Unrealised Potential stamp logo, work in progress (Ely & Harris 2010)
Update:
Unrealised Potential Curated by Mike Chavez-Dawson with Sam Ely & Lynn Harris (Unrealised Projects), Gavin Wade and Liam Gilick will be presented at the Cornerhouse , Manchester from 23rd July - 14th September 2010.
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We very excited to be working with artist Mike Chavez-Dawson to re-visit, re-investigate and re-new Potential Hits, a project that he initiated in 2003, which has reached a critic 5 year point, a time bound by contractual obligation initiated by Mike. The incorporation of Potential Hits and Unrealised Projects will become Unrealised Potential (working title).
In 2003 Mike Chavez-Dawson presented a series of Certificates under the title of Potential Hits; each certificate states the name of an individual artist and the title & idea of an unrealised exhibition. Chavez-Dawson invited a number of contemporary artists to contribute to Potential Hits by answering the following:
'If there was one show you had always wanted to see happen what would it be?
Are you prepared to trust someone else to realise it?
Will they invest in your vision?'
For a small fee the public had the opportunity to purchase the right to realise a specific exhibition, in return they will receive a signed certificate that also acts as a contract. The buyer must execute the exhibition within five years of making the purchase, failing this they are obliged to return the certificate and the right to produce the exhibition to the artist who conceived the idea. If after a further five years the show has still not been produced, Mike Chavez-Dawson will then take possession of the 'deeds', and will have the option to visualise the show in the following five years or to return it to the market.
Working towards exhibition 'Unrealised Potential and Strategic Deliverance' in early 2010.
