Exhibition Considerations
A useful site in on the web provided fine guidelines for exhibitions[1].
·
Logical
groupings
o
Chronological
o
Like with
like
§ Medium
§ Treatment
§ Scale
§ Colour-monochrome might be together
§ Genre
§ Theme
·
Use of
space
o
Best spaces
o
Dark areas/dead
zones
o
Areas better
suited to display or a/work types
§ Small walls, small work
§ Large walls, large work
·
Lighting
o
Sources
o
Quality,
warm/cold
o
Controllable
or changeable
o
Sufficient?
·
Flow
o
Entry
point
o
Movement
usually clockwise
o
Exhibition
information at entrance as people arrive
o
First wall
is a feature, strong work
o
Images
left to right
·
Layout
o
a/work
placed in front of proposed position
§ visualise how exhibition will look
§ move a/work around, try different groupings, positions
o
May need
to edit exhibition
§ If too much or fussy
§ Place in clusters or sets
·
Seen as a
group
·
12 pix in
a row looks bigger than 3 grids of 4 pix
·
Placement
o
Comfortable
height, 150cm for adults, 120cm for children
o
If
relatively close together, seen as a pair
o
Consider
groups as one artwork
o
Measure
wall
§ Sum widths of pix and subtract from wall
measurement
·
Equals space
measurement
·
Divide space
measurement by n+1 spaces required
·
Stop and
think!
o
Is it
successful?
o
Can it be
improved?
o
Is the
wors level and equally spaced?
o
Is there
good flow and rhythm?
o
Does one piece
lead to the next?
Now the other stuff
The one metre images I am planning to print are to fit Alliance Francais, or another 10 x 25 m location. This is large, but then so are the large colourful hoarding boards all over the country; it seems to me A3 would not be spectacular enough. If I use A3 prints, the room size would be 10.5 x 4.14 m, the smallest conference room at the Southern Sun.
The simplest printing option for one metre prints is Correx, which is corrugated plastic and very light, and designed for exhibitions. The advantages are the numbering and titling can all be done on printing, and there is no frame. The surface and price may challenges. A1, A2 and A3 can be photographic poster-type prints, and A3 can be quality printed from .pdf at a much reduced price.
The layout for the exhibition is easily designed on Google SketchUp and can be readily re-scaled, with only the scenes for the .avi being tiresome for the 420mm prints.
From my own experience of exhibitions, somewhere to sit is essential.
The other option is simply to have a slideshow and some chairs, because it achieves the same outcome and is significantly better use of resources.
Now the other stuff
Other stuff
Some other sensible information was found on the internet: do not mix black and white, duotone or colour. The implication is you could not do the job in one type, for whatever reason. There is no particular issue about size, other than probably consistency and price.The one metre images I am planning to print are to fit Alliance Francais, or another 10 x 25 m location. This is large, but then so are the large colourful hoarding boards all over the country; it seems to me A3 would not be spectacular enough. If I use A3 prints, the room size would be 10.5 x 4.14 m, the smallest conference room at the Southern Sun.
The simplest printing option for one metre prints is Correx, which is corrugated plastic and very light, and designed for exhibitions. The advantages are the numbering and titling can all be done on printing, and there is no frame. The surface and price may challenges. A1, A2 and A3 can be photographic poster-type prints, and A3 can be quality printed from .pdf at a much reduced price.
The layout for the exhibition is easily designed on Google SketchUp and can be readily re-scaled, with only the scenes for the .avi being tiresome for the 420mm prints.
From my own experience of exhibitions, somewhere to sit is essential.
The other option is simply to have a slideshow and some chairs, because it achieves the same outcome and is significantly better use of resources.
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