MOG

Met with Subodh Kerkar whom I haven’t seen for 15 years, a delight as always. Talked about access to materials and exhibition possibilities. It’s so refreshing to work with an owner/artist who answers to no one, who makes decisions immediately, with generosity, kindness and trust. The politics of the UK system can be testing at the best of times but here, as in the USA there are few barriers to practise and production.

My second job was to draft plans and create order lists. I’m lucky enough to have Subodh’s staff to help, they will cut, measure and make forms onsite for me to use as surfaces, I normally do all this alone, which takes up valuable time and energy, so it’s such a relief to hand these jobs over. They will also attach hangers on the backs and prime, how good is that.

Lunch was a delicious Dosa in the restaurant and more of their strong coffee.

The afternoon was spent making small maquettes and testing painted surfaces. I also sourced some old Indian sacks that will fill the end wall of the gallery space, I will paint individually, stitch together and attach to the wall, ceiling and floor, extending the paint beyond the traditional structural restraints.

I now need to consider how painted they should be, how much if the original texture and colour to leave exposed and how to curate positive and negative space into the final structure, it may involve an element of suspension or hanging from pieces of bamboo (another widely available sustainable material here in Goa).

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