Some Designs

Hello

I have 4 images for you.

Here are some minimalist exhibition designs. They are an alternative to the previous design which we showed/posted. These employ the idea of the range finder a little, but based around a b and w template and scaling down elements of the design. We are keen on the previous design but are in the process of making it more photographic. When we return we can discuss this and place a voting system somewhere but for now, have a look and think about it, or not, whatever floats your lil boats.

Hope everyone is well and had a good Christmas and will have a good night this evening.

Dave I

Bye 2008.

Meetings over the last few weeks.

Hi everyone,

Sorry there hasn't been as regular updates on the meetings as there should have been.

Firstly it's probably most important to confirm the dates we have the Old Rag Factory for. It will be... 8th June - 23rd June 2009. Opening night will be 11th June.

Most of the team leader meetings recently have discussed the design/logo the most as it's pressing that we come to some sort of decision about it sooner rather than later. Everyone continue to feedback to the design team about the logo they put forward so they can see what needs to change (if anything). There were some initial designs shown a few weeks ago which I can post here now it's clear people are looking at the blog. One particular idea incorporating a rangefinder type image seemed to go down well and I think some people would like to see that idea pushed forward more.

In terms of fundraising, the team have done an utterly amazing job so far having arranged two fundraising events. I'm sure they have lots of other cool ideas and if we keep going at the rate we are it'll be very very beneficial.

It was agreed I think in the last meeting with Steffi and Chris that we all pay the remaining amount, £150, as soon as the loans come in at the beginning of January. I'm not sure if a specific date has been arranged for this (Lacey, maybe you can post that here when you've decided?).

I'm not completely clear over what is happening with the contract but I think everything is in order, but we're still waiting for complete confirmation on the venue. Simon met with the guy who created 'Made in Medway' and he suggested companies that may be willing to sponser us, particularly if we have a catalogue (more on that later). Specific places mentioned were BAE Systems, Arriva, Fred Perry and Ben Sherman. There is some concern over BAE due to the nature of what they manufacture and whether people will be happy about them providing sponsorship. This is something that needs further discussion next term as we want everyone to be happy with the 'relationship'.

So, a catalogue. Overall it seemed that most people were excited by this idea and would like one. A couple of people rightly expressed concern over the cost and the amount of work/organisation that would be involved however it was felt that it was an attainable goal providing it was super organised. It was argued though that plenty of other university's manage to make one so can it actually be that tough? I believe Sophia is investigating how much it'd cost for a print run. Chris suggested we look outside the country for cheaper deals on printing so this is a possibility. I think if it were to go ahead people would have to have work available earlier on, perhaps quite far in advance of the show which probably won't/will defo not be straightforward. Also there was the problem of those people who are possibly working on an installation and how they would present that in a catalogue. Personally, and it's just my opinion, I think it'd be amazing to have some sort of catalogue but it may end in disaster... it depends how quickly the turn around could be without compromising on the quality. It's a bit of a tricky one. Again after Christmas we really need to have further discussion on this.

Also discussed was asking tutors (well, Jean really) to come and do a talk on one of the days of the exhibition. There are also other people who work within UCA who may be willing. What the talks would be about isn't quite clear (our work, someone elses work, the moon?) but it would be a lovely idea and would provide more for people than just another graduate show. I believe Jean has kindly agreed to this so we know she's on board.

What else...

Oh yes, well most importantly obviously (and a touch late) is the name - Out of Range... Yay.

Steffi reminded us in the whole group meeting that there may be a clash with our work needing to be in two places at once. This is not confirmed but obviously the sooner we know the better really so we can start panicking. If we arrange it well in advance we may be able to have use of the UCA mini bus.

In terms of curation, most people have sent me an outline of their work. I'm still waiting for a couple of people to get back to me. Generally it seems as if there is quite an even mix of prints/installation/video so that's interesting. We have the floorplans for the spaces now so we can start looking at what is available/how much people want to show etc. Whether we actually break it down into vaguely themed groups can't really be decided until we all have more refined visual stuff however looking at everything people showed in the reviews and also what people emailed me maybe this would work. I don't know, it's quite early days for thinking about that yet.

Lastly, someone came up with the excellent suggestion of everyone setting their homepage to the blog so things are not missed.

I think that's about it for now. If there is anything else I'll post it.

