After doing a bit of research on exhibitions, we put down some solid ideas for the curation. There were a lot of very out there ideas about making it look very space age, like its on a spaceship, but ultimately it think hit was more important to get the music and lighting down to create that atmosphere, and just keep it simple.
We emailed the Brunswick about their exhibition space, which they told us was free as long as people are buying drinks downstairs. This would have been good and would cot down costs a lot however we were concerned maybe the space was a. Bit too small, so we went down to Hyde Park Book Club and chatted with them there, they told us on a specific day (wednesday) for an art event such as ours, the exhibition space would be free, again as long as people are buying drinks upstairs. We decided to definably go with this because again it’s free and cuts down on costs, however the space is a lot bigger and suits there style and vibe that we would want to go for because its a basement room so we would be able to make it darker and more atmospheric.
We wanted to give the exhibition a bit of a space feel, lowering the main lights and using spotlights to shine on the work - my dads company sells wireless portable floodlights which we could borrow and set up 3 or 4 to point at the work. Hyde Park book club also has a selection of lighting for their gigs, so we would incorporate some blue lighting as well. A projector will be set up on one side displaying an animation of all the images originally sent on the golden record and we would have a speaker in the corner playing some of the songs from the original golden record, a lot of which are classical music slightly avant garde tracks, which will give the space an eery feel. As a wayfinding tool, vinyl lines will circle the room which could even be in glow in the dark vinyl.
I created a floorpan of what the exibtion would look like.
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