Day 3 - The Match Heats Up!

Placing the works become more difficult for a number of reasons: the wall color is really strong and can either severely weaken or strengthen a piece; the spaces between the work are becoming more limited and awkward; and one contender (we won't mention names) places their incredibly strong selection smack dab in the middle of the largest wall, restricting everyones options moving forward.

Lisa looks for a spot for Shaganappi Point.

Cam decides his work by Kathleen Pepper, Old Eskimo, needs to squeeze right in between the Boyle and the Oonark.

Clearly, the discussion is becoming more intense as the stakes are rising and the options tightening.

Darryn and Lisa listen to Cam.

Maybe time to consider a new game plan? Everyone to their corners and let's take stock of where things are and what we have to do to bring the first Round to

a place where we feel we can move forward after the long weekend.

Maybe we consider a shuffle! At the end of the day the Curatorial SmackDown is more of a sparring match than a fight. Our ultimate goal is to support each other in some of the practical, hands on considerations of curating, learn about the collection and end up with an exhibition that has some sort of logic to it.

Happy again!

As long as we can all agree and can make our case, we decide to 'shuffle' until we feel good about the placement of the Round 1 works in relation to one another and within the space.

So at the end of Day 3, we reach a place where we can accept that some of our original ideas need to be scrapped for the good of the whole. We'll see what shapes up next week.