are still undecided.
• Who will assume the role of curator/s?
• Is the curatorial process twofold? The colour chart system and the spatial orientation of the work. How do they relate to one another?
• Will we have multiple writings in the catalogue?
• Who will write the press release?

-Suchin suggests that we could all have a go.

Cosmetic aspects of display concerning colour chart catalogue:

What format could the catalogue take?

• An A4/A5 booklet
• A fold-out poster

• A small flip chart of colours (e.g. carpet samples)
• A key chain of colours

Other discoveries along the way were notably Suchin’s ‘Tainted Love Glove’. Peter went to Art College with Mark Almond, whom was nonetheless referred to as ‘Nutty Almond’

Talk of smarties, jelly and Jah Wobble on the preview night.

-Group decides on the following:

By Thursday 29th Nov. please:

• Contribute to the blog.

• Write a short proposal for an individual work and post it here along with key requirements.

• Print off a copy of the above to bring to our next meeting after CTP with Mick on Thursday.

_END_

Proposal Redefined

2007-11-23T09:01:00.000-08:00

This morning’s discussion in accordance to ‘Antagonism and Relational Aesthetics’ (See Claire Bishop’s Essay, OCTOBER 110, Fall 2004) with Rob and Tom seemed to shed some more light onto the dynamics of the current proposal.

Proposal:

It was decided the ‘Colour Chart’ idea would be a means of post-justification for the exhibited artwork in our show– very prevalent in contemporary curatorial practice as opposed to a method of generating ideas for work.

Everyone has the opportunity to work individually and collaboratively, making work that may take any shape or form, the unifying element being the colour-coded system assigned to each piece.

The system is operated from a ‘Dulux’ style catalogue of several hundred colours. As you search for a title card next to a ‘piece’ you are confronted with an assortment of colours. You refer back to the catalogue to de-code the colours to find ‘meaning.’

Each colour represents a particular theme with the possibility of bearing some ‘relationship’ to the artwork.

The playful element is that of difference and variation. For example, there may exist several hues of blue side by side in the catalogue but with all quiet dissimilar titles. It is the viewer’s job to decipher which they deem to be the ‘correct’ colour/title in their opinion.

You may have ‘temporal, survival, cucumber basher and self-referential’ all in the same category of royal blues so which one will you choose?

It was suggested that everything be ‘untitled’ in the space with the catalogue containing subliminal titles.

Rules

Inform everyone of changes to your work in advance of the catalogues print.

There is order in the disorder.

It’s a chaotic show so the catalogue should be well thought out in order to keep artwork at the focus of the curatorial process.

Possible channels of debate and critique include:

• The taxonomy of art and the dominance of current curatorial processes in the overall reception and experience of an exhibition.
• The dictation of meaning in art i.e. “What’s to be got?”
• Misconceptions and the multiple readings of artwork
• ‘The signified other’ (Derrida)
• To what extent will the viewer curate the show through the use of this operative model?
And many more …

Minutes from meeting with Peter Suchin 23/11/07 to follow soon.

Proposal for the multiple exhibitions show

2007-11-18T06:06:00.000-08:00

See above for the amended proposal.

Original can be found [here]

Minutes with Peter Suchin 16/11/07

2007-11-17T15:49:00.000-08:00

Present: Cameron, Richard, Adam, Lucy, Thomas, Lenka, Lizzie
Minute-man: ttfb

- brief discussion about whether art should be privatised. Like the railways.

- secondary experience discussed, in particular with regard to whether it should be our theme. Apparently last week we decided to make work for this week relating to this theme.

- Peter Suchin tells us we need a title by the end of the meeting

- Adam suggests calling the exhibition: Secondary Experience; SE; Second Life; 2; Surrogate Life.

- Richard talks about putting semi-colons on the end of every title suggestion.

- more argument about whether the exhibition should be individual work, individual shows in one show, collaborations, a combination of the two, or not.

- agree that there is great aesthetic appeal to the William Kentridge exhibition.

- majority of group agree that they are not sold by the idea of secondary experience as a theme. Suchin ignores them.

- i suggest primary experience might be a more interesting and challenging avenue to explore, particularly as the vasy majority of art is secondary experience (painting, drawing, sculpture, video, etc.)

- should the viewer be forced to experience a work like in Crazy Golf? YOU MUST PLAY!

- suggest perhaps 'removing the middleman' as primary experience does not necessarily mewan interactive work or audience participation. Instead of painting something, why not bring the subject to the gallery? Instead of documenting an event, why not let the event happen during trhe exhibition in the gallery?

- Suchin suggests structure is needed. Is the gallery going to be split between all of us? Are we going to assign people roles?

- Adam shows his work made for this meeting about secondary experience. It's photographs of microchips which are intended to be Photoshopped together to look like cityscapes.

- Cameron suggests an exhibition where all the work is somehow shown twice. The viewer would have to be lead somehow through the gallery. Perhaps a labyrinth?

- Adam suggests the shrine to a fake celebrity idea again, only this time without the idea of authorship - work created either by this person or for this person.

