In the mail today an entry forma for de woollahra small sculpture prize. something y'd think wd be right up my alley but it not seem like i sync with that at all. The very first yr i got rejected & it was won by a piece of glad wrap surrounding a bit of air which was apparently the space in which a sculpture would be. While i find that entertaining for almost 5 whole seconds, IMHO it wasn't worth a 10K first prize. Since then it really seem like it not my cup of tea. Last yr i put in an app again - seems 10 yrs was enough that i forgot my lesson & got all mellow & forgive the $40 entry & anyway sure nuff i got rejecto again. It was very funny though i did feel happy for a moment as i tore in there 5 minutes before closing of entries feeling like a dick cos anybody sensible would have posted it weeks earlier & not had to travel into woollahra council chambers & try to park & run inside just before they shut the door in my face. Anyway what made me happy was that other people were also there doing the same, just as unorganised, slack, and "ARTISTIC" as me! I felt like i wasn't alone! Yahoo!
And one of them had a horn black Triumph motorbike & i slightly knew him from somewhere so i could strike up a convo about bikes AND sculpture. Niiiice.
We probably all got rejected tho. Fuck it.
I dunno if i'll bother this year with payin for the disinspiration of another rejection... i think once every 10 yrs is about right. I got one new sculpture cast thats small & vaguely religious, could try the Blake - i got in that once i did.
Mosman has a similar sculpture prize too. the entries all go on display in the windows of the local shops. the quality is inversely proportional to the price tag, and they are all expensive. it boggles the mind. it really does.
ReplyDeleteMaybe i could try getting rejected from that one too! :)
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