A Series of Possible Progressions was the name of my first 3rdPractice production which opened at Triangle Space Gallery, Chelsea College, London (UK). It was my "secret thesis" as at the time there were no such programs, anywhere to be found. Ones that focused on a hybrid study as both artist/curator. There are clear conflicts between the two - especially at the museum level. A Series of Possible Progressions" shaped my "Third Practice" whose only rule became simplified: "I am not an artist, curator or producer of Third Practice but directly an active, participating agent".
1. The Third Practice must be situational
2. allow for chance "operations" -ala John Cage
3. participants/artists engage in the process
My cohort received 1 instruction: make anything you want out of 1 A4 piece of white paper (one artist burnt theirs). The Triangle Space exhibition happened as per instructions to my cohort. I taped a triangle onto the gallery floor (called Triangle Space). One of the exact dimensions and shape of the gallery. The obtuse triangle aimed towards the entrance doors; two hours before the exhibition was to open my course-mates brought their works and they were stacked neatly inside the triangle. I knew in advance that when the gallery doors were both pulled open a wind vortex would occur and I used it to blow their works to the wall that had "Series of Possible Progressions" painted on it. The idea was that they would all blow against the wall... It was then that I realized that I was not curating or making art. The artists, the curator and the public activated the space when the gallery doors opened and then walked in. The massive draft blew all of the cohort's work against the wall in which a text-based artist had hand painted the text " A series of Possible Projections.
-fini
1. The Third Practice must be situational
2. allow for chance "operations" -ala John Cage
3. participants/artists engage in the process
My cohort received 1 instruction: make anything you want out of 1 A4 piece of white paper (one artist burnt theirs). The Triangle Space exhibition happened as per instructions to my cohort. I taped a triangle onto the gallery floor (called Triangle Space). One of the exact dimensions and shape of the gallery. The obtuse triangle aimed towards the entrance doors; two hours before the exhibition was to open my course-mates brought their works and they were stacked neatly inside the triangle. I knew in advance that when the gallery doors were both pulled open a wind vortex would occur and I used it to blow their works to the wall that had "Series of Possible Progressions" painted on it. The idea was that they would all blow against the wall... It was then that I realized that I was not curating or making art. The artists, the curator and the public activated the space when the gallery doors opened and then walked in. The massive draft blew all of the cohort's work against the wall in which a text-based artist had hand painted the text " A series of Possible Projections.
-fini