L
x

Domain Name

Hi, Just to let everybody know the domain name 'outofrange.co.uk' is now secured for 2 years at a cost of £6.78. :)

keep up the good work people,

Dave J

Out of Range

Design 1

Please let us know what you think of this. It is our first design for the exhibition. It incorporates
the photographic process with references to darkroom photography and the physical negative. You can leave your comments on the logo by adding a comment to the post. Please do let us know what you think?

Lovely Jubbely

Dave I

Name/Progress

Hi everybody. For those that haven't been able to read the facebook updates:

What's the decision on the name? I couldn't find the sheet today. We had a design meeting and we are going to start working on designs for out of range. We'll play about with fonts etc and see what we come up with. We will have some designs for tuesday. Is the meeting on tuesday for everybody, or just team heads? Let me know.

Take Care

Dave I

Deadlines

In the meeting on Tuesday evening it was decided that the deadline for the name decision would be this Friday the 14th. Please everyone who has not chosen/seen the names/submitted a potential name get going with it. 

It's also the absolute last date you can pay your deposit if you haven't already done so. Sorry to sound like a bitch. 

A more detailed update soon. 

L x

Photos of the The Old Rag Factory

Tigran has kindly taken photographs of The Old Rag Factory. Please everyone look at them HERE!

Also there is a poster up next to Stores where you can tick your favourite name for the exhibition.

L x

p.s don't forget to give your £50 to Jean Bryant by this Friday 7th November. Cheques are made payable to 'Third Year Exhibition'.

Round up of first meeting on 28th Nov 2008

Hello everyone. This is really an introductory post I suppose to try and get the blog going properly. I think it could be a really good tool for us to oversee the progress of the exhibition and somewhere everyone can find out what's happening. It'd also be really nice when it's finished to be able to look back and think, "wow, we did all that".

Ok, so in the last meeting which was Tuesday (28th Nov) a fair few things were discussed. Location is obviously the most important factor currently. It seems certain that we are decided on London now and most people are happy with the idea of holding the show at the Old Rag Factory. Some changes have been made to the venue since last year's exhibition so several people are going to view the space tomorrow (well, today now). Hopefully some photographs will emerge so everyone can get the general idea about the space. There was some concern again over whether the location is too hidden and whether this will affect attendance however most people feel that if there is adequate PR and marketing (which of course there will!) this will not be an issue. Also discussed was how long we will have the space for and obviously the cost. It was estimated that it could be around £4000 but naturally there is still some negotiation to take place.

In the first compulsory meeting we discussed money and decided that everybody should contribute £200 towards the exhibition. The first payment of £50 is a deposit and is non refundable. It also effectively secures your place within the exhibition. This sounds a bit drastic but it was felt that it had to be this way otherwise it would become harder to keep track of everyone taking part. The money people have set up a nice shiny new bank account for us so money should be given to them in the form of cash or a cheque only... perhaps in a nice little envelope. There is already a fundraiser in place for the 27th November, yay! I believe there are other things in the pipeline too so watch this space. You can keep track of any events on Facebook but for the benefit of the people who haven't got it everything will be on here too.

Briefly mentioned was a box to put name suggestions in. I'm not quite sure if this box has appeared yet so will keep everyone posted on that.

I think that's about it for now. The next meeting is Tuesday at 4pm for the team heads. There is another compulsory whole year group meeting for everyone involved with Steffi and Chris coming up soon. I will post the date for this when I get it but it's on the noticeboard by Stores anyway.

L x

next meeting

The next meeting is at 4pm on Tuesday 14th October in the bar! 

leah

Hi everybody.
Thanks for making the blog guys.
After having talked with different people from our class I think that although it's probably not possible to get all of us together at the same time, we should try to have some sort of meeting next week. Just that we really start the discussion and confirm how many there is of us, and the whole issue of Free range needs to be talked as well. Maybe we can even start thinking of different working groups?
Next week on Tuesday most of us should be in as there's those group tutorials and a guest lecture later on. So how about lunch time then?

/Vanessa

Exhibition 2009 - yes or no???

Dear All, 

As it's not possible for all of us to meet at exactly the same time in college and we have to start thinking about our exhibition, we thought we'd set up this blog as an initial step so that everyone can contribute (should contribute!) ideas. We can also set up a vote as to what everyone thinks would/might work best. 

We need to decide if we even want an exhibition and if so, where might it be, how, who wants to be involved etc etc. 

Even though Simon and I (Leah) have created this blog it doesn't at all mean that we are going to look after the whole thing, feel free to add anything you like here. Each and every single person from Year 3, give your opinion as it's your opportunity to show your work (or if you don't want to then just say)

So, post please everyone!!!!