now that it's all done

while de-installing my show was sad, it's also nice to know that it's all over, even if i may never have another show again. it was fun to watch and help group 2 install, to add any advice i had learned from my experience as well as it being nice to not have to stress about it anymore. i can't wait for the next opening so that the rest of the class can join us in being done with all the preparations and hustle and bustle of the last 2 months. in less than a month most of us will have graduated and while some of us are moving back home with our parents, and others are moving onto new exciting chapters in our lives, i know that i'm going to miss the little family i've grown to love and appreciate these last 4 years at csb and lab.

installation

installation seemed like it was going to be a cut and dry process. but, halfway through building my light table pedestals, i threw my back out and was bed ridden for part of the install time. thankfully i managed to grimace through it and bang it out. installation itself didn't take too much time as it was simply moving everything, assembling it all and plugging it in and taping down the cords. last minute adjustments were made but i'm really happy with the way everything turned out. i think the display looked nice, and especially in the room i was in, i thought my pieces in the center brought the room together. with the black and whites of bryan mcginn and nikki fenton's pieces trying together with my black and white pedestals, as well as the black and white and color used in cat trestini and dylan savoca's works, and the colors used in jeffrey villanueva's painting also paralleled with my color palette. i thought there was enough room to navigate the room as well as appreciate all the work in it and the adjoining rooms.

in the end, i really wouldn't have changed too many things about it all, except that if i'd been capable of walking, i would've put more time intot he light tables to make them cleaner for the presentation, but even so, i'm happy with the way everything worked out.