Mythologies

considered to be an opportunity. It was to develop a scenario where they would have the opportunity to work outside of their normal practice and to be honest most of the artists that we worked with who were part of that year two programme were interested in doing that.

J. Yes. S. I mean that these are artists who are in a routine of showing in commercial spaces, they are represented and I think people can feel the pressure of having to follow their own practice.

J. Yes. R. Right.

S. Whereas with us it’s almost like a breath of fresh air in that they feel freer to show other things. The scenario allows for showing work that they wouldn’t show otherwise, maybe because it’s a smaller work or maybe it’s a quirky work.

J. Perhaps it’s something that they feel awkward with or wouldn’t be able to show with their dealer or in commercial space because they aren’t quite sure how they feel with it.

S. It takes one type of responsibility off an artist to a certain degree.

J. Yes. For an artist to say “I did something at i-cabin, I worked with those people,” can be considered separately to their practice because it becomes almost about all three of us, or however many people are involved. So far, at least, artists seem to want to do it.

S. Absolutely, that’s where the interesting things happen.

J. I agree.

S. So I think it’s not that we were forceful with them but just that we give an opportunity to have a sideline and I think that’s something which we considered an important role.

R. Going back to what you said before about the Cabin Baggage project, what’s quite nice about The Hut Project piece is that it does to you what