Hi guys
good to hear theres some good proposals- alec doherty is my housemate- he's got some really good ideas and he's pretty organised and motivated, and i think theres two other people that he wants to do an exhibition with.. sounds good.

I havent had time to complete my proposal as yet but i can give you a general idea about how things are progressing- it's looking like i'm going to collaborate with another nick- nick davies whos on my course. We both work in a process-based way, me mostly on a large scale and sculptural, his usually smaller and 2-d - drawing writing and scrawling: we have some similarities but we are also very different, i think it would be a good contrast:

The idea is that we spend two-three weeks, in january, working in the space every day and building up the installation, culminating in an exhibition at the end of jan. The exhibition at the end will predominantly consist of what we have created in the time, and maybe some other bits, including some film/animation of the construction process, and maybe some previous works. My work will consist of architectural constructions made from brick, mud, organic matter, wood and all manner of other junk that will 'grow' around the space. The exact nature of nicks work i'm not sure about but i imagine it will be largely drawing, i envisage his work taking up more of the walls whilst mine takes up more of the space. The extent to which our work interacts with each others work is as yet indecided and may evolve as the work progresses.

The idea is to have it as an open studio so people can come in during the construction period whilst we are working if they want.
Possibly this could be organised into one or two 'open studio' afternoons instead of any old time.
I also though about having other activities during this period- for my part these will consist of practical workshops- a rocket stove building workshop and maybe another 'building stuff from junk' workshop, and maybe we could get other people to do other workshops\activities during the period.

i would like to start the construction on or around the 7th jan. Graeme will it be alright to spend quite alot of time in your basement over the course of january? Also whats the key/landlord situation? I'm not that keen to do too much more preparation until that is sorted.

see you guys soon happy christmas