LSBU Level 3 Photographic Collaborative Project

exhibition spaces

2009-03-02T13:37:00.000-08:00

http://www.matisonnburgin.com/opportunities.html

http://mail.google.com/mail/?ui=2&ik=c55c96d8e5&view=att&th=11fc6c6ae5f8a80a&attid=0.1.1&disp=vah&zw

http://www.gumtree.com/london/77/34347377.html

http://www.thebricklanegallery.com/gallery_hire.htm

http://www.ragfactory.org.uk/rehearsalspace.htm

http://vynerstreetgallery.co.uk/

http://www.myspace.com/adastreet

Feedback & Essay

2008-12-10T16:34:00.000-08:00

Hi folks

Thank you for the presentations today it was a mammoth session, and I really appreciate how hard you all prepared for them (MJ sorry you had to drag yourself out of your sick-bed, hope you feel much better soon), (and Nicola thank you for the baked cookies, delicious!).
I hope participating in and listening to the other presentations today was of benefit to you all. So much has transpired over the last twelve weeks that I feel it was important for everyone to get an overview of the process and reflect on the project outcome.

I will be providing you all with written feedback on the project overall, and your individual contributions of the project management and presentations. As this is not an official university ‘report’ (none is required other than the marks), I will be emailing you all this feedback individually….they will not be passed on to the university. However, as there are so many of you do bare with me as this will take me a few days to compile! With the essay (I’m afraid), the feedback/comments are written out on an official form that then goes back to the university. As you know your final overall mark for this unit will be a combination of the project management, presentation, and essay.

So the essay!! As discussed earlier today the following is confirmation of a happy (?) compromise (as I am the only person to be reading and assessing the essays I can confirm that these are the amended guidelines that I shall be going by):

Ignore the essay title/question that is in the Unit Guide, and use the title:
‘SECRETS: A Collaborative Project’

1500 words (which allows you %10 under or over word count. As Paula correctly pointed out I won’t be counting the words, however I can instantly tell by sight if the word count is too short!)

The essay should critically evaluate the key advantages and disadvantages of working collaboratively by reflecting on your SECRETS project/exhibition process and outcome as a case study. Over the last twelve weeks you have done the ‘groundwork’ for this essay so this amended version of the essay will allow you to use and expand on some areas that you already prepared for your presentations (you are half way there already as it were!). Remember it is a reflection on the collaboration of the project overall…not just on your specific ‘job’.

Feel free to include images/illustrations

However in terms of the ‘technical’ aspects of the essay: structure, content, presentation and analysis, these do remain the same (I’m sure you are already very familiar with this from other projects and dissertation but do check with the unit guide to make sure)

Deadline is 16th January 2009

I hope this is clear, but if any of you have any questions, concerns, whatever, then do please email me as I will be more than happy to help.

Early start please!

2008-12-09T12:20:00.000-08:00

(sorry to keep going on about this, but I currently only have 8 people's presentation slides out of a class of around 23)

It would be very helpful if we could all arrive a little early tomorrow so we can present a united and professional image. This is especially important for those adding to the Powerpoint in the morning.

Above is a screenshot of the presentation.

If you could match the theme (just a black background with white text!) that would save us time!

If you will be adding slides to the Powerpoint presentation in the morning, please make sure you are in class for 9:30. This should give us enough time (just!) to put together the presentation so we can start at 10:00.
The info/pics have to be inserted to the main show then edited to match the rest.

Thanks to everyone who has sent me their slides - much appreciated!

What was the name of the beer company?

2008-12-09T11:54:00.000-08:00

hey guys what is the name of the beer company that was going to sponsor us?

my bit of the presentation (sponsorship)

2008-12-09T11:46:00.000-08:00

hey guys

sorry for the no show on Mon, but things got out of hand at the office and with christmas around the corner its getting really hard and im getting swamped with people coming in- i dont think theve heard of the credit crunch!!

anyways- i dont need any pics up for sponsorship as its mainly me just pointing out what we went through how we got rejected etc.
i will put some bullet points and then come early tomorow to add them in before the presentation. ill put them up here too just in case.

anyways see ya!!!!!

Presentation powerpoint

2008-12-09T03:35:00.003-08:00

Many thanks to the 4 people who have already sent me their slides for the presentation, they have been incorporated into the main show to make for a seamless presentation.

We asked for everyone to send their presentations to me by end of play yesterday so we wouldn't have to be rushing to get them added & edited before tomorrow. (We do have other work to be doing!)

I don't need much from you, just a couple of photos or slides to act as a visual aid to your verbal presentation.

If I haven't received your slides by 5pm today, I can't promise that I'll be able to add them to the main show - you will have to do this yourself tomorrow morning before the presentation.

We've done really well with this project and could potentially receive high marks - let's not let ourselves and each other down by presenting poorly tomorrow - send me your slides!!!

Thank you.

A picture says a thousand words...

2008-12-08T17:37:00.000-08:00

...so here's my dissertation.

(By Karel!)

Presentation

2008-12-08T14:46:00.000-08:00

Sorry i couldn't make it in the end today, i had to run off to the hospital at the last minute. Could someone please update us on how the meeting went today, and what was discussed about the presentation, and how its gonna go for the benefit of those who couldn't make it??

Much thanks

Nat

photos

2008-12-08T11:26:00.000-08:00

hey guys,

gonna sort out the little slideshow for the presentation so if everybody could put up on either the blog or facebook any photos they have from anything involving the exhibition. meetings, photoshoots, gig, etc...

also i've been trying to go onto the flicker group, but can't see any pictures. are they actually any on there or is it just me being a little slow in the technological department...?

2008-12-08T03:48:00.000-08:00

Sorry people
I can not make the meeting today, have let Helene know and she will step up for me. Hope it all goes well and will check back here tonight to see any feedback. Just need to know how long each group is going to talk for to fine tune my section.

easy
xoxk

My Computer Is Broken

2008-12-07T14:37:00.000-08:00

Dear All,

Well on the way back from Helene's my computer fell over in the back of the van because it hadn't been packed properly. I didnt do the packing, I left it up to others and just provided the "muscle" (well... you know what I mean :P ) There are now two gouges in the screen which are really noticeable and needless to say I am very very very unhappy, which I think is pretty understandable. I am not trying to place blame, and I know accidents happen, but even so I am now left with a broken screen.

I leant my computer on the understanding that if it got broken it would be replaced and unfortunately the screen is now unusable and is going to need to be replaced. I have found the cheapest version available on Dell that will serve as a replacement whilst giving me the same screen size and specs.

http://accessories.euro.dell.com/sna/productdetail.aspx?c=uk&l=en&s=dhs&cs=ukdhs1&sku=185319

As you can see the replacement is currently £162. I am asking that the remaining budget be used to replace my computer screen because I do not feel that it is fair for me to have to pay for a new one considering that it wasn't even my fault that it got broken.

Again I am not pointing fingers, I'm sorry if it sounds that way. I'm not sure how much is left in the budget, but I would really appreciate a response ASAP please. Thank you very much.

Lee

2morrows meeting!

2008-12-07T14:09:00.000-08:00

so i think alot of people have agreed that tomorrows meeting should take place at 1pm now. simply cause it means we all get more of a bloody well ly-in : D

so yeah everyone, tomorrow, 1pm, on the Mez. see ya'll their.

p.s its to go threw the presentations for Wendesday

nite

dismantling of exhibtion : (

2008-12-06T04:32:00.000-08:00

so yes guys, i hate to say it, but tomorrow is the day....sob, sob! : ( ...but how funny was it along the way eh! : ) something to definatly tell the grand kids lol : D

anyways ive discussed with others, and it would be best for everyone to get to the Foundry at 4.30pm tomorrow, as it takes a while to dismantle the equipment, clean up and so on.

