The most 'helpful' point I've taken from the session is the shocking realisation that nothing i do really, technically exists. Jack explained it perfectly; my work ends as a jpg on a blogpost, never to be seen or heard of again - and he's totally right.
I've always said to myself that I don't see uni 'success' as getting a top grade and then never do anything creative ever again once it's over. Uni success for me, is about getting myself into a position where I'm better equipped (technically and mentally ) to make it as a creative in the real world - if i got a good grade whilst im at it then thats just an added bonus.(would actually be destroyed if i got a 3rd though) But now it appears all my work is just made for 'the man' marking my blog and ILO's - nobody has access to it outside those realms, and it may as well never have been done?!
I'm well aware that making prints to sell or even making decisions about what work to print or how to print it is usually where my projects end - too many decisions, "who'd want to buy what? or" who'd be interested in buying that, in what colour way or material?" It all gets a bit much, thinking about all these hypothetical people and their art preferences ,so i just forget about it and get on with making something new. I guess having spent years designing club night flyers/posters and logo's im just used to never seeing the final fruits of my labor in any format other than an attachment on an email.
But it's really hit home, and i seriously need to correct this - i know i don't need to make everything i do purchasable, but I'll never get a name for myself if there's nowhere (online or in real time) to go and see what I've been doing with my life?!
....and for christ's sake get some confidence (again, still?!) Even when i'm not consicously self-deprecating about my own work it's clearly coming across when talking to people.
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