Proof Reading Exhibition Text

This evening I am proof reading exhibition panels. Working closely with our designers, we have put together a VJ commemorative exhibition using our photographic collection, quotations and scans of some of our archives. All this is coming together to form an external display to highlight the Forgotten Army.

Proof reading can send you stir crazy, as you spend hours pouring over text and double-checking with the original documents. Often, a small comma or hyphen can slip through when initially writing text, but jump out and become a major error when proof reading. Working collaboratively to produce a panel is great fun and this creative process can come together with some excellent ideas. Sometimes, ideas produced at the designers can take on a different view when looking at the artwork 12 hours later. Sharing the proof reading is an excellent way of ensuring that sentences read correctly and that incorrect terminology doesn't slip through the net. But it is a long old process.

 

When planning an exhibition, I often have an idea or creative layout in my head which isn't always easy to put down on paper or in a digital format. Trying to take the idea and share it with folk can be frustrating when I think that they don't quite understand what I am trying to do. But often, as we discuss the idea and I attempt with a poor explanation, the team contribute additional thoughts which help develop the idea into a great collaborative display. This team approach is a great way of working to produce an excellent end result.

So hunched over my laptop with paperwork covering my dining room table is not the greatest way to spend an evening, but deadlines loom. To ensure we get the best display possible ready in time, then a few hours searching for mistakes is a small sacrifice to make.