So, being at USITT in Kansas City with so many responsibilities means delaying meals until late evening, which wouldn't be so bad if I didn't feel so much like crap.
I lost my voice today and all I wanted to be doing was telling people about our exhibit. I am keeping quiet for the rest of the night so that I have a chance of being able to talk at our open session tomorrow afternoon.
We finished curation today, which is one less thing to worry about. I love saying that. Something is FINISHED. I have to compile the file of final choices to send out sooner than later. It is striped like a candy cane, green for yes and red for no. Creative, aren't we?
Setting up the exhibit was an adventure. We didn't know what we were walking into, so we were flailing for a little bit when we started working. It finally got nailed out and looks a little better than bare white walls. The decision was to go with out alternative materials idea.
Trying to get the physical exhibit design nailed down is more difficult. It is trying to be made into more than what it is. Trying to layer "statements" on top of each other is not a good idea and it is sometimes difficult to tell really gung-ho people this. The fact of it is that our statement is going to develop over the course of the 10 days and attempting to force something earlier is only going to cause confusion and clutter. I think that I finally got that point across.
I feel like I've been the voice of reason and practicality throughout this project. Must be a downer to some, but I really feel I have to do it. The practical side of me won't let the insanity take off too far before putting it back into a tidy pile.
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