FRAME 14 exhibition

Helping with the FRAME 14 exhibition was a really great experience.  I was definitely good practice for when we will be organizing our show. I had no idea how much there is to think about when getting the exhibition ready.

By the time I got there the photographs have been put up but it took 12 people and about 6 hours to do that. One of the tasks I was involved was getting the nametags ready and placing them next the right image. Sam and I tried to do it as quickly and efficient as possible but still it took us over an hour to do it. That made me think that we really have to have a good plan for out exhibition and organized duties in advance just to make sure we will not run out of time. 

Apart from hanging the work up we needed to make sure the room is ready too. That involved hanging the black fabric to cover less attractive and unused parts of the gallery space. We needed to organized furniture and sweep the floor. The next day was mainly setting everything up for the conference and trade show that was happening before the exhibition. 

            Taking under consideration how much FRAME did to promote the exhibition, trade show and the conferences and how much and how many sponsors they had there was not many people there. It was quite disappointing and a bit awkward as most of people there were personally involved in the show. There was not many “outside” public there. I guess it might be caused by lack of atmosphere. The place was extremely cold, the “buffet” was very disappointing and what was more important there was not any music to create the mood.  As well there was no “sneak-peaks” to tease people and get them interested. I guess people did not know what this exhibition is about and maybe that is why they just ignored it.

During this two day that I was there I kept thinking how our exhibition will be like and if there is anything that I can absorb and use it later while getting ready for our show. I have made a little list of think that I think we should consider.

Overall it was really great and useful experience. I think most important was that I had a chance to meet new people, people who do photography on daily basis and are willing to help new comers. Thanks to the conferences they organised I find out that there is a lot different photography societies and activates in Birmingham that I could get involve to build up my contacts and got the help I need to evolve as a professional.