Saltram House Meeting 16th Jan

Within this meeting we discussed both group projects, City Council House and Saltram House, it was form here the groups became clear for these current Cura projects. We decided that due to the exhibition being held over the summer, it would be best for the people who were staying in Plymouth to be the curatorial team as there would be a possible need for invigilators for this (this was agreed with the rest of the group). At this stage the group members are:

Helanie Moore,
Williams Danby,
Ellena Simpson,
Tess yates,
Reiss Portman,
and myself (Jem Williams)

Within the discussion on what we would liek to create/exhibit Helanie has mentioned ideas about how it would be ideal for us to use sound within the work in an attempt to document visitors experience. After further elaborating Reiss contributed how we could involve the recordings of the natural elements found in Saltrams grounds. Allowing the visitors experience to be adapted and helping to emphasise some of the sounds that can often be overlooked. It was from this discussion we were able to mention Bryony Gillard’s exhibition In the boom of the tingling strings, to which Bryony had used sound board within a performance to adapt and chance sounds. We at this point were discussing making free-standings screens for the space with a possibility of including text pinned onto these, this would allow the large footfall of Saltram to interact with the piece in a participatory way.

Saltram Meeting 27th Feb

Anthony Cockell (Gardener of Saltram House) and Rebbeca Wickes from the National Trust came to Studio 11 to discuss our ideas fro the project within the Orangery and to see our development from the first visit. Within the meeting we discussed that our earliest instal date would be the 23rd June and the de-install would have to be at the latest 7th August. With regards to the official opening we could do this between the 23rd of June and the 27th July. With this in mind we would take further research to ensure that the opening evening didn’t fall on the same night as any other events by arts institutions within Plymouth.

We then moved onto the content within the gallery, I had mentioned that I had spoken to Janine at an event and she said she would be happy to do a speech performance and be involved in the project this way, and juts to keep her updated on what is required of her. With regards to Sound once explaining to Rebecca our plans, she had mentioned how her husband works for Deep Blue Sound and how he could possibly get students from the college involved with the project if we were able to send a detailed proposal (there was also a possibility of using their equipment at this stage).

When thinking of other objects within the space we had planned to create a participatory social hub, Rebecca has mentioned how they may be some furniture within the Chapel at Saltram that we may use, we had also discussed how we could look on Gumtree, Freecycle of visit Little Camden Market if needed. In terms of the use of Sound board Reiss and I were given one form a previous project at Tamar View, however we are contemplating making our own to make a consistency within the exhibition.

Rebecca also mentioned how we would be able to access their Saltram archives and we would also be able to fill in the forms for being National Trust Volunteers, allowing us to claim expenses and use a parking permits to save costs.

 

Saltram Meeting 8th May

After the curatorial team met Anthony again we had discussed some points that Anthony said he would look into these are the following:

1. Find out head count limit for private view.

2. Measure your wire covering.3. Parking permits.

4. Enquire about the possibility of funding for private view drinks.5. Lastly, you may need to look for floor plan.

In reply to these Anthony sent us this email:

If you are able to hold out, I can provide you with exact dates by next Sunday. I have to double check with the events manager that the dates I give you do not clash with any other planned events in the calendar.

As for the interior dimensions, when facing the Orangery:

 

It’s width is –      24 metres

It’s depth is –     6 metres

It’s height is –    5 metres

 

I’ll be in touch again soon,

take care,

Anthony

 

 

Saltram Meeting 4th Feb

After a small amount of discussion we had decided that we would like to continue with the idea of a sound piece within the space of Saltram’s Orangery. With this in mind we also at this point are thinking of having a speech performance for the opening event. Helanie, Reiss I discussed how we would contact Janine Rook (who we had previously met on a performance workshop) as she would be perfect for this role. The group agreed this may be a nice thing to do for the opening due to Janine’s mediative voice.

After this meeting Helanie and Will took some sound equipment down to Saltram to experiment with some sound to then review these back to the group to ensure the effect is what we are aiming for.