- Peter suggests splitting the gallery into 'zones'. Like the Millenium Dome or something. i suggest it should be more like Crystal Maze. Lucy suggests Fun House instead.

- Adam suggests having half the gallery as Heaven and half the gallery as Hell. Lizzie suggests putting Limbo in there as well.

- Suchin talks about Nazi Germany

- Richard suggests doing portraits of Rob & Tom. Lizzie suggests duplicating one of their past exhibitions.

- Peter talks about art vs. artifice.

- Adam suggests having the year split into two groups as two opposing political parties. i say i like the idea but it is quickly established that not enough people will get involved, ego, lack of conviction etc.

- Lucy talks about gardens.

- Suchin suggests putting someone in a suit of armour and then dragging them across the floor using a powerful magnet.

- Some more talk about labyrinths. Suchin is told why it is impractical to make any show using boards - lack of time to set up and remove the exhibition, lack of funds, disapproval from our technician, aesthetic dullness. Lenka suggests that the work should form the walls of the labyrinth.

- Adam complains that William Kentridge exhibition is rubbish.

- People suggest staging funerals to different people, usually people who are still alive. Lucy vetos the idea.

- Adam lookalike competition suggested due to his absence at the exhibition itself.

- Suchin suggests we make an exhibition and then the day before the private view dress up as bailiffs and remove the work.

- Peter reminds us we need to come up with a title for the show for Mick by 4pm.

- Titles suggested are:

My Big Fat Red Balloon
Venice The Menace
Unbelievable Crimewave!
Murder King
Join Us Or Die
Do Not Adjust Your Pet
David The Molestable Horse
Tainted Glove
Kiss My C-Flaps
Adam J. Smith's Bingo Wingo Bongo Breakdown
A Brief History of Corners
a variety of Argus headlines (e.g. Wife Lives With Dead Husband For Twelve Years)
In Cod We Trust
The Codfather
A Cod Elipse Now
The Complete History of the Czecheslovakian Octagenarian Bi-Polar Synchronised Swimming Team (With Cake)
Balls Up
Kemptown International Airport
Inter Pet Fraud
Return To Bender
The Evil Sponge In My Cupboard
Fred Dibnah Day
The Basketmakers Ruined My Life
Gottle of Geer
Los Angeles Shat On My Face

- Shortlist of four compiled and vote taken between Kemptown International Airport, A Brief History Of Corners, Join Us Or Die and Unbelievable Crimewave! with one vote per person

- Unbelievable Crimewave! wins with four votes.

- meeting adjourned.

Minutes with Peter Suchin 9/11/07

2007-11-17T15:16:00.000-08:00

- someone says that they find work with a basis in theory universally visually uninspiring. i feel like crying.

- Fake celebrities and Stars In Their Eyes idea is discussed. Suggested that making work as an artist character and saying the work we produce is the artist in question, e.g. one person says they are Tim Burton and create work that is inspired by Tim Burton and say it is Tim Burton's work instead of just work inspired by Tim Burton. And then sell it.

- instruction-based work was discussed. And then denounced.

- it was noted that a lot of the suggestions in the suggestion box had a similar theme that could be explored. It was then pointed out that that was because only three people actually made any suggestions at all.

- people complain that they don't want to do shows that involve things like slagging off printmakers / secondary experience / new or spectacular or different work for the heck of it.

- Peter Suchin talks about Gerhard Richter.

- more bollocks about how the show shouldn't be based on one person's idea and should be a collaborative decision making process, even though less than half the year were present as the statement was made. Not In My Name is mentioned, some people say they liked it and some people say they didn't.

- Cameron suggests making a perspex cube and back-project an exhibition onto it so that people walk in and see photographs or our work as a virtual experience. People say they like the idea.

- secondary experience idea is temporarily decided on as the theme

- Peter Suchin says he likes U2, a bit.

Suggestion

2007-11-05T16:49:00.000-08:00

Create work inspired by a favourite famous person and occupy the gallery as that person like in Stars In Their Eyes.

Pros: dressing up, glittery doors, dry ice.

Cons: Like Peter Suchin/Mick Hartney entry below, but without the advantage of the comment about in-jokery in art.

Suggestion

2007-11-05T16:41:00.000-08:00

I think the notion of curatorship/shows and trying to make work to be seen is what we're pussyfooting around and is more useful than the concept of 'authorship'.

....is it?

i'd say...no. It isn't. - the thomas ferguson band

Suggestion

2007-11-05T16:36:00.000-08:00

cover the gallery floor with banana skins

Pros: visually strong, many connotations as bananas are a very loaded fruit and has the time-based feel of, say, an Anya Gallacio work where the work will visually change over a week.

Cons: potassium poisoning.

Suggestion

2007-11-05T16:26:00.000-08:00

Portrait artists
Be paid by visitors to create work in response to the viewer, personally, themselves, like street portrait artists in Paris. Produce work as the visitor waits with the results being as representative (or not) as the artist desires.

Pros: as with the instructions idea has a related 'service brief' that everyone is working under and does not necessarily need the precedent of an illustrative element to the artist's practice as the work would simply be a reaction to the viewer - which in itself is turning the viewer/artist relationship on its head.

