SlideShare for Exhibition Opportunities
September 04, 2013
During the past two weeks I dedicated special efforts to creating SlideShare presentations about my artwork Pick Up Your Pencils, Begin.
These efforts were way over due...the artwork has been finished for a while, but admittedly, I was confused about my objective for the Installation, and De-Installation presentations. How could I possibly squeeze in all the images and information in one presentation?
So instead of creating one presentation, I created several presentations each with a different objective.
My first goal was to make this 28 foot wide by 15 foot tall installation seem less intimidating to prospective exhibition locations.
All those exhibition venues, from big musuems to smaller non-profit spaces, are dealing with the impact of a weak economy, lower membership, and increasing expenses. They compensate by reducing expenses such as shipping and installation costs of exhibitions. The perception is that the bigger an installation, the more labor it takes and the more it costs.
An exhibition that fills the room (e.g. one that it is 28 feet wide and 15 feet tall) may look like it needs a moving van to ship. It occurred to me that perhaps this monument to #2 pencils, could cause curatorial staff to have serious budgetary concerns.
So this SlideShare presentation is an effort to dispel these concerns by talking about the pedestrian aspects of installing and exhibiting the artwork.
But then I realized that other audiences would really enjoy this short presentation. Potentially a much bigger audience. Doesn't everyone these days love seeing the action behind the scenes?
Creating this SlideShare also means that I can share my artwork with a wider more diverse audience. What you think?
Harriete Estel Berman