exhibition opening

My exhibition is now up and running; for the next few days you can view this blog from Alsager arts gallery. The opening last night seemed to go exceedingly well, save for a few glitches with the big screen monitor. A few days ago, I was very worried that either nobody would turn up, or that people would come and see an empty room. I was wrong on both counts – people came, and they loved it (or claimed to).

It’s amusing. This exhibition is all about me, and my relationship to disability – am I normal? Am I special? As such, one of my exhibits was my manual wheelchair, another was me eating a pizza with my neater-eater, and the subsequent mess. For me, these things aren’t special – in fact they’re quite mundane – but to others they’re special. Its an odd paradox, really, and something worth exploring. Either way, it’s very amusing – me eating dinner is art!

What kind of mark I’ll get I have no idea. Everyone seemed to like it, and I loved putting it on! I’m very proud of myself this morning.

If you’re reading his from the gallery, welcome. I hope you enjoy the show.

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