Part of the inspiration for setting up this blog was an piece by Gregory Pryor in a publication called Artists Talk, published by west space.. It was a copy of his diary over a week and notations of all the things he had to do as an artist, especially in the week leading up to a residency in Queensland. He mentioned the paperwork. Now I’m mentioning the paperwork. Outside of my almost-full-time job, I am the chairperson for Project Contemporary Artspace and a practising artist and this week, i’m working on 5 grant applications. For those that understand – yes 5! For those that don’t, here’s a breakdown of my life, otherwise known as a timetable.
This week –
work – 30 hours.
commute – 20 hours
ministry grant – 4 hours
wollongong city council small grant cat 1. – 3 hours
wollongong city council small grant cat 2. – 1 hour
wollongong city gallery residency – 3 hours
liminal personae content – 1 hour
project fundraiser trivia night – 5 hours
Total work: 66 hours
Total pay: 30 hours
Next week
work – 30 hours
commute – 15 hours
wollongong city council small grant cat 1. – 4 hours
wollongong city council small grant cat 2. – 1 hour
wollongong city gallery residency – 3 hours
rent reduction submission to council – 2 hours
liminal personae content – 4 hours
project fundraiser trivia night – 2 hours
Total work: 61 hours
Total pay: 30 hours
That’s 2 week’s worth of unpaid work, in order to possibly get some more money, in order to create more unpaid work – either for the gallery or myself! Does any other profession produce that much paper work, unpaid, in order to get more unpaid work? Possibly the unemployed…