Discussion of how we would all like to show our work individually. We would all like a varied show, with some of us showing simple works, while some are more complex; some interactive and some traditional, some small and some large scale, and some free standing installation works.
New idea: If we have a window space, one 'teaser' day before the show launch when we would all show a piece of our work in the window space of the shop. The following evening we would have a launch night, and then the show would last one full day after that and be taken down that evening.
The show will be advertised with minimal information, i.e. the location, and the date the show will end. Not the opening date or the date and time of the launch night, but when it will end. We want to maintain themes of the transient and the temporary. These adverts could be flyers handed out in the street and discarded, left to be littered around the streets of the city centre.
This way people won't really know what the information is, just that something is going on. Real information about the launch night and the show itself can be communicated by word of mouth. Is this really practical? Is hype too little information?
In terms of a budget, the only things we will have to spend money on (in our ideal scenario) are printing flyers (or posters etc), launch night expenses like food and alcohol, printing or material costs for final pieces... and hopefully the location will be free of charge.
We are still putting out feelers for other locations in case the Den space falls through, we talked about getting in touch with the local council to see if they can tell us who to speak to about empty retail spaces, or to point us in the right direction. I am also waiting on replies from e-mails to contacts in Manchester.
I am thinking about getting in touch with artists who have showed in empty retail spaces, to ask for information about how they acquired their space and the practicalities of showing in a non-art space.
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