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The Commission Project

TEAM E Members and Roles
Sacha Stevenson: Curator. Bradley Helbert: Curator.

Ashleigh Wright: Model Making and Architect.

Martin Wilby: Research (locations) Designer and Health and Safety. Rebecca Smith: Writer and Typography. Dana Zvarova: Designer. Joe Borsos: Writer.

Exhibition Theme
The theme for our Exhibition came about when we thought of the messages and meanings behind our work. As the project is about different, and often metaphorical, forms of waste all collating together in an exhibition we sought to find the predominant recurring theme. We kept repeating words like abandonment, and also simply the concept of loss, as waste only becomes waste when we, as humans classify it as such. Therefore things are wasted by our action and choice. Particularly when looking at the photography of wasted buildings, it spurred a tangent of the romantic era of art, as it was at the cusp of the industrial revolution. The art and poetry of the Romantic era showed artists reactions, to this new technology, a new way of life, and the destruction of the old. Our particular era does not necessarily reflect the context of an industrial revolution, but more the unravelling of our industrial world, with our current economic collapse, and so the artists of our time react to a total change of our way of life, similarly to the Romantics. Looking through various Romantic Era poetry, the poem After-Thought by William Wordsworth, caught our attention, as the title is a poignant reminder of what our work is, an After-Thought. It is only once the damage is done that something becomes waste, and it is only then we spare it a different approach or thought, which is why Wordsworths After-Thought embodies an overall meaning to our exhibition

Location: Fort Amherst

Map of Fort Amherst Site

Example of previous exhibited work Main Room of the Lower Level

Upper Entrance

Scale Model

This foam board model shows the layout of the location on a 1 centimetre to 20 centimetre scale. It also includes scale versions of each persons miniature series of images and the positions we would place them within the venue. Also included in the model are the extra partitions and structures we propose to place within the rooms of the Fort. These will be used as bases on which to hang our work as it is not possible to hang work directly onto the walls of the venue. Each section of the model can be placed in accordance to its positioning in real life so as to give an accurate impression of how the exhibition would look as a whole

Floor Plan
The floor plan works in accordance with the scale model to display the layout of the venue, including image placement, exhibition pathways and additional structures. The plan is drawn to a 1 centimetre to 50 centimetre scale in order to achieve the correct level of detail to effectively display the exhibition and any aspects we have added to it such as additional structures and dedicated pathways.

Exhibition Choices
Lighting
The majority of the rooms will be lit in a similar fashion using lights such as those to the right. Others, however, will be backlit using

Constructed Spaces
In some of the room we will be creating structures to house the work and also to avoid having to attach any fixtures to the already present walls. These will be made up of a number of flats supported by frames and stands and painted either white or black depending on the work shown.

Flow
Our exhibition will have a one way path through it to ensure that the exhibition flows and each of the mini series of work links in the viewers perspective as was intentionally designed by the curators.

Exhibition Text
After-Thought I thought of Thee, my partner and my guide, As being past away.--Vain sympathies! For, backward, Duddon! as I cast my eyes, I see what was, and is, and will abide; Still glides the Stream, and shall for ever glide; The Form remains, the Function never dies; While we, the brave, the mighty, and the wise, We Men, who in our morn of youth defied The elements, must vanish;--be it so! Enough, if something from our hands have power To live, and act, and serve the future hour; And if, as toward the silent tomb we go, Through love, through hope, and faith's transcendent dower, We feel that we are greater than we know. William Wordsworth afterthought [ftt]n 1. a comment, reply, etc., that occurs to one after the opportunity to deliver it has passed 2. an addition to something already completed Collins English Dictionary Complete and Unabridged HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003

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Advertising/Audience
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Budget
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Team Evaluation/Any Questions ?