Heavy Duty

The last box, the biggest one from Bilbao Arte has arrived to me. They are huge! One of the frames has broken. They didn’t look too big in the residency studio as the size of the studio is massive. But they look grand in my room. I have absolutely no idea what I’m gonna do with this.

I used to say I don’t want to have a baby to try to avoid heavy duty. Now I have so many babies to take care of (without being pregnant!).

-You can make anything what you want. But you have to take a responsibility of your work.

-Well…. okay.

Youngjoo

I Am Still Packing And Mourning

Throughout the project,

I’ve stayed three different flats, one in Bilbao, two in Glasgow, so I’ve been packed and unpacked my stuff twice,

I’ve received 232 emails related to the packing and morning project,

My idea for the packing and mourning exhibition constantly has changed from the architectural salvage to  radical acrylic painting on canvas(I’ve forgot what had happened in my mind),

My emotion was deeply involved in this project. So my paintings were still staying on the shelf  for 2 weeks after finishing the exhibition.

Today I felt that it’s time to pack them and I mourned.

Young

Materials List.

I added to my list: bubble wrap, brown wrapping paper, plastic folders, a drill, a screwdriver. We packed, mourned the end and then we left.

One day, we will unpack again.

Penny

The Destination.

Thanks to all of you have been reading about project, and to all who came to see our exhibition. For those of you unable to get to St Judes Hotel, here is a taste of the destination:

Penny

Eijas film, prints and photographs, Shelton’s ‘Leaving Behing Totem’ a drawing installation, Young’s series of paintings ‘What I have Seen,’ and Penny’s hand-tinted photomontage Being Bilbao Bunny, and her ‘Travel Bag.’

The Arrival

We arrived at St Judes Hotel, Bath St for our destination: the show. Thank you to everyone who attended. We are open from 12-8 until 27 April.

Feeling like Being Naked

We did the radio show today.  All the Mutual Charter artist took part in this event and translated their project. We, Packing and Mourning project did reading each other’s blog post chosen by the reader. Shelton read one of my blog posts, “What I have in my body.” It was nice in the beginning to listen to my writing in American accent and then I felt ashamed of what I wrote there when she started reading, I would like to be…. and I would like to be… and another I would like to be… again and again. You know, cool people don’t say their ambition too seriously. But I did.

Tomorrow I will feel in shame again. Because I’m showing my first ever paintings on canvas. But I would like to say, “Please don’t take that too seriously. That’s just what I’ve seen during the bus journey from Bilbao to Madrid.”

Youngjoo

We Are Here

Today we have been installing art works at St Judes Hotel in Glasgow

and

You are warmly welcome to the preview of our Packing and Mourning – art project exhibition on Monday 23rd April 7-9 pm, at St Judes Hotel 190 Bath Street, Glasgow. The show runs from Monday until Friday 27th April, open daily 12 noon – 8pm.

Eija, Penny, Shelton and Young