On Tuesday, I talked to Ian about my portfolio in progress, which has been something that has been giving me a bit of anxiety because I have a lot of work, but I have never been great at putting them on the page to tell a story.
Ian gave me some simple question: How do you want people to see your work and respond to your work?
For me, these pieces have a more simple link in terms of narrative, going project by project: Manifesto, then Navigators, then Artifact, but I’m not exactly sure where the artifact work will fit in. Too, I have evolved a lot as an artist from the first project, so trying to see how all of the pieces fit is a bit tricky.
Ian also told me that it is best to do many different versions of pages to see which ones you happen to like the best and that other people respond to well.
Looking back, it is difficult to curate the different arms of the projects: how to show works in progress as well as the final pieces, and it has been tricky to go back through work to find my documentation of it. I am lucky in that I do a lot of my work as drawing, which is all digital on my iPad, but looking back at some photos of final work, I realized that I may have to re-photograph some pieces, particularly my installation for Navigators.
I have decided which image I want as a front cover, and that I want to start with the final outcome of Manifesto, but from here, the pages are less certain.
I have an idea of what I want to go into the portfolio, but it is just a matter of lying it all out on the page. I really like going big with my work, so to limit it to being pictures on the screen feels a bit counterintuitive, but more fiddling will be productive.
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