2012-05-28

Glasgow


May 23-25.  My friend Brice and I had an opportunity to do a pop-up exhibition at repositioned gallery in Glasgow.

The gallery was amazing in many ways, but it was especially inspiring to see how the gallery connected with different communities in the area, and how it created a space for art within the everyday.


The most fascinating thing about the gallery was that the space was always 'breathing'. 






<Brian sitting outside the gallery>

Brian, who is one of the founders of the gallery and took care of us during our stay, always sat outside the gallery, greeting and chatting with people who passed by.

Some were on their way home, some to the pub.  Some were friends and some were passersby, but they all naturally hopped in and out of the gallery, as if it was a continuation of their conversations.  

This created a wonderful rhythm and flow to the gallery.









































Mobility, fluidity, flux ...  these are words I associate with repositioned gallery.  

Repositioned moves every six months to different cities, hosting exhibitions and events from various creative disciplines.  

The duration of the shows is short, ranging from few days (like us) to several weeks, which has kept the space always lively and fresh.


For example, our pop-up exhibition coincided with an exhibition by The Designers Republic






































<Prints on the wall by The Designers Republic>


and a cycling show with Trakke's messenger bags, beautiful photographs of bicycles and bicyclers by Brian, and amazing hand-made bicycles.





























This fast rotation of the gallery created, here and there, a small chaos, mischief and spontaneity, which I found to be an exciting consequence of the gallery's concept of repositioning and moving.
 
It made the gallery more alive and human, and again breathing. 










































<My balloon pieces collaborating with the bicycle> 





































<Brian playing with a little girl who stopped by on her way home from school>








































<She also tried my necklace.  Thank you!>


After Glasgow, it is BERLIN.  Watch out for repositioned gallery♥






































<Thank you Brian for the lovely time!>





<Brian and Brice mop-racing>