Online VS Offline Presentation
Today we explored the possibility of perhaps holding an online event by way of screening an exhibition, in lieu of anything physical. Werner got us started on thinking of some pretty abstract and “different” methods of hosting an exhibition. He mentioned that so many exhibitions follow the same system of “About The Artist > What They Do > Some of their work.” Etc. He urged us to think differently and to challenge the conventions of typical presentation methods.
I suggested maybe having the work exhibited on screens on train lines, so every person in the carriage would be “forced to watch the work whether they liked it or not.” And that the exhibition would be advertised in the CBD with each train line addressing a different type of work that’s being exhibited. It’d promote attention for public transport companies, so it’d be in their best interests to help sponsor the event. And at the end of each line, there could be a more physical “add-on” exhibition being held with the rest of the content that’s being advertised in that particular field of design/work.
Shane: “Yeah, I think both would be good.”
James: “I think both have their place, but I’d prefer a one-night stand.” [citation needed]
Andrew: “I’d prefer to have just the one night event.”
Damir: “I’d prefer a virtual, like, I dunno… uhnm show different media into different work, better… I know you can do that, like, uhm, if somebody does Woodwork or some crap, they can put that up. Like, I’m not a fan of that or anything, but, yeah, like, physical and virtual, or, uhm… like an RSS feed or something like that.”
Damien: “I think it’s better to do both.”
Me: “Huh? What? Erh, yeah, I think it’s better to have both, so we can cater to different people.” *braces to hear some inevitable retort from a classmate*
Anna: “Same.”
Aaron: “Same.”
Mike: “We can have both; we have a website up after the exhibition.”
Jessi [Suggestion]: “Why not have the site before the actual exhibition, like a week beforehand? Like, we could have the site composed mostly of teasers of the full work that’s gonna be exhibited at the event. And there could be a live feed, like from the actual exhibition team, of the actual exhibition setting up. And that’ll generate interest into seeing the whole event later on.”
Nicole: “I think both…”
Tahlia: “Uhm… I figure I’d prefer a multi-interactive type of exhibit for this type of course. The whole point of an exhibit is to get across to clients and what you do and all that sort of thing… so you need to have different ways of getting across.”
Jessi: “I don’t know. When it comes to this particular genre of thing, I don’t know what to expect. Like you said the other week, if you hire a gallery for a few days, and you pay staff to carry out the event for three nights or whatever, you need to work out ahead of time what the time expenditure’s gonna be.”
Then the class went on to discussing the matter of costs and fundraising… etc.
Matt: “I think both would be good.”
Marty: “Yeah, I think both would be good too.”
Werner: “It seems we have a concrete consensus of sorts that people would prefer having both a hardcover event, and an online event… The two major hubs of activity would be a hardspace event, and… how many people prefer a one night again?” *counts* “Eight. Who prefers longer than one night?” *glancing around, counting hands* “One, two, three… four?”
Anna: “I think it’d be possible to have more than just a one night event… like we could space it out over the course of two or three nights, instead of just one. That’d allow us to hold both online and hardcover events.”
It’s still undecided as to whether or not we’re going to settle for one night or four (or a figure in between), but it’s been decided pretty firmly that there’ll be both online and offline forms of presentation for the exhibition.
