We hosted the private viewing for 10C2D on the 29th of April at 5:30PM. The viewing lasted until 7:45PM, and which point approximately 50 people had come to view our exhibition. Overall, the exhibition came across as a success.
Some of the works I had presented includes my "Priorities," and "Priorities 2" shoes. Using Michel Foucault's focus on the object and how it is represented, I wanted to communicate the idea of labour that people like Filipino maids undergo in South East Asia. Through "Creating Priorities" (my video piece) the act of creation and labour becomes the focus as the video runs for 61mins. By placing this all next to a portrait of Imelda Marcos, "Steel Butterfly" then helps bring forth the historical connotations of Filipino politicians and gives the shoes more relevance in the exhibition space.
Within my exhibition I also presented my "The Dinner Party" performance pieces on a TV screen. This TV Screen was then surrounded by my "Germanino" and "Philippines" flags, whilst layered with broken plates from "The Dinner Party Part II." Patel and I eventually found that all together, the works created dialogue about the inbetweeness of cultural hybridity.
Quite a number of our viewers were extremely impressed by the works that were displayed at 10C2D. Eight different people made it a point to tell me how they "would had done the rice shoes. [They] would have covered the shoe in glue, and dipped it into a sack of rice." It's nice to see that my viewers are actually acknowledging the work it took to glue the individual grains of rice to the "Priorities" pieces.
All in all, the exhibition was a successful display of our group's works. I felt that as a class we managed to put on a show that was aesthetically stimulating and slightly less traditional than pinning up our works on a wall. This definitely taught me the significance of presenting my work in a gallery space, where my works gain a certain level of authenticity.
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