Just before the Singapore Biennale Rush...

Preparations for the first Singapore Biennale continue at an increasing pace. The opening is on September 2. The curators are now trying to work on a final selection of artists for a press conference to be held March 24 in Singapore. I think we all know what's coming - in a few weeks, things will start to get busy. For me, this means being a hub for approximately twenty or so artists and collectives, thinking through projects and works with them. Its one of the best bits, second only to the whole installing phase prior to the opening. I have noticed that there are curators who prefer to stay behind desks and look on from the sidelines, and then there are those who spend time in the exhibition spaces with the artists - I think I am of the latter persuasion, although scared of heights.
I will have to get my 'installing' trousers out from the bottom of my cupboards soon - a pair of grey mountaineering slacks which have streaks of white paint across the shin areas from a last minute Franz West sculpture painting episode during the 2001 Yokohama Triennale. The remit was to re-paint a Michaelangelo Pistoletto steel slab which formed one part of Franz's sculpture. It was too large to paint by simply leaning over it, so my shins kept scraping its newly painted edges.