Curatorial Proposal
MA Visual Art students Lucy Stevens and Cat Preston are proposing to curate a one-week group exhibition as part of the Rules of the Game exhibition-taking place at The Surface Gallery between April and May 2007.

We are asking ALL art and design MA and PHD students for new and existing artwork that addresses the notion of transformation. Fundamentally, change denotes the transition that occurs when something goes from being the same to be different. Art for Change encourages the advancement of progressive social change by using art as a catalyst for disseminating information to people. Within art, change is cyclical, and one expects circumstances to recur, this formation can bring about notions of timelessness and repetitiveness. In society changes take place due to gradual modifications in mindsets and beliefs or suddenly through revolutions. Societies, which do not follow this path, have changes thrust upon them by forces beyond their control.
The selected artists will be grouped together under sub headings that relate to the title of the show: transformation. We feel that this grouping of artwork will formulate a more coherent exhibition if those that are working under the same context are situated next to to each other during the exhibition.

8/2/07
Rules of the Game- call for submissions at The Surface Gallery
I was very excited about this brief because it explored elements of play within my practice, especially with the recent CCTV work. The brief was asking for individual entries or group entries to be curated by MA students or tutors.
I had never curated a group show before and really wanted the experience especially because the brief followed the context of my work and stimulated new ideas for artwork.
The group was asked to write a 50-word proposal based on what they would create for the exhibition. Cat and myself volunteered to act as co-curators and were asked to produce a 200 word proposal to explain what the group as a collective would exhibit for this show.