updates

Hope all is good. 

I just wanted to send you some updates on the project.

Using the list that we generated, and with a few additional ideas, I did some more directed outreach targeted at cultural institutions in Southern Ontario.

Shaking those trees resulting in a couple viable candidates, who we interviewed on Monday. Both are able to work on-site in London, and of the two I think we're close to making our final decision, which is a huge relief.

As well, regarding the publication, I wanted to ask your opinion on someone else I would like to invite to write for the publication. So far Clive Robertson has agreed, which is terrific. I want to also invite Mitchell Cumming. Mitchell is a conceptual artist working in Australia. He also runs an artist-run centre there. I worked with him a few years ago and it was a positive experience. I am interested in inviting him to write because I read his recently finished dissertation, wherein he wrote about artistic practices of support structures, and recessional aesthetics (recession meaning in the background). It was lucidly written, and described how he sees his work in the artist-run centre as a part of his own artistic practice, which, as a part of his artistic practice, must be dedicated to supporting the artists shown, rather than taking centre stage. I think that this is an interesting perspective to bring to the project (I attached the thesis below if you feel like reading it). He has also initiated a recent project that involved applying for a scholarship with the explicit intention, should he win, to recirculate the funds. I will tag you in the post on instagram so you can read it directly.

I think Mitchell would be a great writer for this publication, I hope you agree.

I would like to invite one final writer, ███████ ███████ ███ ██ ███ █ █████ ████. I can't think of who it might be, but if you have any ideas, I am quite open to your suggestions.

Warm greetings also to Jessica,

hugs,

Josh

Thanks for the suggestion and feedback re; Cumming and ███████ ██████ █████ ██ ██ ██ ███████████ ███████ █████ ███ ██████████ ██ ███████. 

I am going to think about it more and try to think of a few more options.

In terms of the hiring process.

We have successfully found and secured an employee.

We had two semi-viable candidates. The first was █ ███ ███████ ████ ██████████ ███████ █ █████ ████████ █████ ██ ███████ █████ ██ █████ ███ ███ ███ ███████████ ██ ███ █████████ ███ ██████ █████████ ███ ██████ █ █████ ██ ████████ ██ ████████ ███ ███████ ██████ ███ ████████ ████████████ ███ ████ ██████ ██ ███████████ ████████ ████████████ ██████ ██████ ██ █ ███ ██ ███████

Our other choice was █ ██████████ ████ ██████ ███ █████ ██ ███ ██████████ ███ █████ █████████ ███████ ███████ ████ ███████ █████ ███ █████ ██ ███████ █████ ███ █████ ███ ██████████ ██ ██████ ███ █ ██████████ ███████████ █ ████ ████ ███ ████████████ ███ █████████ ███████ ████ █████ █████████ ███ ██████ ██ ██████ ████ ███ ███████ ██████ ███ ███████ ███ ██████

So, after a long conversation we chose the second candidate, █████ ███████. I recognize that this is a risk and will involve ████ ██████████ ████ ██ █████ ███, but I feel ████ ██████████ ██ ███████ ████ ███ ███ ██████ ███ ███ ████████████████ ███████████ ███████████ ███ ████ ██ ███ ████████

But we shall see...

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Josh

Hi Michael,

Hi Michael,

I hope you are well enough...

I have been about the same. 

I have not sent invitations to anyone to write yet. Have you reached out to ████████ ███████? Aside from Mitchell I wasn't feeling entirely secure about the people we had to choose from.

Today I realized that █████████ ██████████ would be a better fit, certainly better than the american academics I had suggested. What do you think?

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