Sindy going to or has booked the van for hire from roughly 7.30 I THINK? maybe 6.30 im not 100% sure on that one. plus we dont want to leave it too late either. so if everyone could get their bottoms round for 4.30 that would be grand! : )

p.s how ace is it, not having the project file to do....hahaha : )

Photos from exhibition

2008-12-05T16:30:00.000-08:00

Hi guys

I suggest we upload the photos from the exhibition to the official Flickr group.
www.flickr.com/groups/secrets-exhibition

Then from these we can make a better selection for the web site perhaps.
I only have these two photos, as the camera I had, didn't want to cooperate with me. Mark should have many photos that I took in his camera ;)

Presentation PowerPoint

2008-12-05T07:14:00.000-08:00

Hey guys,

I think Pat would like us to make one flowing powerpoint presentation to accompany our presentation on Wednesday, so Paul and I are offering to put it together, with your help.

Each person would need to create 2-3 slides to support what they want to say, but the end of MONDAY 8th December.

We've decided on Monday because we don't really want to be putting it together last minute and have it affecting our own presentations. If you are unable to get it to us by Monday, your slides will not be included in the ppt presentation.

Preferably, send a ready-made powerpoint presentation that we can just paste in, or otherwise small images and bulleted text, with some indication of what goes where. (the first option would be easier please!)

Send them to Paul's email address: paullincolnphotography@gmail.com

Ta :)

2008-12-04T16:08:00.000-08:00

I AM THAT HAPPY I THINK I WANT TO CRY RIGHT NOW!

IM THAT BLOODY SHATTERED THOUGH, THAT IM WRITING IN CAPITALS AND I CANT EVEN SLEEP!

WELL DONE GUYS!!!! : D

Exhibition

2008-12-04T15:47:00.000-08:00

CONGRATULATIONS on your opening tonight, it was a great turnout, and feedback was very positive. You should be very proud of yourselves, WELL DONE!
So keep it going for your presentations and essay!!

Also to let you know that it will be Paula who will be second marking the presentations with me on Wednesday. It will be a very long morning to get through all the presentations, so please we have to begin at 10am sharp.

I am assuming that you are meeting as a group before Wednesday to sort out your visual material and have a quick run through? If not planned then I suggest that you do so as to familiarize yourself with the running order and have smooth ‘handovers’ during the presentations.

If anyone has any questions/concerns, whatever…email me or post on the blog, I will be more than happy to offer advice… it is not just in my interest but I want you all to do really well!

Sorry I won't be able to visit the exhibition again over the next couple of days...work and family.
Have a good weekend, and remember in your presentations to ‘perform’!

WELL DONE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

2008-12-04T15:43:00.000-08:00

WOW! What an absolutely FANTASTIC night!! The turnout was completely above anyone's expectations, and there was soo much positive feedback. I'm on a high after all this, and i feel so proud that we've produced this great exhibition, and i think that everybody should feel the same. WELL DONE EVERYBODYYYYY!!!!! :) :) :) :) :)

Let's just hope the room airs out tonight because it smells very icky with sweat and alcohol. Hope everybody enjoyed tonight, and don't forget if you're invigilating tomorrow and Saturday!! See ya'll tomorrow for the presentations :(

Nat xx

exhibition details

2008-12-04T15:06:00.000-08:00

yeah, i agree about the cheese grater; the video is just playing to be honest so it's not that intrusive, but no one is really getting what to do with the cheese grater so i think it should be hidden, perhaps under the bed... if anyone gets down to look they can shine their torch inside it...

also the shoebox on the bottom of the bookcase needs to be sealed and stuck down to the shelf somehow because people keep opening it (even though it's got something on it...) and seeing if there's anything in it. The big cat-thing that's on it nearly broke earlier cos someone dropped it on the floor whilst looking in the box... something is needed there to make it more interesting so i don't suggest removing it completely, but it does have to be secured properly.

any other points?

Video & cheese grater

2008-12-04T05:18:00.000-08:00

I haven’t seen this video work but I agree with Kate…the quality of the works you exhibit will reflect on you as the curators and be detrimental to the quality of the other works. Which brings me to the cheese grater…I have seldom come across a work of such ‘quality street wrapper’ value, which prompts me to suggest that if it is to remain in the exhibition, it should be very very secret and be made virtually impossible to find. If anyone wants to try to convince me of its hidden virtues then do please try….I will try to be there for 6:30pm.
Well done so far and good luck.

video

2008-12-04T00:00:00.000-08:00

in reply to what to do about the video piece,
I am for not showing it, I am sorry but when we were told yesterday it was chosen simply becase a video piece was needed I was not impressed.

The work on show should be there as it is quality, not stuffing to bulk out the show.

Email the artist and tell them the work can not be shown and say sorry.

Thats my thoughts on this one folks.

Also sorry can not be there for 4.30, will get there as early as I can.
xox

setting up the exhibition

2008-12-03T16:31:00.000-08:00

This is it, people - the opening night is already upon us! :)

We got most of the things done and decided tonight, it was a good effort, big thanks for everyone who was there. But we have just a few hours tomorrow to get everything perfectly set up, so to be able to plan our time better and get a clearer overview of what needs to be done I made a list of tasks that need completing:

blue = the stuff that's allocated and needs to be done before 16:3o)
all other things just need to be done by anyone - so if at any point someone doesn't know how to help, do anything on the list please)

* finish building the bed
- I think it was M.J. who is supposed to bring the slats (90cm please!! :D )
* fix May's image with double-sided tape onto the bedsheet
* and Georgi's image between the 2 pillows
* write secrets on to confession cards
* put 3 confession cards in the frames that are placed on the shelf
* supporting tape removed from the creepy statues that are glued on the wall
* decide where to put the ''ears'' piece (currently next to the TV)
* figure out how to solve the issue of playing the DVD's
- does the invigilator change the DVD's?; how often?; are we gonna have the other video that
we are not so happy with?
- is the TV set going to be a) turned on b) on standby c) covered with cloth d) controlled by
the invigilator?
* wardrobe needs to be sorted out
- currently empty hangers either removed or to have clothes on them
- everyone to bring a white T-shirt, so that we can fill it up more without buying any more
- Helen's photograph to be put up on the wall behind it
- Nikki or whoever promised to do it, to bring the print from the uni studio!
* Flash piece
- Paul or anyone who is good with computers to come up with a way to make it full screen
without any white borders or option to close it
- Jasmine (or was it Nikki who wanted to?) to bring earphones
* Diary sorted - are we gonna leave the prints loose in the drawer or put them in a diary?
either:
- Lee to exchange the notebook to a diary in the stationery shop
- images to be stuck in the diary
- cover the drawer with black cloth
* Parcel to be completed
- Natalie (our master of arts and crafts :P) to turn the shoebox into a parcel
- put the ''secrets'' inside
* Rug
- Was it Helen who was supposed to bring the rug to make the room look cosier
* Finish taping the electrical wires to the walls and hide extension leads etc (health and safety)
* Clean and organize the hospitality room
- mop the floor
- put up information on the wall and table
- set up the wine table
- find a place to store all our bags/coats
* Wine glasses - we decided to get our own
- Parveen to buy the disposable ones
* Wine - are we getting some boxes and smuggle it in?! who will buy it?
* ....there was probably a load more stuff, but can't remember now....

