Salt for the season of good will

MA done. At the end it was a relief. Like putting down your favorite pet who has become to old to fend for themselves. The archive I created in the office that I built confused the majority of people. I understood that the politics of a space that took on the structure of a office where a certain code or conduct was maintained would cause some interesting reactions, but I thought the viewers/visitors would have been more adventurous. They had to walk past 'art like art' to get to it. I thought that would have been a clue. 80% treated it as an actual office, where closed, private activites took place that were not part of the larger show.

Focus now is on installing 'archive 2' in the Salt Gallery (www.thesaltgallery.co.uk). Opening 26th November. It will have the bones of the work I completed for the MA show, mainly the archive, but the space will be manipulated to create a different view of it. I will have details of it posted on my site www.stevenpaige.com.

After the show is set up I start a mentor program with Franko B, Artsadmin and 9 other artist.