Week 3 - Networking and shadowing technicians

Starting off this Thursday, me and Damien continued our trip of meeting gallerists, discussing gallery models ana d generally networking. We started off at the Royal Academy of Sculptures. After going around their eclectic exhibition of members work, I discussed the demographic of their usual artists. They explained their focus on mid-career artists, though they introduced me to their new opportunity of joining their members society via a mentorship/show opportunity that is open to emerging artists, one that opens in late September.

After this, Myself and Damien headed to the design museum. We met Rebecca, the project director that was working at the time but also a member of KCAW. She gave us a private tour of the guts of the museum, explaining the process of receiving works at their delivery area, the ways in which they exhibit and show the works. I was extremely attracted by the potential of potentially working their in the future as a freelance project technician, after I expressed this interest to Rebecca she provided me with her contacts. I’m planning on sending her a CV, by mid-August hopefully after shadowing and gathering more experience as a tech via the internship.

Finally, we headed back to the gallery, where myself, Damien and Qalid (tech), began working on the VR system for the Tavistock festival. This was incredibly insightful to me as I could shadow/help with the problem-solving that A tech faces potentially every new job. I provided input and advice on the situation which proved that I was quite comfortable with the problem-solving aspect of the task at hand. To conclude, Damien again provided me with all the help he could, I made good links with Rebecca, shadowed a tech but most importantly, I grew even more comfortable.