Letter for Project 4 (Midsumma volunteers)
Dear Midsumma volunteer,
I am an artist who will be exhibiting at Gertrude Contemporary Art Space (200 Gertrude St) in mid January 2006. The gallery is closed during this period and the space has traditionally been used as a window display for the Midsumma festival. As part of the project I am creating a space that will be used exclusively in the reflection of queer thinking within an art practice. The project will transform the space from a window display to a more private space that only queer people will utilise. There will be many activities planned for the space – most having a community of queers collaborating on a craft project. The projects currently proposed for this space are: a celebratory collaborative paper sculpture made by gay and lesbian youth; a reading group and craft response project with queer artists, a poster design workshop for activist queers and a social celebration that incorporates a process based craft activity. I am writing to enquire as to whether you might be able to help out with the later project.
I am developing a project that gives you the opportunity to: meet other Midsumma volunteers over some refreshments; engage and collaborate in the production of contemporary sculpture, be rewarded for the hard work that is required of volunteers and reacquaint yourself with some of those craft skills you might have left behind in your schooling years. All that is required is that you make a commitment to one evening during the festival and arrive at 200 Gertrude St ready to cut, paste, collage and construct while having a good time in a relaxed, safe and fun environment. All materials and equipment will be provided for you and you most definitely don’t need any experience in the visual arts. While all collaborative components of the sculpture belong to the project, individual pieces will belong to the maker and can be acquired at the end of the exhibition period. As the gallery space is blocked off with a curtain to the passing traffic, the only access to the visual results will be via the internet on www.with-out.blogspot.com. Photographs will also be printed for you as a memento of your participation. You might like to have a look at the internet site as the preliminary making and thinking of the project is being documented also. You will be given the opportunity to visit the space again during office hours if you would like to use the space to continue with the craft activity or to engage in the other projects in the space. Your participation in this collaboration will be acknowledged on the blog site.
Due the time frame of the project and the limited spaces available for participants, it is important that you reserve your position by January 12. You can do this by emailing me on spanigirakis@hotmail.com or calling me on 0434553717. It would be appreciated if you could leave a preferred phone number in your message so that I can contact you to confirm your position. The date for this aspect of the project is Monday 23rd of January at 6:30 pm. I look forward to hearing from you and collaborating in this project together. Do not hesitate in giving me a call if you have any queries regarding this project.
Yours sincerely,
Spiros Panigirakis
I am an artist who will be exhibiting at Gertrude Contemporary Art Space (200 Gertrude St) in mid January 2006. The gallery is closed during this period and the space has traditionally been used as a window display for the Midsumma festival. As part of the project I am creating a space that will be used exclusively in the reflection of queer thinking within an art practice. The project will transform the space from a window display to a more private space that only queer people will utilise. There will be many activities planned for the space – most having a community of queers collaborating on a craft project. The projects currently proposed for this space are: a celebratory collaborative paper sculpture made by gay and lesbian youth; a reading group and craft response project with queer artists, a poster design workshop for activist queers and a social celebration that incorporates a process based craft activity. I am writing to enquire as to whether you might be able to help out with the later project.
I am developing a project that gives you the opportunity to: meet other Midsumma volunteers over some refreshments; engage and collaborate in the production of contemporary sculpture, be rewarded for the hard work that is required of volunteers and reacquaint yourself with some of those craft skills you might have left behind in your schooling years. All that is required is that you make a commitment to one evening during the festival and arrive at 200 Gertrude St ready to cut, paste, collage and construct while having a good time in a relaxed, safe and fun environment. All materials and equipment will be provided for you and you most definitely don’t need any experience in the visual arts. While all collaborative components of the sculpture belong to the project, individual pieces will belong to the maker and can be acquired at the end of the exhibition period. As the gallery space is blocked off with a curtain to the passing traffic, the only access to the visual results will be via the internet on www.with-out.blogspot.com. Photographs will also be printed for you as a memento of your participation. You might like to have a look at the internet site as the preliminary making and thinking of the project is being documented also. You will be given the opportunity to visit the space again during office hours if you would like to use the space to continue with the craft activity or to engage in the other projects in the space. Your participation in this collaboration will be acknowledged on the blog site.
Due the time frame of the project and the limited spaces available for participants, it is important that you reserve your position by January 12. You can do this by emailing me on spanigirakis@hotmail.com or calling me on 0434553717. It would be appreciated if you could leave a preferred phone number in your message so that I can contact you to confirm your position. The date for this aspect of the project is Monday 23rd of January at 6:30 pm. I look forward to hearing from you and collaborating in this project together. Do not hesitate in giving me a call if you have any queries regarding this project.
Yours sincerely,
Spiros Panigirakis
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