I have now completed the video I will be showing for the exhibition, and am currently still setting up my space for Thursday, the opening night.
The video is 4 minutes long, which I think it terms of time in a gallery space is long enough to get my message across but also short enough so that the viewer will not get bored and walk away.
In the video there are still shots of things that are around me as I get ready, and incorporating with that is a connecting sound. The sound is very important as a key as to which stage of getting ready I am at. You never see me in the video, just hear me and what I am doing. For example, the first shot is of my curtains and the sound with it is my alarm going off. The curtains are usually the first thing I see when woken up by my alarm to get up and get ready.
I think this opportunity of being part of this exhibition has come at the right time. I have been struggling for a while not knowing where to go with my work. I have seen and been influenced by a lot of Artists. From this I think i have been able to take what I have seen and develop it into my own work. The piece itself is very conceptual and open but still allows the viewer to follow it easily.
