Just looking at the pictures and thinking that the conversation was a good way to put in a layer of interpretation of the work. The show worked well for the opening. I also thought that it worked ok when I was invigilating as I did mini guided tours and told stories. I'm not sure how well it worked stand alone and worry that it may have seemed esoteric and obscure. Sort of became what it was commenting on which loads of art seems to do. There was a show on at the millennium galleries which was loads of work interfering with other pieces and if you read the bumph thats what the work was supposed to be about but it just was what it was critical of rather than creating a dialogue it closed it down. So if the work was about asking a question did it leave the answer desirable enough and open enough for people to bother to look for an answer. I'm not sure but its important to see the work holistically - even if we see the exhibition as a way of promoting the studios and Parson cross in a city centre space and raising the profile of the studios which was the original purpose of the commission. It felt like it went past this but as with the small commissions program once you start something off and have an open mind it's amazing where it can end up. I'm texting quotes to Rachael at the minute so I'm going to put my second favorite quote in here - Ernest Shakalton - "Doing anything is easy - the difficult thing is knowing what you want to do."
