what do we want?

[gair dunlop]

Title: what do we want?

Just received the new issue of (sculpture) MATTERS this morning... there are lots of interesting viewpoints on what would make for a more coherent and dynamic environment to make display and contextualise work. I think there are as ever 2 schools of thinking which nonetheless overlap; whether to create a base where our work can be shared and understood and displayed within Scotland itself, or whether to go with the pragmatic flow alluded to in Neil Mulhollands' article: that scottish gallerists and curators being a more or less conformist bunch, the way to get ahead at home is to get around abroad. The situation is complicated by the political retreat from arts funding in general. There was a discussion on these themes before, but it's the kind of thing we can re-examine as changing climate and environment force re-examination of practice collaboration and opinion. PS is the Neil Mulholland article actually saying anything or is it a triumph of circularity? gair dunlop www.gairspace.org.uk Cumbernauld: Town for Tomorrow www.cumbernauld.nu