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WELCOME BACK.
IT'S 6:17 NOW.
IT WON BEST VENUE BUT IT DID NOT
GET A LOT OF VOTES WHEN IT CAME
TO THE PUBLIC.
THEY LISTED FOUR PIECES OF SITE
LAB ON THE SHORT LIST IT'S IN
THE RUNNING FOR BEST VENUE.
THANK YOU FOR JOINING US THIS
MORNING.
GOOD MORNING.
HOW DO YOU THINK HAVING THE
SHORT LIST COME OUT AT THE TIME
THAT IT DID IN THE COMPETITION
IS GOING TO EFFECT SITE LAB?
WHEN WE OPENED THE DOORS
YESTERDAY THERE WAS A LINE OUT
THE DOOR WHICH IS UNIQUE FOR THE
VENUE.
MANY PEOPLE CAME IN WITH A LIST
OF ARTISTS ON THE SHORT LIST
SPECIFICALLY.
PEOPLE TAKE THE SHORT LIST TO
HEART AND CAME TO CHECK YOU OUT.
AFTER LAST YEAR DO YOU FEEL
LIKE YOU HAVE THE TALENT TO TOP
THAT AND IF SO DID YOU DO THAT
DIFFERENTLY?
NUMBER ONE, WE WORKED IN A
DIFFERENT LOCATION.
THE CITY OF GRAND RAPIDS AND THE
PUBLIC MUSEUM ALLOWED US TO USE
THE FORMER PUBLIC MUSEUM SPACE.
ARTISTS WERE ABLE TO COME IN
INTO THE CONTEXT OF THAT SPACE
WITH UNIQUE PROJECT HE CANS.
TALK ABOUT THE UNIQUE SPACE.
IT HAS BEEN VACANT NOT OPEN
TO THE PUBLIC FOR 18 YEARS.
ARTISTS WERE ABLE TO RESPOND TO
THE HISTORY TO THE CONDITION AND
AS WELL AS THE CONTENT OF
ARTIFACTS REMAIN IN THAT SPACE.
WHAT ARE THEY GOING TO SEE?
18 MROJ EKTS FROM ART -- --
PROJECTS FROM ARTISTS THAT HAVE
SHOWN INTERNATIONALLY.
THEY HAVE BEGUN GIVEN AN ENTIRE
GALLERY SPACE.
IT'S A SOLE DOE SHOW IN LARGER
GROUP SHOW CONTEST.
YOU SEE PERFORMANCE TO SCULPT
TURL INSTALLATIONS TO TV WORK.
WE RECORDED IN THE ARTICLE OF
GT MAGAZINE CRITICAL TO ART
PRIZE.
HOW DO YOU FEEL ABOUT THAT?
IT WAS A FAIR ASSESSMENT.
WORKING IN THE ART WORLD WE ARE
USED TO CRITICISM ALL OF THE
TIME YOUR WORK IS CONSTANTLY
BEING CRITIQUED.
I THINK AS A CITY AS LARGE AS
GRAND RAPIDS I LIVE HERE
OBVIOUSLY AS WELL.
WE ARE OKAY GETTING CRITIQUED.
IT WILL BE A REALLY DIFFERENT
YEAR FOR ART PRIZE THIS YEAR