Legs in the air…

Daniel in action. 

Remember being a little kid and spinning around so much that you fell on your back with your legs in the air and just watched the sky going around?

That’s how I feel today.

Daniel and I hung the show for Momentum last night at Loco. It was a bit daunting to arrive with all our work, tools and expectations and see a sea of upturned chairs, a myriad of tables, wall fixtures (unremovable), and posters.

Hmmm – we wondered, what have we gotten ourselves into.

Hanging work in a gallery is a delightful experience. The walls are blank and pristine, there are hanging systems to lift work up or down by millimeters, and to slide a smidge to the left or right. Our venue for Momentum - while screamingly busy with passing traffic and charming because of its little alcoves and slightly industrial feel – isn’t pristine. It isn’t tailor-made for an exhibition. It wasn’t easy.

Not having many nails in walls meant that we needed to bring our own removable hooks and fittings, juggle and shuffle and jump in and bite nails and hope for the best.

Amazingly, it worked well, our work (though quite different), is hopefully complementary, and to have our work up in an evironment like that should make it easier to imagine it in your own home. Fingers crossed their customers will have that feeling anyway.

There’s only 2 sleeps to the opening…

PS: – Thanks to everyone who said no glass – I really appreciated the feedback.  Very grateful!