As a small project entitled ‘Curatorial Play’ the entire MA class were split into two groups, each group would use one of the two project spaces on campus to curate a small group show, we were given just over an hour to discuss and install the show. My group were given the upstairs project space and included Robert, Dawn, Meng and Nadine. The works included were varied from film projection and painting to collage and assemblage. 
I included my painting entitled ‘White Bridge’, hung in the centre of the exhibit. On completion each respective group would assemble in the spaces to hold a whole group peer crit. The general consensus of our show was that it was well hung and successful. The overall tone of the show was one of melancholy and remembrance with an archival feel. There were works which explored longing of the past and locked secrets together with a sense of foreboding.
After the crits had taken place the shows were rehung but not by their respective artists but by other students and out of sight of the original artist. My work was rehung by Tianxing, he chose to hang the painting on an adjacent wall and at a higher level, this in itself was not an issue as it is hard to radically rehang a canvas in the same space as previously, however, it was rehung very close to a door and light switches with very little thought, consequently the painting was not show to its best. But as an exercise it did highlight how disinterested people can have a negative affect on the display of ones work and is a lesson for future curation and exhibitions.
Michael Palmer 