ARTISTIC RESEARCH- Process


DAY  3- PRODUCTION PROCESS OF THE PIECE
- we put up the piece in its final location for the exhibition (right before the bridge in catedralen). Because of health and safety we had to have 1m off the wall for people to pass, so we put it as close to the left side of the wall was possible (when facing the bridge with the reception at the back). We decided to put it somewhere where people could pass through if they wanted to, so that there would be interaction with the piece. even if people didn’t pass through, they still passed close enough that the fabric would move slightly due to the movement next to it.
- we carried on hanging, knotting fabric, adding the hemp-coloured rope here and there.

- By lunch time we felt like we had finished hanging/knotting  and thought we could add colour to it, a little bit. that’s when we brought in the spray bottle and Arys mixed some ochres together to find a colour that would work with the hemp colour of the rope (because everything else was mainly white). we decided to spray paint (using the spray bottle) only the bottom parts of the hanging pieces.  so that it could dry in time for the exhibition opening two hours later, but also because we really liked the white of the hanging pieces of fabric, it harks back to that picture of hanging white sheets.
- we also had to try to not wet/paint the flour too much.
- we ended up with a maze of tied/knotted hanging strips of fabric, randomly sculptured into something. the idea was not for people to get stuck when they walked through but for them to enter into a bit of an odd world.
- I brought in the lamp I had borrowed from Kaja for the guardian of the forest project and put it at the top of the bridge, facing downwards. it looked a bit like a sun glowing down, and the light at times felt different when one was inside the maze.

- We reached a point where we felt like it was a natural place to stop hanging things and spraying, that the piece was ‘complete’ (As Linn said, it didn’t feel like we were having fun anymore, so then it was time to stop).
- BUT we still had some strips left, and thought they could be fun to have hanging on the side for people to take and hang things out by themselves. So then we had to make a sign, within 10 minutes of the opening.

- Opening : people wanted to play in the space, which is a good sign, and some people also hung/tied some strips to add to the piece. I would say we achieved what we wanted then.