workday March 27, 2006
it was a great day in the studio. did a lot of maintenance for Normal Space, including sanding, painting, electrical and art-gathering. 
i came to a realization today about working with particular elements of this gallery: above the drop-ceiling line the drywall was mostly neglected and abused. not a total surprise there, obviously the drop-ceiling wasn’t intended to be removed for the space to be converted into an exhibition space! but the maintenance required to smooth out certain elements of the space require more than i expected, and will have to be dealt with at another time.
enough layers of paint over time will solve some of these issues. so i threw down some paint!
even did a mopping of the space. man what a difference that made! dust is a phenomenon because you can sweep and sweep and vacuum and do all of that, but some of it always remains; you need a proper mopping to really remove it.
then for the first time i got out most of the work for the show and pooled it all together along the gallery wall. the accompanying photo shows about 2/3 of the work for the show. still a few others in storage elsewhere and 3 pieces yet to acquire off-site. but laying it all out made me realize just how much i like all of this work. i’m really excited to see it fill the space, to be a living gallery.
the other maintenance for the space/show i did included installing one overhead lamp, a 4ft. fluorescent. i’m unsure yet if i’ll be using fluorescents or incandescents for the exhibition. i need to do more electrical work to really solve that concern. i also compiled the initial slideshow that will be playing on my computer monitor (19″ ViewSonic G90fb) during the opening. right now it’s 70 photos. a few more to add and i’ll likely re-compile them for the web after the opening.
all in all a fun day’s work!
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- Author : nick
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