These are difficult topics to make art about and, by their nature, the art work is so fragile. I was wondering about the packing and unpacking and how that process and the fractional damage created each time they are handled (or just the exposure to the environment when they are exhibited) and how that adds to their story.
Do you have an idea of how the pieces will be displayed each time? In a certain juxtaposition to each other or will it change with different environments? You talked in your other post (sorry, I have only just read it) about the idea of selling the piece ... would it have to be displayed in a certain way?
I keep being reminded, perhaps I said before when you posted about the body, of a debate here about how murdered women were presented in crime novels (they are framed in a certain way) ... one (woman) crime writer responded that as long as women are murdered I will write about them.
Fragmented thoughts (and so many others), I will come back again when I have had time to process.
The next exhibition will be set up by myself, so I will try to find a way to not damage the works more (the last room was not as clean as we hoped). But how I will arrange them is still unsure, as we cannot go inside this room before the real set-up. I hope I will com up with a good arrangement. So far I am not sure how to display the tiny sculptures, so that they are visible from the outside...
And yes a complicated topic, with a lot of layers. I was very surprised to hear so many stories during the exhibition in May from women... how they feel in their body, how they feel society treats them. But to be honest, most stories were more sad than uplifting. The underlying tenor was that most women felt bad about themselves (young and older ones) and on the other hand the were adamant about society not having a pull on them and that all ideas about self-optimisation came from themselves (as if the self is independent from society...)
Ups... just had a look at the watch... need to run to a train... ahhhhhhhh