Cons: time. If a work takes hours the viewer might want to sod off before seeing the results.

Suggestion

2007-11-05T16:19:00.000-08:00

We've got to be careful not to talk ourselves out of doing anything over moot points. We've got to decide what we want to do and why - working out how we're going to put it physically in the gallery is secondary.
Let's read 'Talent and the Individual [handwriting illegible]' by T.S. Eliot.

Pros: getting on with it is a good idea
Cons: the physical presence of the work in a space as prominent and daunting as the main gallery is a very important factor of the work produced.

Suggestion

2007-11-05T16:15:00.000-08:00

I really, REALLY don't want to have a sit in / sleepover / tea party - anything that stops me going home, I get irritated enough in these meetings.

CFAP team spirit makes you feel so warm inside, doesn't it?

Suggestion

2007-11-05T16:11:00.000-08:00

If we decide there's still merit in the instructions idea, they all need to be more oblique.

Pros: the instructions idea does produce a show that is both a collaborative effort but also presents individual practice.

Cons: the show will likely look very dry and the work produced thus far has been very weak.

Suggestion

2007-11-05T16:04:00.000-08:00

The Critical Fine Art Cafe

Components: cafe bar, coffee machine, seats, tables
Suppliers: coffee, tea, cake
Staff: CFAP students
Books: our books, friend's books, Brighton books, family books, artists books.

Selling most things that the Grand Parade cafe sell but cheaper. Providing a more comfortable surrounding for students, visitors to enjoy the airy space, to discuss in more detail, here and now...

You're allowed to go ahead with discussing this if you want but i personally will not be able to get involved if this idea goes ahead. i don't want to risk my job for what is essentially the manifestation of a very petty customer complaint. - the thomas ferguson band.

Suggestion

2007-11-05T15:57:00.000-08:00

Hire a bouncy castle
Charge for admission onto the bouncy castle
Surround the bouncy castle with old shoes
Create artwork to go onto, into or under the bouncy castle

Pros: rich for theoretical pickings and will actually get us visitors
Cons: someone might knife the bouncy castle.

Suggestion

2007-11-05T15:48:00.000-08:00

Mick Hartney/Peter Suchin Fanclub Convention

- exhibition of his works
- portraits comissioned
- dressing up competition
- lectures and discussion groups on his aesthetic qualities, influence, leadership skills, artistic merit etc.
- documentaries on his life
- work inspired by Mick/Peter
- t-shirts, badges and souvenirs made and sold

Pros: deals with a lot of issues heavily present in contemporary art - celebrity, obsession, ownership, originality, status - which has humour but also intellectual weight and darker undertones. Also makes a bold statement on art's unspoken links with cliques, exclusivity and in-jokery.

Cons: might look like we're taking the piss.

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Fire sale

Torch walls of gallery, floor and doors of the gallery, and put melted acetate onto the windows.

Sell individual artworks as if salvaged items from burning wreckage.

Create area of gallery to look like previous exhibition burnt down - charred paintings, flickering tvs, melted sculptures etc.

Pros: great visual presence, dramatic, individual practice can still be easily shown and we might make some money.

Cons: sorting the decor in two days and dismantling it in similar time may be tricky - especially if only a few people turn up - and it does rely on making people create object-based work. Heaven forfend.

Welcome to CFAP

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please state your name and practice.

CRITICAL FINE ART PRACTICE

Degree show meeting minutes 19/1/09

Degree show meeting minutes 5/1/09

NEWSFELCH

Fundraising ideas

CFAP degree show fundraising (third year -centric)

1 year on

Welcome back

London Trip Monday 25 Feb - details

< / UNBELIEVABLE CRIMEWAVE >

Exhibition take-down

Lie Down Disco 15/2/2008

GALLERY GET-IN WORK SCHEDULE

Charge your diaries

Invigilmalation times

two things

Unbelievable Crimewave countdown

Looks good

Catalog

plan

Fabrica mailing list

'label details' for Unbelievable Crimewave

Objets d'Art

Sina's gallery note

Gallery Email Invites

Flyer Fun

New flyers!

timetable update

Big Wednesday

Blowup the flyers

Blue Monday

PDF for Email Send Outs

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give me sunshine

Gallery Email List

Slice of heaven

Request (Lie-Down Disco / Take Ecstasy With Me)

Hurrah! Another Year...

Timetable for term and group email

New Term!

Santa Came Early

Flyer Blurb

Why does a red cow give white milk when it only eats green grass? that's the burning question, let's have your suggestion

ahem..

START THE PRESSES!

STOP PRESS

Reminder for Monday 10 December

Sample Flyers

Press release.

yba's?

Rob and Tom seminar

Susan's thoughts and a Rob&Tom Alert

Dangerous Liasons (with the Printmakers) and fundraising

London Adventure

offer of idea information.

Cereal and blogging don't mix.

That guy

Hi it's me

Simplified Colour Concept (so far)

Minutes with Peter Suchin 23/11/07

Proposal Redefined

Proposal for the multiple exhibitions show

Minutes with Peter Suchin 16/11/07

Minutes with Peter Suchin 9/11/07

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