“For the Degree show I wanted to make a site-specific sculpture of a Stage, a recurring motif that appeared in previous projects.
Exhibited against a window space on the ground floor, the Stage would have been built on either side of the Stow college building to give the illusion that the building was cutting through the Stage.
The inside space/ Backstage would have presented two publications on previous projects that explored the importance of the arts and green spaces to our mental health and well-being after event based works made after research into on-going cuts made to arts funding and education and the ongoing campaigns to save green spaces in the city.
Throughout the week of degree show on the outside space/ the Stage would have been a programme of events throughout the week, the events; loosely based around what I do to keep a good well-being, that could be shared with degree show visitors and fellow graduating students after thoughts about the period of time after graduating known as ‘degree show blues’.
The programme of events ranged from a DJ and a drag show on opening night, an afternoon with live music amongst other activities such as life drawing, yoga, a picnic, haircuts and a children’s art workshop.
The Stage and programme would have acted as a platform for me to collaborate with other creative people within and out with the institution.”