SPACE BETWEEN THE PROPOSAL AND THE REALITY

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the chaos

a multiplicity of voices

I, you, they are transient participants

In the developing conversations I had with the artists in ATELIER PUBLIC#2 there were points where a random thought or idea brought to that table resulted in great proposals or starting points for works. These felt real and tangible at the time and yet, in the absence of the physicality of the exhibition, were ideas in waiting.

Once the exhibition opened and the installation took shape the majority of these proposals became obsolete, impossible and problematic in so many ways. The exhibition changed so fast, anarchic rhythms took hold and were multiplied by vast majority of the public who entered the exhibition. The artists, their aesthetic, their materials disappeared into the exhibition and then the whole thing was destroyed in one hour on 10 April.

The exhibition renewed itself quickly and in renewal wiped clean the act of destruction, although it is still visible in the ‘monuments to destroyed work we created. The reality of the act of destruction was subsumed quickly and a transient public rebuilt their own aesthetic using the available materials.

Within all this public process the impossible proposals were revised, rewritten and some were lost. Some needed to be done in the moment otherwise returning would mean you were walking into an unknown and unpredictable space.