SEE YOU ALL THERE AT 16:30!
that's right, half four, not at 7 like it says on the posters ;)

- Other days, could everyone please make sure and then doublecheck the rota when they are supposed to be invigilating or helping out on Friday, Saturday and Sunday, because if you fail to turn up it is very unfair towards the others who do. So please-please be there on time :)

- On Sunday, could everyone be there at 16:30 to help dismantle the whole thing, load stuff onto the van and clean up the place. The van will be booked from 7pm so the furniture and heavy stuff needs to be packed up and ready to go then!

Exhibition floorplan

2008-12-03T16:20:00.001-08:00

JPG version here (72 dpi)
JPG version here (300 dpi)
PDF version here (300 dpi)

I'll print it and make copies.

Karel

order of presentation

2008-12-03T02:53:00.000-08:00

1) Intro - Lee
2)Concept- Jess
3)Venue- Sindy, Parveen, (Aga)
4)Fundraising - Jaz, Liz, May
5)Sponsership - Daniel
6)Design, Publication - Tom, Paul, Karel
7)Submissions/Selection - Lee, Nicky
8)Logistics - Nikki
9)Installation - Nat, MJ, Mark
10)Insurance - Alastair
11)Publicity - Nat
12)Fludidity/Summary - Helene, Kate

Happy days!!! : )

Audio

2008-12-02T15:42:00.000-08:00

I know I am really showing my age here - as kindly pointed out to me by Lee - but like Lee's mother I have an 'old' tape answerphone which I am happy to lend you for the exhibition. You can record your own audio...or even the visitors could record theirs...and it can be switched on and listened to in the space by visitors. I even have a blank tape...yes tape...that old vintage stuff!

If used I would of course like it returned...although clunky I'm sure one day it will be worth more than it originally was!....oh and I bought and used it in an exhibition myself!

I will bring it in tomorrow just in case.

Hope Ikea furniture riddle was sorted.

CONGRATULATIONS

2008-12-02T15:23:00.000-08:00

Also can I just give a huge pat on the back to every one that helped out today!! great job guys!! the room looks GREAT!!

the bed

2008-12-02T15:21:00.000-08:00

hey guys just to let you know ive got the slats for the bed, there were two sizes 80 cm and 90 cm. I got the 90 cm, MJ will tell me if its the right size tom, if its not the right size then back i go to Ikea!!

ALSO ALSO!

2008-12-02T14:53:00.000-08:00

EVERYONE! if you even "think" that something MAY be needed tomorrow... i dont know, like tools....equipment, furnishing then PLEASE PLEASE bring to tomorrows lesson. better to have it then not eh : )

nite!

notes from today... for tomorrow

2008-12-02T14:37:00.000-08:00

....so i know its late and all, everyones probably in bed, but hey, ive only just stopped lol. never mind eh : P

anyways made some notes, mixtures of "thinking out loud" stuff and stuff to remember basically for tomorrow

Collect Helenes photo from the studio
Cut the last 2 prints at uni

BUY...
comments books,
diary
polish
wire tape (white)
2 white pillow covers, argos for £4.99 last time i checked!
glue spray

NEED TO BRING/ MAYBE BUY
sindy to bring in her duvet cover, to see what we think, if not suited then buy a cheap one, or Jaz possibly lend us hers.
Mj to bring his photoalbum ... see how its looks to possibly put the text secrets in.

NEED TO BRING...
sindy - 1 pillow & duvet
extension lead, the ones on the reel thingy
myself to bring a cushion for the chair
Nat, shoe boxes, as many as you can yeah : )
Karel, empty dvd
myself, pens

NEED TO DO...
place shirts on hangers
spray glue images down, in books, drawers.
mount painting on wall
double check the layout
send Karel copy of layout to produce "graphically"
write confessions in photo frames, from site and instant ones from individuals
write up the secrets from the website onto the 6*4 paper, Nat's got. to be placed either in MJ's photoalbum of in a shoe box to be possibly decorated as a package...

anything else guys...feel free too add : )

see ya'll tomorrow at 10am! bright and early sunshiiiiiiiiines!

transfer on sheet :(

2008-12-02T06:39:00.000-08:00

Just have to say, trying to print out May's image on the sheet was a total disaster. The employees at the transfer place in Elephant and Castle where totally incompetent and time wasters. The first time I went they were having problems and didn’t really know what they were doing and told me to come back the next day as the head printer man would be there. I went today and he was even worse than the first woman. So that idea is scraped. Don’t go to that place it sucks!!!

quick reminder

2008-12-02T00:09:00.000-08:00

for everyone who said that they can bring cleaning stuff like, buckets, mops etc. i think it were mainly the guys in halls can u please just remember to bring them. your probably best collecting them after the presentation : )

see ya'll in abit!

Money, Money, Money...du'du,...must be funny in a rich mans world

2008-12-01T10:40:00.001-08:00

so guess, theirs been quite a few outgoings over the past week, from Wendesday to today basically, and the grand total is......"Drum roll please"

£325.37p TO BE EXACT! : )

HAPPY DAYS EH GUYS AND GURLS....WELL DONE EVERYONE! : )

so the only thing now to come out is the
money for the wine,
Torches, drapes, white tablecovers, which as far as i know Kates sorted with? so basically square kate up for that.
and possibly the odd cleaning stuff...MARY GOLDS AND ALL! : ) LOL

....and now all is grand in the world. BRNG ON TOMORROW...EH SINDY! ; ) LOL

society money

2008-12-01T07:59:00.000-08:00

hey hey hey!

so, bad news everyone! spoke to the AJ, the president of societies and organisations at the SU, and he has to go to the council before giving us the money back. he's meeting with them tomorrow and said he will email me as soon as he knows how to go about this (heres hoping eh!). thing is, he's not sure if he can just hand the whole thing over to me or if each individual member has to pick it up personally from his office...pain, arse?

we'll definitly get the money back but just probably not in time for thursday...

Editing of fashion shoot

2008-11-30T19:53:00.000-08:00

Hi,

Just to say i have finished editing all my 20 images from the fashion shoot. Here are examples of before and after. Who do i give it to?

Thanks

...

2008-11-30T12:08:00.001-08:00

hey everyone. hopes ya'll weekend good!

so Tom called me yesterday about the books for the exhibition, and i think we'll just stick with A5 size books.

mainly because the photos are printed for a5 books, so just get however many u like.....10......20.... its upto you tom. because i wont be able to come along tomorrow, to go to the place and check stuff over, im just way too busy. unless if anyone else fancies taking my place?.......

personally i aint really fust on the colour scheme either, but i reckon a majority of folk would say black probably the best. so yeah black A5 book love. if u could : )

im going to be in the triangle lab/ print room tomorrow from 9am til 1. then Andrews lecture so i can give you a bunch of notes to go spending with.

also Alastair you mentioned about that transfer place in elephant und ze castle for the bedsheet. fancy doing that tomorrow? cause again i havnt got the time to pop over....well i may have but still, u fancy doing that at all since you found the place. : )

society money

2008-11-29T01:43:00.000-08:00

FINALLY! nordin got in touch and i'll go pick up the money on monday. so niks, add another £60 to the budget! xx

Refund from the "society"

2008-11-27T15:43:00.000-08:00

so yeah fundraising team, whats happening about getting the money back from the so-called "photographic society" lol. i only ask cause, well basically thats like £60 we could healthy put back into the budget : )

..... just a thought....

University Mailing List

2008-11-27T06:42:00.001-08:00

One of the university staff came in to the pub today and said that she was shocked she hasnt seen the exhibition advertised through the universities internal mailing list between staff. She suggested we contact Daniel and ask him to send an email to the staff in the university on the social mailing list thing and ask them to attend, and also ask them to mention the show to their students. It might be a great way to get further attendance at the show :D :D :D

Someone should also send out an email to the digiphoto mailing list outlining the opening times and and stuff so that the first and second years will know what is going on.

