These are the photos of my hard working Project Assistants: Lucy Biddlestone and Jessica Harrison.
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IDEA STAGE
Unlike many of my other carefully planned projects, ‘Mama’s Garden: words of love’ has multiple layers which are hard to be understood as coherent. However, there are couple of clear stages of the project.
- 15th Jan 2010. I’ve found the project idea.
- February 2010. Whole February has been spent on obsessing on the idea of creating an imitation of an ‘English’ garden and the history of the ‘War of the Roses‘.
-By the beginning of March, thanks to Asa and Liz (Research supervisors), my obsession has discontinued and took a turn to a more ‘realistic’ project implementation. In addition, the discovery of finding how much fake grass actually costs had a real potential to ‘kill’ my idea of creating a garden for my mama. Of course, I quickly erased the existence of the fake grass out of my memory. I thought; let there be a grassless garden. And the likelihood of obtaining or borrowing real park benches had a slim chance of realising.
-Mid March. Lucy and Jess have been great so far, adding ideas which helped a lot to shape the project. They are also putting many hours towards the project, I can’t really imagine doing it alone. Yes, yes, now I know what I am looking to create, my interpretation of a garden, represents pieces of emotions of exchanged between a mother and daughter and those secret words truly understandable only by two of us. The words can be extracted, translated and displayed. That actual activity interferes with the flow of exchanges but this maybe the only way to stop and show the process to others. In other words, this is our stop, a static period of communication. A temporary constant.
The garden fences stands as the political borders separates us, but the letters and flowers are the connectors of our love and dedication to each other.
-Late March. Finally, we have our garden fences and couple of chairs (borrowed from Sian Prosser, my mate) many other objects. Lucy and Jess are producing many flowers using different materials.
-Beginning of April. Finally, things are getting together. Few days left to open to public. You will have to come and see what we have done. For anyone who can’t make it, I will post photos on the blog once the project is over.
DOCUMENTATION
Stage One 13th March 2010. The very first images of the space inside the Light.
Stage Two 23d March 2010. Working out what to do with the space, which was much bigger than I imagined.
I am delighted to introduce Jessica Harrison and Lucy Biddlestone as the Project Assistants. Currently, they are 2nd year students doing their BA (Hons) Fine Art and Contemporary Art Practices (CAP) at the Leeds School of Contemporary Art & Graphic Design, Leeds Metropolitan University.
Jess and Lucy will assist me on the publicity, creation, running and documentation of the project. More information will follow soon. (T. Tsegmid)
I am pleased to announce that The Light in Leeds has been confirmed as a host location of the proposed project. Before I continue, I would like to thank Brian Oakley, the General Manager of The Light and his colleagues in advance for allowing me to work flexibly in the space and being understanding to my ‘many’ requests.
The shop unit used to be a branch of ‘Eden Park’ and currently not occupied. However, it is temporary and I am very happy to use it while it is available.
Since my relocation to Leeds in 2004, The Light has become my favourite place to spend time and there is never a day I don’t go through the Light because it locates at the heart of the city. The Light has successfully positioned itself as the hub of the shopping, relaxing and entertainment in Leeds. And it is the ideal space for public project. (T. Tsegmid)
The photos (see above) have been supplied by The Light team. Courtesy of the Light (Leeds). All Rights Reserved.
Please go and check out its official website to find out more: http://www.thelightleeds.co.uk/
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PS: The call is for current LeedsMet students only
LEEDSMET PHD STUDENT IS LOOKING FOR TEMPORARY PROJECT ASSISTANTS!
I am looking for 2 undergraduate students who can assist me on the publicity, creation, running and documentation of my latest piece.
Mama’s Garden: a state of white roses and words of love is a site- specific installation and performance project. The project is geared towards general public and the main purpose is to engage with people who wouldn’t normally go to conventional art galleries or art spaces. The theme is deliberately simple and personal; I am making very efforts to make it as accessible as possible. Please check this link for more details on www.mamasgardenartinleeds.wordpress.com/. I’ve recently secured a non-financial support (they will find me a space) from a scheme called Art in Unusual Spaces led by Leeds City Council. http://www.artinunusualspaces.co.uk/.
