With two more interviews under my belt, I wanted to talk to Wendy about the crudeness of some of the language being used in these talks. My ambition had been to keep these talks open, candid and uncensored, but I was concerned that some of the language would be off putting to some. While Wendy understood my worries, she did also feel that at this level people should expect to hear the kind of language, especially in a project with a subject matter such as this.
Another concern of mine, was how much I should talk during these videos. I don't want to take over the talks, and make them seem about me. Wendy suggested that while I should try not to take over, putting across my own experiences and ideas brought honesty to the work. Ultimately this work is about deep secret desires, the stuff we do when we think we can get away with it, in the dark. All human have these thoughts and desires, this project is just making them more open and accessible, so it makes sense that I should address my own within the project, I gave after all already admitted that this project is part self portrait.
After we talked about exhibition ideas last meeting, Wendy suggested it was time to start putting a plan together for the exhibition, so that it would be ready to go as soon as the pandemic is over. This would include mock ups of the exhibition, the layout. Getting the website together, and starting to garner interest using social media.
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