THE LATEST FROM THE LATEST II

Hello Everyone!

Sorry for the extra-ordinarily delayed posting.
To introduce myself: I am Lily (Benson). Currently attending The Cooper Union in NYC.
The reasonexcuse for being so late is that I have only 5 weeks left of art school! I have a solo bachelor’s show in February. It will take place in a large gallery that has a round elevator in the middle of it. I’m making many video and film installations, small drawings, and a longer film called Valentine’s Day. I will post a text-film in progress today or tomorrow.

I wrote a letter to Jorun that is posted below.
The main point of what I wrote is that I prefer group shows that blur the lines between artists and are coherent and possibly even themed. A theme has the potential to be quite corny, as in the case of most themed parties for children, but if chosen carefully and left ambiguous enough; they can be an excellent guide or way of stitching disparate things together. With the show I am working on right now, I made a list of all of the projects I was planning and attempted to draw a theme or connection between them to direct them toward a shared goal. The theme ended up being INVISIBILITY…which is extremely vague, but has helped me sync the overall ideas of each piece.

Melanie: hello! You have an exciting website!
I like what you observed about the group show in Berlin, “it was hard to find out what belonged together and what didn't.” It would be nice to have a similar effect with what include.

Jorun: Can you post pictures of the space?

Susanne: I really like the Vulnerable Positions piece on your site.

Is there anyone else blogging too that I missed?

MUCH MORE SOON!!!!!
Happy Thanksgiving.