Thursday 29 July 2010

It seems only a short while since respond/reply started in early 2010 but already the four artists have met on three occasions and a fourth meeting is planned for October.

Much material has been produced by all of us, and in some cases multiple responses have built up from a small starting point. We are not being prescriptive or orderly in our responses, each of us can choose to respond at any time to any other piece of work. Already this has led to George writing about Phyllida's recent show at the Serpentine.

We are busy preparing for a show in the Town Hall Galleries that opens in September. This will take the form of a project space, with the work to date exhibited to show the changing and developing nature of the project. Helen and I plan to spend some time in the gallery, making work and also responding to visitors comments. On 1st October we are holding a public discussion event where we will hold our normal meeting in the gallery and invite the public to join us. We are hopeful that several students from University Campus Suffolk will also join us as we will be working with them in the weeks prior to the event.

Helen will be running a Big Draw workshop in October half term and we plan to visit the local library to work with the public on drawing and writing related activities.