:)

Lee

Meeting Minutes

2008-11-27T06:23:00.000-08:00

Hi everyone,
these are the minutes from the meeting yesterday with the assigned jobs we agreed on at the bottom. Hopefully this will be quite definitive as a snapshot of where we are at the moment in terms of organising the show but if I've missed anything out then please feel free to add it on as a comment.
See you soon - Tom

Budget (approx.) - £400

Large prints are being done by Chris for free, Jess is printing small ones at Jessops

Transfers are being printed by Nat onto shirts bought by Parveen who needs to buy more

We are having refreshments with food (Iceland?) - wine bought at the Foundry using their glasses?

Invigilator rota sorted (see earlier post from Nat for details)

Bedroom ephemera needs to be provided? (Plastic plants, books etc.)

Halls people need to bring their mops and buckets to the cleanup operations next week

Insurance has a problem but is being sorted at the moment (up to £2500 being covered)

If money is leftover after the show, we could either a) save for degree show or b) divide it between the group

Jobs

Radio interview - Liz & Jasmine
Small prints - Jessica
Van hire - Sindy & Nikki
Website, list of works, black books - Tom
Torches, drapes, white tablecovers, DVD player - Kate
5 more shirts please - Parveen
Transfer (May) - Jasmine
Transfers (t-shirts) - Nat
Contact artists for media - Lee
Sushi follow-up - Daniel

may's transfer

2008-11-27T05:59:00.000-08:00

hey guys,

the emails i sent to the printing company for a quote keep being sent back. shall we just leave it and get it done a3 then?

more from sunday shoot, they wouldn't upload before...

2008-11-26T13:10:00.000-08:00

happy days! thought i'd add the one of the lighting kit taking a ride on the bus sunday night...

2008-11-26T13:05:00.001-08:00

Presentations

2008-11-26T13:03:00.000-08:00

We were discussing today critically reflecting on the project in your presentations, well think of it as this:
knowing what you now know (having collaboratively curated this exhibition), what was successful and why, and what would you do differently (and why) were you to do this project all over again!
(obviously with reference to the sections you are talking about...and the fluidity team with reference to the project as a whole).

This critical reflection is VERY important, it really is about what you have learnt from this unit, so think very hard about this. Bring your thoughts about this to the seminar next week and we will discuss!!

Jessops prints

2008-11-26T12:44:00.000-08:00

Err, some small mishap from today:
I went to Jessops to get the prints done and nearly got a stroke when I read that the 10x8 size would be 10 quid a print.

.. I THINK NOT.

The next smaller size is going to be 55p so I will resize them and get out there again on tomorrow morning/Friday.

2008-11-26T11:11:00.000-08:00

To the installation team

Ive got these two white frames lying about at home, just wondering if they could be of use to you. They are from tiger tiger £2.50 each so they are not expensive (mostly made out of cheap wood, cardpaper and plastic) . The size for each frame is 5x7.

Anyways let me know if you want them!

Revised Rota for Exhibition Week

2008-11-26T09:40:00.001-08:00

Hi guys,

Hopefully the image is big enough for you all to see... this is the NEW rota for the exhibition week, after todays meeting. I've tried to make it as coherent as possible, so hopefully its not too confusing. On the days where jobs have not yet been allocated, we will do so on the day eg. the Thursday and Sunday. I know that there seems to be a lot of peeps that will be doing odd jobs etc. on the Tuesday, but if your name is on the list, please continue to be available just in case there ends up lots needing to be done. I'm sure that if we all end up standing around, then we will send people home... but its better to know that we have more people to help out, rather than none at all! Any changes of your availability, please let me know so i can update the list.

Much thanks :)

Nat

2008-11-26T06:54:00.000-08:00

hey nat!

here's the info for the invitation to Callprint. i dunno if they'll actually come but it would probably be a nice gesture, and they might remember us, that way if we want them do give us cheap posters for our degree exhibition...gotta keep those contacts sweet!

Tony and Elaine @ Callprint

30 Dolben Street

London SE1 0UQ

SHEET TRANSFERS

2008-11-26T06:02:00.000-08:00

Hey People,

If we are still interested in printing May's image on the bed sheet i found a place on the second floor in the Elephant & Castle that do tranfers to the max size of A3 transfers for £8.00.

The shop is called: SUPERTEC DESIGNS
Website: www.supertec-designs.com
email: info@supertec-designs.com
Tel: 02072526292

P.S. They also do printing on mugs. This could be another alternative way to display some work. Like for example have the mug on the bedside table. Just an idea.

Presentation Groups

2008-11-26T05:39:00.000-08:00

Hey guys,

For all of us who were there this morning, this is just a reminder =)

To those of you who were absent, we planned groups for our individual-group presentations...

Jasmine, Liz, May - fundraising

Lee, Myself - submission/selection

Sindy, Parveen, Aga - venue

Alastair - insurance

Helene, Kate - fluidity & summery

Jessica - concept

Nikki - logistics

Natalie, Mark, MJ - installation

Paul, Tom, Karel - design/publication

Lee - intro & blog

Daniel - sponsorship (people will update you on things that they have contributed)

Natalie - publicity

This is not the order of the presentations, it's just a list. If anyone is missing or is in the wrong group etc, please message on here.

Next week we will be talking about the general ideas to talk about, bring along any notes/images etc that might help =)

Layout idea

2008-11-25T14:19:00.001-08:00

Hey people,

Well i came up with this layout, all will be explained in tomorows meeting.. but as you can see i have placed the computer and TV (rounded rectangle shapes) at realistic places as in a bedroom but for reasons also. The main reason is the room to be lit a little (Health & Safety 1st) to show outlines to where furniture are so that the public don't walk into anything and try and sue, lol well anythought?

T- Shirts and Transfers

2008-11-25T13:58:00.000-08:00

Hi guys,

Well, i just spent my evening making the prototype (lol) for the t-shirts going into the wardrobe. And here's a pic of it. Its simple to do, and this was the first try... you prob cant see in the pic, (it was real quick from my cam phone), but during the peeling of the transfer paper, its stretched the image. Im sure that i can get it pretty much perfect next time round. Its a ladies XS tee by the way... (ive outgrown it lol) But i'll bring it in tomorrow and ya'll can see what you think about it. The main concern when we were re-sizing the images... (well, Lee and Niks) was that the image was not that big, and the quality wasn't great because its been scanned in, so we were worried that transferring onto a tee would make it look even worse. But lets see tomorrow what everybody thinks... There's a whole series of these by the way...

Chow chow,

Nat

muscles from brussles

2008-11-25T09:40:00.000-08:00

well ok, ok ...i know we have "no man" from brussles but you get the general idea

so myself and Sindy are going to be doing the runs on Tuesday, if everything still goes to plan. but! going by how heavy the load was on Sunday, when it was just me and Georgi i think it would be very much appreciated if we could get a big, lean, man machine to help us wee ladies lol....dont want to breaking a nail now do we! :P

so if anyone fancies doing that on Tuesday that would be great : )

p.s i'm in no way being sexiest here, im just having a laugh... i mean how can i be sexiest against my own well....sex.... apologies for anyone whom i may offend though.... got to be careful with today's current climate lol

INSURANCE :)

2008-11-25T09:16:00.000-08:00

Hey You Guys! (Goonies style ;)

May, Georgi and Myself, finalised the insurance application. We went for Event Insurance Services Ltd. 'One off Events' Package deal. These are the details of the package.

