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Venue Planning
We all had the task of searching for suitable venues to host our show so we arranged a meeting to discuss possible venues which would be cost effective, local and spacious enough to host 16 students' work. We had 6 weeks to plan the exhibition but unfortunately a lot of time was spent searching for the best option to suit our budgets and also be quirky and a non-white-cube space.
After a couple of weeks we finally agreed upon a café near Central Station named MONO which added a touch of socialness to the event to make it less formal, which is one aspect we all aimed for.
Click images below to see the venue:
Two of the students volunteered to be curator and venue planner, so with the venue plans in motion, we were able to focus on making our work for the exhibition. Unfortunately due to time-restraints and the curator and event planner's personal schedules the event planning took too much time away from their own work, so I offered to take over the venue planning in order to get everything settled and in place in time for the opening night.
I spent the day meeting up with the Manager again to finalise the 'do's' and 'don'ts' to ensure we are all aware of the boundaries and allowances. I also drew up a floorplan to get an estimate of what space is available to us and give everyone a clear plan for the installation day, to ensure it is as smooth sailing as possible.
I made sure each wall and window space was measured to allow students to work within their limits and optimise the space as best as possible without interfering with the existing layout and setup of the café. We were not able to book the café solely for the show, so had to work around the venue's customers and services throughout the week of the show, to ensure we are not intering with their own program of events.
The curator designed the leaflets, posters and the name plaques for the event. Another student was assigned to create a Facebook event page so we can all share it via social media as well as handing out leaflets to the public.
Most students had paintings, small sculptures, photos or performances, but a few of us had very heavy equipment to transport so it was a struggle to find a cost effective way. Unfortunately Willem De Kooning Academy do not have van hire services in place like MMU, so we had to be creative in that sense. A Dutch student came up with the idea to hire a 'bakfiets' which was the cheapest option at that point in time.
So 3 of us joined forces and took turns to cycle the 'bakfiets' to and from the venue as well as making sure it is delivered back to the vendor.