What you need to do?
You will assist me in 4 areas of the project:
1. Publicity: designing of a poster and leaflet. 2. Creation: helping to install the site-specific piece 3. Running: the project will run for 10 days ( 2 or 3 days to install and 7 days running the project) and it will be accessible to public minimum of 3 hrs a day (Not Sundays) 4. Documentation: photographing the installation and performance (recording on camera will be useful but not essential).
Who I am looking for?
Preferably, I invite second year students from Graphic Design, Fine Art and CAP courses to apply. If first year students want to get involved, they are encouraged to do so, as long as they are confident they can assist. You will need to be proficient with Adobe InDesign and Photoshop and skilled in taking photography. An interest in site-specific or ephemeral installation or performance art is desirable. And I will do my best to allocate the tasks according to your interests and skills.
In return of your time?
1. You will gain a new contact. 2. An art project assistant experience entry on your CV. 3. A fair and square acknowledgment and credit of your contribution on printed publicity materials, related website/s and any future use of the images you produced. 4. A food/drink provided for free whenever you are assisting me during the public access hours.
When do I need you?
The project is likely to take off in the second half of the March or early April. However, I will need the publicity running as soon as the space location and dates confirmed. I am waiting for the final confirmation from Art in Unusual Spaces.
Interested?
Email me on TSTSendee@yahoo.com to express your interest and we will discuss it further. You can also leave me a message to Pete Bastow from the Photography workshop. I come to the School 2 or 3 times a week. Thanks. Cindy
Dear All,
I have a great news! Recently, I’ve applied to be part of a scheme called ‘Art in Unusual Spaces‘ in order to host my site-specific installation and performance. My application has been successful and now I am in contact with co-ordinators of the scheme. Hopefully, I will find out more details about the space very soon. I will keep you informed throughout.
T. Tsegmid.
Hi All, Just to say, I’ve spent a day at LeedsMet photography studio and created series of self-portraits. Thanks for Rick and Pete for helping me. More to come very soon.
http://mamasgardenartinleeds.wordpress.com/about/visualssketchesphotos/
Miss you Mama! Ээж ээ, таныгаа санаж байна!, self-portraits, digital photography, 2010
“Packing/Unpacking” (in progress) piece performed by T. Tsegmid, photographed by Heather Rogers, Ilkley. 2008
Dear All,
I am proposing a new public art piece which you might find interesting. As you can gather from the title, the piece is about mother. Yes, it is not that challenging and shocking contemporary art works you encounter too often. The piece is a celebration of my mama and tribute to that endless flow of words of love she sends me. Yes, it is very sentimental theme, but I believe this is my chance to fulfill her dream and create an English garden with full of white roses for her. Although, the piece might appear subjective and personal, it is about the person we feel most grateful for.
I am an artist from (Outer) Mongolia, a research student at LeedsMet University specialsing in practice-led contemporary art practice. Since 2004, I’ve been living in Leeds and the city is my second home. In this particular project, I’ve decided to shy away from conventional art spaces such as; gallery or purpose built exhibition space because I want to reach out to wider audience. Ideally, I want to install this piece in a non-gallery environment where people feel comfortable and accessible.
I am planning to find a space and install this piece around mid-March and I will be adding more information about the project on this website. Particularly, the project is not-funded and will solely rely on a help and support from Yorkshire people and local businesses. I’ve already told about my idea to my supervisors (Asa Andersson and Liz Stirling) at LeedsMet Art School and they are encouraging me to carry out this project as it is very different from projects which I’ve been previously engaged with.
Feel free contact me on TSTSendee@yahoo.com, if you want to support me in some way. You could donate a white rose or just show up and help me to create my garden. More information to come shortly.
Thanks in advance,
Tsendpurev (known as Cindy) Tsegmid
