Going home

Some times I have to be reminded of my manners... My participation in this project would not be possible without the support of my family and friends, the Suedbalkon crew - and last but not least Paul - THANK YOU ALL. Its been a enjoyable and empowering experience..

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Untitled black series 2009 Amanda Francis

Envelope Drawings 2010 Paul Jones

I experienced technical problems and was unable to document the entire show - hopefully Paul will send them from rainy Jamaica. You may have noticed (from the original map of space) that there is a new addition... a kind of bump that appeared for the show. I thought it could be a sort of heterotopia, Paul might disagree with me though...

Black star Wallhill 2009 installation view

untitled_Wall Hill_blackstar series 2009 from Paul Jones on Vimeo.

The vibes

Paul and Tilo getting deep into computers at 2am

We had dimensions, (but apart from it not being a pristine gallery space) I didn’t know what to expect. my experience of working in industrial spaces has usually entailed clearing lots of pigeon shit - they're not my favorite spaces. I was pleasantly surprised however, it was an office in its former life and so quite intimate in scale - it had a really nice feel to it and they had done a little work. largely though the character of the place remained, some partitions were wood panel and glazed. Ok... So I have to apologise - I don’t have many pics. Apart from the fact that we only had one day to get it together, my camera also stopped working...

The space consisted of two rooms (the second not on this map) a corridor and a bridge. Our hosts were really generous and accommodating, especially Tilo who stayed up (virtually all night) during the installation. We were making an exhibition, but really if felt more like a marathon - not in a stressful way. In fact there was a certain level of ease about the situation, which made it fun. The Sübalkon group are serious about what they’re doing, (they invest a great deal of time, effort as well as money into the project) but because of the mix of people there isn’t the preciousness about status as a visual arts space. That stiff professionalism wasn’t around – I found this rather refreshing and empowering…

detail of work

Working on old used material in this case used envelopes, feels as though part of the work of mark making and investigation has been done already. My continued investigation into the material and the process of drawing feels akin to sculptural processes such as carving. Seeing the ‘work’ in the mind’s eye on the proverbial blank canvas then peeling the layers back to reveal the ‘work’. But I must always remember that the 'work' revealed invariably isn't the 'work' planned.

Untitled_Posing as an Anomaly002