Equipment/ Contents - Covers your liability in respect of the accidental loss or damage to event equipment for which you are legally responsible for both at your event and in transition to or from the venue during the period of the insurance. (We specified the computer laptop and art work. NOTE! they will only pay for the reproduction costs not the value of art. So for example if a painting gets damages then they will pay for canverse and paint.)

Public Liability - This protects your legal liability to pay for compensation and claimant’s costs and expenses for accidental bodily injury, loss of or damage to property sustained by members of the public and occurring in connection with your event.

We did not feel it was important to add cancellation cover or employer’s liability as it would have cost more and not that relevant.

The insurance will cover us during the dates of the exhibition, equipment protection to the value of £2500 (as £5000 cost more). The public insurance included in the package covers us up to the value of one million, lol.

Transaction ConfirmationPlease retain for your recordsThank you Your transaction has been processed by WorldPay, on behalf of Event Insurance Services Ltd. Transaction details: Transaction for the value of: GBP 125.00Description: One Off EventsFrom: Event Insurance Services LtdMerchant's cart ID: QO11515Authorisation Date/Time: 25/Nov/2008 16:14:28WorldPay's transaction ID: 1883899786

Great, Fantastic!,Fab! Amazing News!!

2008-11-25T05:40:00.000-08:00

so just had a wee chat with young Christopher about the prints....he was amazed at how little their was for him to do ha.

anyways just asked him a rough estimate on printing cost and guess what guys and gurls!!!! : O : O...............ITS FREE!!! now is it just me, or is that just amaaaaaazing! lol : D.

i for one am pretty chuffed to say the least! : ) we all knows what that means.....more money for jesus juice lol

....and now everything is coming together. YEAH!! : )

the sun is shining.... the birds are singing.... theirs a nip in the air (but never mind).... and we have free print!

Crush A Grape Happy!

haha

Opening times

2008-11-24T12:16:00.000-08:00

There seems to be some confusion about the precise opening times...as far as I can remember (and I might be wrong!), the 5th-6th December opening times are 5-10pm (so the invites are correct). However the preview night is 7pm to ? Does the Foundry stay open until 12 or does it close at 11pm? This needs to be sorted for the invites which at the moment say 7-12.

Also a thought: when doing the invigilation rosta do make sure that the team always includes a male student present. Before anyone shouts at me for being sexist.....just think, it is a pub and the later it gets the worse for drink will the visitors to the exhibition be. So just as a precaution I think it would be a good policy.

Another online invitation

2008-11-24T04:15:00.000-08:00

http://www.secrets-exhibition.co.uk/adverts/invitation_web_SECRETS.jpg

Here's an alternative invitation you can use online by sending it to your friends or posting it to your online profiles.

Have a look at http://www.secrets-exhibition.co.uk/adverts for more publicity materials.

Small Prints

2008-11-24T03:52:00.000-08:00

Are you guys still going to chuck all small prints onto one file or would you consider printing the smaller ones at Jessops, as I suggested last Wednesday?

I can do that if you want, just need the files on Wednesday.

It would save a lot of time and hassle. :)

hello all! here r a few pics from the shoot...

2008-11-24T01:51:00.001-08:00

Unimportant Notice...

2008-11-23T17:03:00.000-08:00

Hi guys,
just a quick note to let everyone know that the website has been updated to include the relevant information about opening times, along with the submissions page regarding closing dates and an update to the contacts page asking people to stop submitting work: not sure if they have been but I'm sure a few will still try as long as the link is up!

I would ideally like to update the website with an individual artist page featuring names, links, statements and images of the work. Professionally speaking the work should be in the same context as the exhibition we are working on but that can come after we have organised the space for the opening. If somebody on the submissions team could send me images of the artists work and personal statements as they are at the moment (not necessarily edited) I will get onto developing the relevant sections of the website.

I am chairing the meeting on Wednesday and I would appreciate it if people would post any other problems/suggestions/issues/jobs that need addressing onto the bottom of this post to help me plan for the session better.

Please keep these suggestions purely bureaucratic in nature though, I think the problems experienced by the group in recent weeks have already been quite clearly examined in previous messages and there is no need to repeat these at the bottom of this post.

I look forward to being your chair on Wednesday...

Tom

George Washington used to sit in this chair ~ isn't that amazing?

important notice

2008-11-23T12:22:00.000-08:00

to everyone and anyone,

we would just like to say thank you VERY much for everyone who attended todays/this evening.... currently which is still going on. photo shoot! we all know that its been a rather long day and theirs STILL a good few hours left in this job today. But despite all of that. the main point in this post is just to say how disappointed we... yes i am speaking on behalf of everyone and myself in saying that we are very disappointed to say the least... possibily even feel we've been taking the mickey out of. let me state the reasons why....

their has been a collective few within the group... you know who you are, who for their own reasons feel that this project is not "them". which in itself is fair enough BUT! what really takes the mick is the way people say that they WILL turn up but then for some mad reason just simply decide not to... and for some even madder reason don't feel that they need to contact anyone of us... despite us all knowing each other for nearly 3 years now.

and this isn't just about today, its about the whole past 10 weeks... yes! time does fly by when your constantly busy!. i don't want to be horrible because its not me, and i like to think you all know me well enough to know that, that is true.

but we are sat here now, constantly doing stuff and HELPING OTHERS OUT! most of us have been on the go since 8.30am!!! thats already 12 hours.

the main thing is that this is a group project, and fair enough Pats posted a "stern" message up earlier regarding this topic, which is really appreciate but come on guys, has it come to this that our lecturer has to feel the need to remind everyone.... seriously though, has it?

Jerry's Final Thoughts

"STOP TAKING THE THE MICHAEL"

Lee, Jasmine, Alastair, Liz, Daniel, Mj, May, Georgi, Helene....myself thank you!!

yeah and so what if i'm/ we are on a rant, its bloody well about time.

blurb

2008-11-23T12:00:00.001-08:00

it's ok guys, we've sent jonathon the blurb, don't worry!

our expedition to the wonder that is IKEA!

2008-11-23T10:27:00.000-08:00

BACK!

2008-11-23T07:59:00.001-08:00

....and oh my days! what a place it is....so much blue and yellow lol. and yup, myself and Georgi taken a few photos of the eventful day lol. seriously though what a place!

anyways, GREAT DAY! IT WAS EMOTIONAL TO SAY THE LEAST!. think we burnt of a few calories lol. my room is now half the size it was originally lol and oh yes, wev'e somehow managed to lose my mirror from the putting into the van to taking it out of the van.....go figure eh!....

heres my number

2008-11-23T02:04:00.000-08:00

so im gonna be heading of in abit to meet georgi. then head to ikea. ive noted that we need that wardrobe and bed...bed stuff by sounds of it all sorted with sindy/parveen : )....all good guys!

but basically if anyone has like a "brainwave" and needs to get in touch, for those of you who dont have me numbers its

07824771543.

chow for now.

IDEAS for possible BED from ikea!

2008-11-22T17:21:00.000-08:00

i looked at the ikea website for beds to help u niks find the cheapest bed...n saw these two beds, they are pretty cheap and simple...

the first one is... DALSELV, Bed frame, £29.00

the second one is...EINA, Bed frame, light brown, £39.00

Update...

2008-11-22T12:27:00.000-08:00

Sorry for my late replies to some of the new posts. Let me clear some things up..

