Here are the working notes/doodles for the first draft of the DoF proposition which I did after our meeting in November. Ive posted it for archival purposes.
The proposition is to create interventions inside and outside the Espacio Gallery that disrupt the accepted dynamics of the white cube space (WCS)
There are at least 8 sites at which we could create such interventions:
Site 1: When works enter the space:
Usually only finished works are accepted into the WCS. We should only aim to have works that are in transformation or discovery.
Site 2: When works are actually in the gallery space:
Usually the WCS is a static site where finished works are arranged in a particular order and events allowed to take their course. We should challenge this by turning the gallery into an active, dynamic space where ideas are allowed to develop, works are continuously transformed in space and time, where there is room for unexpected encounters between works, between artists, between the audience and the artists.
Site 3: When works leave the WCS:
Generally they are unchanged. We should aim to make it a condition of entry that they are transformed in some way. We should aim for having a longer after- life for the exhibition by planning from the start to take the concept to other WCS galleries in London, uk and beyond.
Site 4: when the WCS is separated from the outside world
Generally the function of the WCS is to create a protected and controlled environment where works are shorn of their history, social context and the environment. We should invite interventions that break down this boundary and turn the gallery inside out.
Site 5: when the WCS serves as a neutral background
Traditionally the art value or the commercial worth of a Work is thought to be best appreciated against a neutral value-free background. We should aim to push against the limitations of this and see to what extent we could efface the distinction between the Work and it's background.
Site 6: when the WCS isolates works from each other
Separation of works, allowing each to " breathe" is a defining element of the WCS. We should aim to create an environment where artists and their works have the opportunity to interact and respond to each other over the course of the exhibition. We could be even more radical and allow for the boundary between works to be blurred.
Site 7: at the moment of curation
Generally within a WCS, curation happens just once and at the start of the exhibition. The corollary of having a dynamic rather than a static space is that curation must happen any number of times throughout the duration of the exhibition as artist requirements or relationship between works change. So curation could be interpreted as moments of negotiation in a contested space.
Site 8: the artist/audience/curator dynamic within the WCS
Within the WCS the least active role is that of the artist. The curator and to a lesser extent the consumer take up centre stage. The artist is either absent, or present as the Ex-creator. We should aim to turn the gallery into another site of artistic creation so that the artistic process and the relationship between artists becomes of central importance.
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