Curatorial sketches - Figuring alternatives to the gallery wall
As previously mentioned, there is the possibility that we might not have access to the back wall in the exhibition space of the Library. In this case, it's important that we think of possible alternatives should this happen. We think it's necessary to continue to have photographs of the workshop should the gallery wall not be available in the location we had expected it. We would like the attendants of the workshops, and therefore contributors to the exhibition, to have a space where photographs of their work can be seen. I have sketched 2 ideas that I think would make good alternatives. Both ideas do have pros and cons which will be discussed below. Warren has also created some digital mock-ups of alternatives to the gallery wall being at the back of the exhibition space. I will discuss these below. In this idea, the mannequins are stood in a staggered fashion around a partition wall that has been placed underneath the staircase. The partition wall here has two purposes - to ...