A Foundation

Earlier this year I took a trip up to liverpool to visit the A foundation and take a look at their current exhibitions. They have two major spaces at the Greenland street site along with an average sized gallery space. The first housed an impressive installation by architect group Simparch. Simply the amount of wood and scale of structure was enough to take me back, a really humbling feeling. I also like how the work invited the people of liverpool into the gallery, activating the work and also activating the space by suducing them into new movements within it.

drum n basin, Simparch, 2007

Brian Griffiths had used the second space it seemed as a huge studio space, the chance to make some big work. It was nice to veiw someone's work like this, walk around each peice individually and gather a sense of his practise after not knowing much about them prior to my visit. Again the scale of the work was epic, just standing next to this owl's head was terrifying, it felt like it was just about to roll over on top of you like a scene from Indiana Jones.

The Only Living (or your lonely saucer eyes), Brian Griffiths, 2007

The reason Ive posted about the A foundation today is that ive been in contact with them recently and will hopefully be going up there in september to help install their new exhibitions. Im really excited about this as I'll get to meet alot of people who are involved with the foundation and get a real insight into the way a gallery like this functions. This is bound to help me come next year when i'll be applying to galleries and groups involved in exciting projects and generally geared to aiding the production of contemporary work.