There is a new show at the Undercroft tomorrow... What with the almost constant barrage of Instagram and Facebook images that I've received so far, I feel I have pretty much seen it in its entirety already. I'm sure these platforms can be quite useful as a means of advertising, but something tells me that the Surprise element of viewing a new exhibition is all but lost. I remember back in the days before computers ruined everything, sorry, made a lot of things easier to do. The only notice that a show was going on would be an A5 piece of paper with an image or two, a title and maybe a list of Artists involved. I'd be intrigued by the image/concept and know a few of the Artists, and so want to go and see what they do together. They've done this for the new exhibition, and I will go along for those reasons anyway, but I've also seen it from virtually every conceivable angle...or rather I've already seen everything from all the 'best' angles, so what I see tomorrow can only really be a slight disappointment... I'm thinking that more subtle advertising on these platforms is definitely something to look into...not exactly cryptic '321' clues, but not blatant spoilers either. Somewhere in the middle would be ideal...like with most things, really...
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Andrew Hornett
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Jun 4, 20181 min read
It's not Art, it's IKEA...
I just noticed that the difference between my posts so far and the usual scribblings in my little black books is that on here there seems to be a forced polishedness... The books are raw. I say I just noticed, but I've got a feeling it's been one of the factors that has made me shy away from writing this blog sort of thing for so long. It also seems entirely plausible for me to write little random bits of text rather than making myself write a full essay each time...I can also edit anything I do write ad infinitum...I could even edit my spelling and grammar until it appears that a poor man's wannabe Stephen Fry has written this, losing pretty much all of my Self in the process. Here I am, exposed...this is simply a new medium in which to expose myself...
May 30, 20180 min read
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