Niks- I've got one pillow, not two, but its quite poofy... i thought that quite a while back someone was going to donate all the white bedding stuff, including bed sheets, duvet covers and pillow covers?? If not i could just pop out and find some white pillow cases somewhere, i could do with some anyway. Oh, and yes i'll bring down the pillow on Weds for ya.
Niks- I will probably need to speak with you about how i should go about get my bedside table down to you, and when would be best. But i guess we can talk on Monday more about that, as im still using it up until the exhibition.
I'll also pick up the transfer sheets aswell.
Jessica- I've got the remaining 20 invites, and i need to save them to send out to the artists themselves, which Lee is going to help out with (coz he has the most communication going with the artists). Sorry, i thought with the email you sent me that we weren't going to meet up on Friday, i guess i should have made that clearer!
I have started receiving lots of the artwork through the post, at the moment, its 5 altogether. 3 paintings (the dog/cat mask one, the ghostly keyhole one, and the secret best friend one that was supposed to be a back- up), and i have also received the DVD for 'Tearjerker,' and also the light installation with the cheese grater.
My concerns are: the paintings are on canvas board, and one of them is MUCH bigger than we anticipated... its bigger than A1... so INSTALLATION TEAM... Niks... we need to draw up some new plans and work out what we're gonna do with them!! I'll be bringing them in on Monday, (well, i'll try to with ma small self lol) maybe we could come in earlier and hold an emergency meeting... ? Lee said we could store the works at his, or your place... is that ok?
Lee- the light installation guy said in a letter with the work, that he'll need to contact you about coming in sometime to install his work. Right now, its literally just a cheese grater, and a box of quality street wrappers in a box that he's sent us... oh, and a pen torch. So you'll probably be hearing from him soon.
The light table installation is also due to arrive sometime Monday, or Tuesday, so thats quite a lot of work we've received already.
Kudos to Lee for remaining loving with me through all the mishaps ;)

That's pretty much all from my side :)

Ikea tomorrow

2008-11-22T10:06:00.000-08:00

so just got of the phone with Georgi, and he's fine fine and dandy about going to Ikea tomorrow....HORAY!!! : )

so ive checked out the 2 possible wardrobe, the wider one " Eina" is, as jessie mentioned more practical for having Helenes print on the back of it. so personally im for that one. anyone other takes!?! you know me, supportive about everything and anything lol

just thought id let everyone know that were going to Ikea, and that if any one kinda dis-agrees with this then please do stand up. but im getting the impression its literally 50/50.

were going tomorrow, after about noon, once wev'e collected helenes gear. if i dont hear any objection then its going to be all go!

: )

Flyers are ready

2008-11-22T09:56:00.000-08:00

Hi all,

The flyers to send via email are available here: http://www.secrets-exhibition.co.uk/flyer.jpg

I know the map is small, but with so much to fit on I don't see what else we can do...any suggestions welcome, just comment on this post or email me.

Printed flyers should be ready to pick up during wednesday's lesson.

Cheers,

Paul

Photoshoot!!

2008-11-22T09:53:00.001-08:00

10.30am Queen Allen

11.00am John Knapp

11.30am Genii Wang

14.00pm (they cant make it any earlier) Start hairdresser photoshoot

There are going to be 6 models, 2 from each hairdresser. They are all together so I dont think it matters who gets their photos done first.
if we spend 20 to 30 mins taking photographs of each person, we should be done by 5 or 6pm, this time includes all the editing of the images too, thats why the more of us there are to help out, the quicker and smoother things will run.
of course this is just a plan, speaking from experience things usually run overtime, so we might end up finishing at 7 or 8 for example, so be prepared!

Are we still looking for people to help get the studio equipment from lees to the birdcage?
i can help with that, its just that im planning on carrying some heavy speakers to the pub as well, so we can listen to some music whilst doing the shoot, it might help the people relax and be more comfortable posing in front of us, which means we can get good pictures of them quicker.

Is the speaker neccessary, will we have speakers already in the function room?

if nobody volunteers to help out Lee take the equipment to stoke, i think our best option would be to get a cab from lees to the birdcage, not sure how much it will cost but this is our only option if nobody can help out.

what do you think?

Do we already have the blank cds where we are gonna put the images on. Do we have enough people coming with laptops/photoshop?

How many people from the group can actually come and help out with things?
we need,
photographers
editors
and people to show the pics to the people and do various little jobs that needs doing.

Of course we could all change positions as well if need be.

catering

2008-11-21T16:29:00.001-08:00

oh yeah, forgot to add:
Kate mentioned it in one of her earlier postings; what about the catering team for the opening night?
I'll do it anyway, professional as I am (ha, ha..) and thus will amaze people with my.. skillz. I haz dem.
Perhaps one or two (max!) more?
It really isn't a big deal but I don't want to hand out food all alone, it can be a bit stressful.

Are we just going to have the sponsored food (Daniel, what about the sushi?) or are we going to provide some, err, home-made stuff or so? I am definitely not a great cook and unable pull a "Jess feeds the Five Thousand"* stunt, so we have to discuss that..

*kudos for anybody who got the reference. :P

invites

2008-11-21T16:26:00.001-08:00

What's up?
I was supposed to get an email about what is going on now, seeing as you have already done a load on them on Wednesday.. didn't hear anything back though.

Can Nat and I meet up and do something or how is this going to go from here?
I am not too happy at just being walked over.

wardrobe!

2008-11-21T15:25:00.000-08:00

Hey...i looked on the ikea website and found these two wardrobe's

one is £55 and the other is £49.50

thats quite cheap hey!?!

let me knw what you think...

x

2008-11-21T15:11:00.000-08:00

Hi may I just know the number and the post code
it is number 58 N16 6XS

Assessment

2008-11-21T10:42:00.000-08:00

In case some of you do not read the comments sections....: THANK YOU to all those who ARE getting on with the many jobs that need doing, but this is to say that Niks and in an earlier post May for example, should not have to be reminding or asking for help in getting stuff done. Neither should I have to be reminding any of you that although this is a group project I am assessing (and have been assessing) each of you INDIVIDUALLY on your own contribution and willingness to contribute throughout the 12 weeks!....Although you were each assigned into groups some of those group jobs are now over or just not busy and the whole point was that you would each then take on other jobs and help out where help was needed.

This obviously does not apply to all of you, but to the one's that it does, I will NOT take on board ANY EXCUSES for any individual's lack of contribution throughout the 12 weeks, especially if you try to blame it on the 'difficulties' of collaboration or on other people. This is all VERY CLEAR!

sponsorship

2008-11-21T09:37:00.000-08:00

just to let you know everyone I mailed about sponsorship has responed back as sorry but no, bar about three places and they have not replied at all, will chase them up on Monday.

I did not get any responce about the torches, so will say it again.
Can get LED ones for £2.50, they have five of the lights in. We will not use them enough to replace the batteries so this seems a more economical way of purchasing them.

Again, shall I get them and how many would we like???

As to the curtains, there is a material shop next to my place and I noticed yesterday that they do heavy weight curtain material. There is no velvet but lots of colors of flock style pattern. Generally their material is really cheap. What is the budget for them and how many metres do we need? I can go and price them up tomorrow or monday. Just a thought but there is a theatre in Borourgh Road building, it may be possible for us to borrow some of their curtains or black out material.

Good luck for the head shots, I hear there are a good few of you doing it, it will be fun. L0ts of deep breaths people..

Enjoy your weekends

kate

Directions!!!!!

2008-11-21T09:36:00.001-08:00

Hey niks, liz or anyone,

Can somebody please write me a detailed description on how to get to liz's place for the sunday shoot so I can cut and paste it onto the facebook 'headshots' group for all the people that are coming to get pics done.

