Starting the New Year with a Hatchery Artist challenge. 31 pieces of work in 31 days. For me, it is a chance to play with materials and process and gather ideas together for the future. Hatchery Artists, now unfunded but I will apply again later in the year, have gathered two new artists for the challenge so we are now 10, that is 310 new works. These can be seen in the blog at www.hatcheryartists.com
I am also posting on Instagram to try and improve our profile and it is quite a challenge as I don’ t use it much but I understand that I need to engage with social media more. I draw the line at facebook, sorry, meta, though. It has been quite a learning year with all the Hatchery professional development but I have done quite a few courses, the best being the VR day with Kerryn Wise from my NearNow studio. The next course is on Instagram reels in a couple of weeks time.
I am beginning to have a clarity about my practice and its position between social engagement and contemporary art. It is quite another challenge to keep on track when the commissioner doesn’t always appreciate the contemporary art side. Using sound lends itself perfectly to social projects but it tends to be the presentation of those projects which causes problems.
It is interesting that in the first three days of art challenge, I have not included sound. Perhaps it is because it is always raining!