Parlour Studios and Project Space

“Curating Spaces of Culture”

“Hello, my name is Sophie Mayer and I am an artist”

3 x recent projects

contrary to popular thinking (online)

contrary to popular thinking (physical)

Testing 1 2 3

“Hello, my name is Sophie Mayer and I am an artist”

CONTRARY TO POPULAR THINKING (ONLINE AND PHYSICAL)

Group exhibition based on the title theme. Each artists work whilst based on different themes, materials, influences, sits together in an informal experimental environment.

“Hello, my name is Sophie Mayer and I am an artist”

My theme: navigate

http://www.contrarytopopularthinking.com

“Hello, my name is Sophie Mayer and I am an artist”

My themes:

Language Institution Aesthetics The act of viewing, or participating in viewing art.

“Hello, my name is Sophie Mayer and I am an artist”

Physical exhibition

Physical works that related to the online work, or was the online work.

Links to previous research in whether a virtual space negates the requirement to a physical space ( I think it depends on the work...)

Exhibition changed over time ( 4 days)

“Hello, my name is Sophie Mayer and I am an artist”

“Hello, my name is Sophie Mayer and I am an artist”

“Hello, my name is Sophie Mayer and I am an artist”

“Hello, my name is Sophie Mayer and I am an artist”

Testing 1 2 3

Group show with myself (visual art) Maria Marzaioli (sound, and moving image) and Kate Renwick (sound, performance, event, visual)

Theme of creating an exhibition that tested our work, and ideas over the 2 week show.

“Hello, my name is Sophie Mayer and I am an artist”

“Hello, my name is Sophie Mayer and I am an artist”

“Hello, my name is Sophie Mayer and I am an artist”

“Hello, my name is Sophie Mayer and I am an artist”

“Hello, my name is Sophie Mayer and I am an artist”

a quirky idea for marketing

T shirts, facebook rumour, stickers, balloons, what are we aiming to do? Fancy dress, giving cakes, or sweets, in a ba with the marketing, info on it, something other than flyers. (contrary to popular thinking, cardboard boxes), logo.

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Advertising for “Contrary to Popular Thinking”

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a creative way to generate an income from your event.

Event, painting workshop, cake sale, fair jumble sale, bring old things and a we make “art” from them, sponsored hop, sponsored paint, record breakers, tea, grants, sponsership by company’s,

“Hello, my name is Sophie Mayer and I am an artist”

HTTP://WWW.WORLDRECORDART.COM/

Being part of something bigger, piggy back for max exposure, and less work...

http://community.guinnessworldrecords.com/_Largest-painting-made-by-footprints/BLOG/983920/7691.html

http://community.guinnessworldrecords.com/_Largest-painting-made-by-footprints/BLOG/983920/7691.html

“Hello, my name is Sophie Mayer and I am an artist”

Other stuff...

Volunteer for action space and would like to do something with them, or other disabled adults

Am a first aid and scuba diving instructor

Dyslexic and make up words, and cant spell, so please laugh at me rather than getting cross!

“if you notice this is different you are more observant than I am”