Thank you,
x

To Everyone... please read! and reply! thanks

2008-11-21T05:59:00.000-08:00

....back again!

so i made a list within the first few weeks of this project, noting who can supply what and so forth. and if im right its as following

Pillows - Nat
Clothes - Everybody.

Nat....are you still ok to supply us with 2 pillows love? if so could you possibly bring them in on Wednesday please : ) did you say that you had white pillow casings too? if not that's cool. i could get some cheap enough, or if anyone else could donate that would be great!

BEDSHEETS, DUVET????

so Clothes guys, as we discussed, wev'e got about 11 images which are too print on plain white T-shirts "theirs going to look awesome!) has anyone get and white t-shirts their willing to say fair well too? personally i havn't

again, if it comes to it, i could always get a good batch from ye olde primark, their like £2 each if im correct??? bargin if ever for what we need them for.

also TRANSFER SHEETS! as anybody. or does anybody know were we could get some from? im wanting to get them on say Monday/Tuesday if it comes to it next week then we can start the process of transferring the images to the t-shirts....also! hows it going on may's transfer front??? anyone know???

Still need a wardrobe..... basically just with a rail inside to hang the t-shirts and put Helenes image on the back.

JUST REMEMBERED!... Velvet drapes for the door frame to the exhibition!...Helene I'm going to have to pop to that place you told me about in Peckham tomorrow, what was it called love? or does anybody else know any other places??? please do say!

Book dummies!....yeah, so need some more, im thinking just books in general maybe, i dont know, kinda lost at the moment with this.

Tables!... so we need 2 for the reception room, i remember Kate mentioning about using those wallpaper tables, folding ones? Im fine with that, and a white cloth over it.... would it be strong enough with the bottles of wine and glasses though?

MAN.... now lady with a van aka Sindy. touch wood! all goes to plan and Sindy will be able to rent a van to collect the stuff from mine and lees on that Tuesday, after the presentation and take it to the foundry.

just a wild guess, but guessing next weeks gonna be just a bit busy.. only a bit

....right a need a break!..............

SUNDAY PHOTOSHOOT. VERY IMPORTANT!

2008-11-21T05:50:00.000-08:00

so i dragged myself out of bed this morning, at the crack of dawn. ok, ok... its was like 8.45am but still.. early!

... any ways managed to get all the equipment : ), and oh my days! that stuff ways a ton! i had to do 2 runs with it from the kit room to lees, i like to think i burned a few calories ; )

so! the stuff's all at Lees now for Sunday, BUT! he is going to need help... with out a doubt, getting the stuff to the location.

im going to be busy with Georgi, picking up Helene's furniture, and we cant do that til noon. so were kinda out the question.

is anyone free??? which I'm pretty sure quite a few people are to go to lees, and help bring the stuff.

remember!we are a team guys, like to think we've done pretty darn well so farand were only as strong as our weakest link...... which in this case would be lee.. sorry lee but its true lol.

would be HUGELY APPRECIATED!

message back via here, or text/ring lee or myself a.s.a.p if you! YES YOU! could possibly lend us a hand...or two

cheers guys and gurls : )

visual documentation

2008-11-21T04:30:00.000-08:00

here's a few behind the scenes pics from the headshot day and a visit to the foundry...

that blurb thing

2008-11-21T02:37:00.000-08:00

hey guys,

put a few posters up around shoreditch with liz yesterday and plastered the foundry walls with them...Jonathon (is that how u spell it?) asked if someone could send him the ad for the website as soon as possible, and said that every friday the foundry has it own lunchtime radio show. He's invited a couple of us to be on it and promote the exhibition on the friday when it's open...anybody fancy being on air???

sunday shoot

2008-11-20T12:42:00.000-08:00

Hi All,

I have managed to book more people for the shoot so there are 8 confirmed so far....i might be able to get more people between now and saturday evening (hopefully!) With the deposits that Ive collected so far, Ive kept £125 because Alaister, georgi and I need it to pay for the insurance that we'll be needing for the exhibition, the rest of the money the group will get on sunday.
So anyone who can make it on sunday to help out will be much appreciated (im sacrificing getting paid £12 an hour (which is alot for a student!!!)to come to the shoot, so Im sure if everyone tried they too can make it,lol.

Thank you,
May

Photographic Documentation

2008-11-20T04:55:00.000-08:00

With visually documenting this project, I know for example that you have a collection of images taken from some of the other possible exhibition venues. However now that the project is taking on a more ‘physical’ dimension (transporting furniture, preparation of space, installation, and the ‘headshots’), it would be good to add to this visual documentation with some images from these ‘behind the scene’ activities. It doesn’t take much effort to do this, especially being photographers and all!

Press Release/ Publicity/invites

2008-11-19T16:21:00.000-08:00

As has been mentioned you need some text information about the exhibition to send out to people, unless you are following through with the Secrets theme and only having it at the exhibition venue?
Karel could you at some point email everyone in the group (including me) a jpg version of the invite (with venue map), so that we can all email our contacts. It might be worthwhile in that non-vip version to also detail the opening dates and times. Thanks

Tom Chair!

2008-11-19T16:18:00.000-08:00

Ok forgot to pick a chair for the seminar next Wednesday...so Tom do the honours please.

Advertising Again

2008-11-19T15:46:00.000-08:00

I have just added another listing onto the Evening Standards thisislondon.co.uk listing website. It was free yet again, and I'm sure there'll be more to find aswell. Please everyone, try to look up some yourselves aswell, I'm not even a part of the publicity team!!

Postage

2008-11-19T12:14:00.001-08:00

Just thought i'd share the good news that Daniel has agreed to post the invites for us through the University, so he's taken the ones that we've done so far, and i'll give him the rest once we've finished it off.

2008-11-19T08:44:00.000-08:00

my e-mail is joro206cc@yahoo.co.uk

Advertising on Hackney Council website and mag.

2008-11-19T08:22:00.000-08:00

Besides the invites, i have also posted an advert listing on the Hackney Council website (Shoreditch is in the Borough of Hackney) for the exhibition, so hopefully, it will be approved and it will add to our publicity. It was free, so its all good. And they'll also print it in their weekly magazine Hackney in Focus aswell.

We just need to find out about postage, then we're set for 63 invites to be sent out. You may have already seen the looong list below :P thanks Lee

Nat

People Invited So Far

2008-11-19T07:49:00.000-08:00

Nikki, Natalie and Myself stayed behind after the lesson to write a few invites and we kinda got a little carried away. Here is a list of everyone that has been invited so far, please add to it by leaving comments

