08/05/2010

Went in today (Sat) to get a bit done, but it turned out to be one of "those days" (I'm sure you know what I mean). Went on Steve Maher's "Anti protest" protest. It was a good laugh and the weather was nice and sunny for it.

07/05/2010

cleaned up the broken mirror pieces in preparation for the degree show; the heat is most definitely on now! But, not just any old broken piece of mirror will do; the really rough bits I threw away. Started cutting out the mirror paper shapes to stick on the back of the broken pieces. It's going to take a lot of time and effort to get them all sorted. Spoke to Matt Gidney about synchronising the 4 monitors; he said it was easy enough with DVD players, tricky enough with the monitors though. He is going to look into it though.

"Too rough" to use.

06/05/2010

carried on cleaning the mirror pieces. Had a talk with the graphics student (Paul Rice) about doing the posters; he seems enthusiastic about doing them. Evelyn Glynn called up to give me her images and blurb for next weeks poster for "Art in the Making LSAD". We had a meeting to organise the stuff for Faber studio session on Sunday (Having another meeting tomorrow). Totally forgot to pick up video recorder from Matt at lunch time; left him a note to say that I would call back later on in the afternoon, and then completely forgot to do that as well! Had meeting for degree show catalogue etc; it seems I'm attending a lot of meetings these times, LOL. Did not hear back from the other company I approached about sponsoring me some materials. Wrote to North Tipperary Arts officer inviting her to the degree show; it transpires that she is on maternity leave until September. I invited her secretary then, but she is on holidays that week, never mind.

05/05/2010

Spent most of the morning trying to organise someone to do the posters for "Art in the Making LSAD"; putting up flyer's etc, and it has proved successful; a second year graphics student has replied, so that will be a great help. Have read Davids writings on the genesis of the Art in the making group; it sounds good to me. Finally got the 'mirror box' done; I managed to get it stuck with hot melt glue, doing one side at a time. Have also reinforced it on the inside by using duck tape (quack quack).

04/05/2010

Had a talk with David about the advertising for "Art in the Making LSAD" It is pretty in-depth; not sure if I have taken on a bit too much, what with the degree show around the corner. The interest seems to be dwindling (only 4 showed up for the talk today) which is a shame, but then again it is a very busy time of the year for students. Presented my work to my colleagues for a critique. It went well; I showed mainly video works, which meant a lot of stopping and starting. I overcame this problem by supplying popcorn and sweeties to the audience! Went to Hunt exhibition in the evening; it was good. Carried on editing video work afterwards, also made a start on organising the mirror pieces for show.

30/04/2010

Sharpened up the proposal a bit and re submitted it; it was very stressful as there was a noon deadline, and things were not quite going smoothly. Nevertheless, got it over in time; will leave it up to God now.
Carried on editing some video work. Got some UV glue from Pat Biestey; tried it out on the mirror on Saturday but it has not worked; I am going to have to try another approach. Went to Duggan glass during the week to see if they would be prepared to sponsor me some materials, but never heard back from them. Wrote to a plastics firm with the same intention, hope to hear from them on Tuesday.

29/04/2010 Contd.

We had a meeting about the "Art in the Making LSAD" spirit store event coming up; it sounds like it is going to be an interesting 3 hour spot. It is strange really, even though we are free thinking group, it seems to be more focused when we have a "leader", perhaps that is human nature. Aaron did well as leader/facilitator even though he was not entirely comfortable with concept of leaderhood. (I have just invented another new word; it sounds so much better than leadership). Steve Maher mentioned his 'anti-protest' protest that is on next week, that should be fun.