WE ALSO DECIDED TO MAKE WORK THROUGHOUT THE WEEK - BECOMING LIKE A FACTORY//LIVE SHOP. WE WANTED TO CAPTURE THE FAST PACE OF THE SURROUNDING SHOPS, AND THE WAY THE WINDOW DISPLYS + STOCK WAS ALWAYS CHANGING AND ROTATING. WE HAD TwO ADJOINING SHOPS WITH A HOLE KNOCKED THROUGH, MEANING WE WERE ABLE TO MOVE FROM ONE SPACE TO ANOTHER. SUBSEQUENTLY WE CHOSE TO HAVE ONE ROOM AS THE PLACE WHERE COMPLETED WORK WOULD BE DISPLAYED AND ONE WHERE WORK WOULD BE CREATED. 
FOR ME, ONE OF THE MOST EXCITING AND INTERESTING THINGS ABOUT THE SHOW, WAS THE INTEREST WE HAD FROM MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC. DUE TO THE LOCATION OF THE SHOW SPACE---IN THE MIDDLE OF A SHOPPING PRECINCT, OPPOSITE THE POUND STORE--THERE WAS A CONSTANT STREAM OF PEOPLE WALKING PAST. PEOPLE SEEMED FASCINATED BY THE SUDDEN APPEARENCE OF A GROUP OF WEIRD LOOKING ART STUDENTS, DRAWING STRANGE PICTURES WHEN THEY WERE IN THE MIDDLE OF THEIR WEEKLY SHOP. BUT PEOPLE WERE REALLY KEEN TO GET INVOLVED - SO MUCH SO THAT BY THE END OF THE FIRST DAY WE DECIDED TO SET UP A 'VISITERS TABLE' WHERE PEOPLE COULD COME IN AND MAKE WORK TOO.. . .. ... . . 
I THINK THE RISK WITH 'MAKING WORK WITH THE COMMUNITY' IS THAT IT CAN SO EASILY RUN THE RISK OF BEING PARTONISING AND TOTALLY OUT OF CONTEXT WITH IT' S SURROUNDINGS. BUT I THINK BECAUSE PEOPLE CHOSE TO GET INVOLVED SPONTANEOUSLY THERE WAS NONE OF THAT FEELING AT ALL. I LOVE THE IDEA OF IT BEING A SHOW BEING A GROWING AND EVOLVING SPACE INSTEAD OF AN INTIMIDATING AND STAGNANT ENVIRONMENT. ALSO, I THINK THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE WHO CAME IN, ESPECIALLY CHILDREN, PERHAPS HIGHLIGHTS A GREATER NEED FOR THIS SORT OF THING TO BECOME MORE COMMON PLACE.<<<<< HAVING NEVER TAKEN PART IN A SHOW BEFORE, I FELT LIKE A LEARNT SO MUCH ON A PERSONAL LEVEL TOO. BASIC THINGS LIKE HOW LONG IT TAKES TO SET THINGS UP AND HOW MUCH YOU HAVE TO CONSIDER THE SPACE AS A WHOLE E.T.C.E.T.C. I THINK IT WAS AN INVALUBLE STARTING POINT FROM WHICH LATER KNOWLEDGE CAN BUILD UPON. IT ALSO FELT LIKE A REALLY GOOD EXPERIENCE FOR THE GROUP AS A WHOLE AND WAS A GREAT END TO THE YEAR.(((APOLOGIES FOR THE FILMING SKILLS. OR LACK THERE OF)))
