Our Blankspace exhibition with Creative Transit!

Back when we had applied to Blankspace we didn't think we would hear from them, but eventually they let us know they had an exhibition slot for us in August between the dates of the 11th and the 28th. This was an opportunity for us to use the space as a studio and create our art within it. This also gave the public an opportunity to view us working as artists. We called the exhibition 'Chinese Whispers,' in that our work was so diverse, but at the same time each piece links itself with another one, creating a chain of whispers.  I decided to continue with a previous project called 'Humanimals,' and I spurred myself to take the animal/human combination one step further and show the similarities of us and our pets. I decided to combine an image of my dog, Tess as me. I wanted to show that we are a lot closer to them than we realise. And obviously keeping the same humourous side to it but via a different medium; through painting. I really enjoyed rediscovering my love for painting again. I was really proud of the finishing result, as it showed to myself that I hadn't lost the art of painting. In the exhibition I decided to put it in the middle of my other photographs I had created at the end of year 2, so they would fit well together.

My final piece

Our exhibition space

The actual 'opening night' was only right at the end, which gave everyone a chance to drink lots of booze and look at art. The night was pretty fun but nerve-racking too as it was in quite a well known art establishment in Manchester. I ended up running around just before collecting more wine as we got sponsors from Sandbar for beer, but none for wine, which can't happen at an art exhibition! I think we could have organised it better, and advertised it more to the public. From past exhibitions there, I have learnt to get the word out more about our exhibitions, to get more people involved, especially people we don't know more. Still, all in all it was successful, and I would like to put more exhibitions similiar to this very soon.