Jenny Owens
Tahera Aziz
Barry Lategan
Tamara Rios
Daniel Rubinstein
Katrina Sluis
Pat Naldi (woot!)
Marie Josiane Agossou
Gordon Kerr
Chris Packham
David Wright
Francis Todd
Justin Randell
Paul Richards
Yara Tschallner (Redgate gallery)
Pedro Vicente
Dave Lewis
Andrew Dewdney
Suzy Kerr-Pertic
Phil Hammond
Terri Daniels
Claire Grafik - Photographers Gallery
Camilla Brown - Photographers Gallery
Tate Modern Curatorial Team
Tate Britian Curatorial Team
Hayward Gallery Curatorial Team
V and A Curatorial Team
Whitechapel Gallery Curatorial Team
Sam Talbot - Proud Galleries
Pat and Trevor - Sassoon Gallery
Getty Images Gallery Curatorial Team
Luke Cooper - Shunt Lounge
Ben Hoyle - The Times
Rachel Campbell Johnston - The Times
Simon Barnes - The Times
Jonathon Jones - The Guardian
Charlotte Higgins - The Guardian
Mark Brown - The Guardian
Melissa Denes - The Guardian
Patrick Burgoyne - Creative Review Magazine
Gavin Lucas - Creative Review Magazine
Gloria Chalmers - Portofolio Magazine
Tara O'Shea - Dazed and Confused
Francesca Gavin - Dazed and Confused
Sylvia Farago - Dazed and Confused
Ned Beauman - Frieze Magazine
Saatchi Gallery Curatorial Team
Charles Saatchi (wishful thinking maybe, but he mayyyyy show up.... As unlikely as it is)
Melissa De Witt - Hotshoe Magazine
Anne Williams - LCC BA Photography Course Director
Helen Sumpter - Time Out
Martin Coomer - Time Out
Art Review Magazine
Martin Newth - UoA Camberwell BA Photography Course Director
Mark Loveday - Northampton HND Photography Course Director
Nicola Oxley - London Met BA Photography Course Director
Barbican Curatorial Team
Bart Can Der Heide - Cubitt Gallery Curator
Julie Lomax - Arts Council
Rachel baker - Arts Council
Lily Davies - Arts Council
Wing-Sie Chan - Arts Council

Georgi

2008-11-19T06:28:00.000-08:00

I need to email you but I don't seem to have your email address...can anyone help
please....

2008-11-19T03:25:00.000-08:00

hi people

sorry for my no show today, unavoidable. Have viewed final images and appreciate the selection, good job. Need to catch up on my role in the next stage of work, were roles delegated or what?

Found a place to get the torches for £2.50, stronger than ones on ebay, not wind up but did a bit of research and found that the LED lasts so long that batteries will not be needed to be replaced for the duration of or project. If this is cool can cash people ok it and I will buy the required quantity.

Would like to gather food makers together to chat about what we are going to provide on the opening night. Believe it is Sindy, Jess and Helene (no chaps???), can you all email me and we can arrange to plan what we are doing and give our budget to money people.

Cheers

xoxkate

Be me for a day!

2008-11-18T12:10:00.000-08:00

Hi everyone!

This Sunday, Georgi's managed to get hold of a van and a driver to help move some of the bigger furniture and bits and pieces we need for the exhibition. The original plan was that Georgi, Nikki and I would be swanning around London picking up the furniture, but unfortunately I've been asked to go to Leeds on a work-related trip, so I'm unavailable. I was wondering if there's anyone who could step in and be me for the day to help out?

Apologies for it being short notice, but thanks and suchlike to anyone who can help.

Invited for tomorrow lessons

2008-11-18T12:05:00.000-08:00

so its short and all design team, but whoever has the invites, cause ive heard threw the grapevine that Karel has now got the sexy badboys : )....they loook soooo good, so im told! : )

erm, do you want to bring them to pats lesson tomorrow? that way a bunch of us could help put em in envelopes, and put stamps on them, cause im thinking 1 person to do this 100 times.....yup! im kinda thinking its gonna be a ball breaker....soo to speak lol

so yeah if you want help, i suggest bring them tomorrow : )

x

bubble wrap

2008-11-18T11:07:00.000-08:00

hey guys!

do we need any bubble wrap? there's this place in chiswick that can give us loads for free...thought it could come in handy for maybe transporting installations or corners of furniture and stuff. we can pick it up anytime during the week.

what do u think?

xxx

posters

2008-11-18T06:03:00.000-08:00

The A3 poster has been slightly redisigned and sent off to Callprints. I'm picking them up today so I'll bring them in tomorrow, but in the meantime, here's what it looks like:

Invite cards, transport

2008-11-18T04:16:00.000-08:00

Sorry but I won't be able to come to class tomorrow. I will be in Estonia seeing some doctors. I really want to help out more though, so have volounteered to help send out the invite cards, but I will be back on Monday, but it probably needs to be done before that. But if you decide next week is ok, then I'd be happy to do it.

About that - I think we should have come up with the list by now with the names of the people who we are sending the invites to. I tried to find the post to which we were supposed to add the names in comments, but couldn't find it. I would like to add Leann Barber from comment art website, she is a gallery owner just behind Foundry and does guided art walks around east end which I recommend by the way! She might add us to the website www.commentart.com which would be great. That's Leann Barber 20 Rivington St, London EC2A 3DU to the list, please! :)

In other news, I will be the 'Man with a Van' on Tuesday, 2.12. :D so the transport problem is solved. Is the van for the 7.th confirmed or do I need to do it then as well?

Submissions have been selected

2008-11-17T14:20:00.000-08:00

Hey ladies and gents

The submissions were whittled down today to select the final images that will be put in to the exhibition. The images will be shown to everybody on Wednesday but if you really cant wait then you can log in to the gmail and go down to the part that says Labels. All images that we definitely want in the exhibition are under the Red label, all those that are maybes are under the Blue. I have told all of the people submitting entries that we must have their full sized images by the 24th November as this gives us plenty of time to print them.

The images chosen were done so by the committee. It was a group decision. We understand that everyone may not be happy with the images selected, but we made the best of what we had. We have also chosen where the works will be placed and roughly how large they will be etc. We can discuss all this on Wednesday. Please do leave a comment if you have a question.

Thanks to everyone that showed up today and gave up their free time to be included. It was very much appreciated. You guys rawk! lol

There were people that were meant to show up and didn't... I would just like to remind you that this is a GROUP project and that everybodies contributions are needed in order to make this project a success. It is very disrespectful to say that you are going to show up and then not, especially if you dont contact anybody to let them know. At the moment there are those in the group that are doing the vast majority of work, and it isnt fair for them to have to carry the project, whilst others slack off. In summation, if you say you are going to show then please do. If you cant then let someone know, it's just common courtesy

Lee

Sorry!

2008-11-17T06:32:00.000-08:00

Hi Guys! i just wanna say i'm really sorry that i haven't been in much, ive just had alot of personal stuff going on at the moment! and if you could let me know if there is anything that i can do to help with the exhibition. i wanna make up for all the time ive not been in! im really sorry once again!

Parveen x

2008-11-16T11:02:00.001-08:00

I reckon as many people from the group should be present on the day cuz I can imagine it will get quite hectic. Some people can be taking the photos and some editing, we can swap positions too. All the hairdressers and their models, I told them to come in the afternoon/early evening and the rest of the people who want to come I ve told them to come in the morning. we have to talk about who from the group will be able to come on the 23rd so we can plan the whole day much better. I told the people who want thier photos done that we will spend up to 20 mins to half an hour with them!( is this cool, is this too long to spend on each person? wot do you think?) anyway we will discuss further tomorrow.xxx

headshots

2008-11-16T10:27:00.000-08:00

Hi All,

For the upcoming headshots photoshoot on the 23rd, Ive collected the £25 each deposit from the people that will be coming. So far Ive collected from 7 people, there will be more but they are not able to give any deposit/money as of yet. Ive told everyone who wants their pictures taken that they will need to give £25 as a deposit before the 23rd and the remaining £25 on the day of the shoot and before we give them the cd, so theres no confusion.

So I have collected £175 so far which I will give to the treasure team on monday. I will collect and give the other £175 before the 23rd ( I promise to collect all before this date so we wont have any cancellations or people trying to rip us off). Altogether I think I can get 9 or 10 people to have thier photos done, I am aiming to raise £500 so we have more money to play with, so we can really go all out with this exhibition!

Sorry I missed the most recent meeting for reasons which were not in my control, I would like to join the the submission team for tomorrows meeting also.

I will discuss things about the shoot in more detail tomorrow with you guys!

See you,
Mayxxx