15 April 2015

So excited to be working on our inaugural Curator Visit. Our First curator is now confirmed, and we are in the process of spreading the word so that post-grad students can prepare and get involved.We will hold an Information Session for our first group of artists to prepare for the meetings on Wednesday 15 April 2015.

Send TEMPLATE below to acuratorvisits@gmail.com asap:

 

 

 

NOTES FROM INFO SESSION WEDNESDAY 15 APRIL 2015 (TIPS/THINGS TO CONSIDER)

Don’t clean/tidy your studio

But do prepare – have on hand what you want to talk about

Be prepared technically – if you are showing videos pre-load them and be ready to go

Artists and curators like the same things – it’s interesting to see source images, materials and tests as much as more completed works

If relevant, have copies of catalogues on hand

Think about how you want to run the meeting

Focus on something in particular rather than running through your entire practice, which is to be avoided!

Provide a little background to your practice

Present a range of projects 4-5 max

Present projects at different stages of completion

Present work that you are doing now

Speak of the theoretical/critical framework of the project/work – do so in a digestible manner

Talk about your work succinctly – learn to distil, discuss and present

Always take things back to the work and focus on the work

Look for conversation and points of access and ask for an opinion: ‘This is where I’m at with this project/work, what do you think?

Be honest about the work

‘We all want to impress our parents’- that is we want our work to be liked, but be weary of ‘pleasing’. You can’t predict what a person you have never met might respond to, so keep it honest and let the work speak for itself rather than trying to present what you think the other person might like...you can’t know this.

Be open to dialogue and let the conversation go where it will, allowing the curator to input, so that it is a conversation and not a presentation. You might not get to cover everything that you planned to speak of, and that is fine

Get advice on the work – throughout the course of your practice you’ll meet many people: it’s good to make yourself a bit vulnerable and be open to suggestions and feedback

Ask about the commercial aspect of the practice – that is the commercial viability of the work

Ask about the institutional framework and where the curator thinks your work would fit – ask for advice.