Exhibition thoughts - group work Part 4

When constructing an exhibition space keep in mind the safety of the audience. I mentioned this earlier, but I cannot stress this enough, if an attendee gets hurt, not only will it be ruining the exhibition, but also it might cause severe troubles to the exhibition place, other exhibition participants from exhibiting their work, but it might get you into trouble, but there are ways to stop this from occurring. One of the reasons why we ditched the metal and wood room idea, is because metal isn’t particular safe, there are a lot of people that feel a bit off putting when sharp edges are involved, obviously people can take procedures to make the metal safe, but the mindset of metal and the dangers that come with it will still remain there. So one of the elements to keep in mind is how the place is perceived by others. Secondly, look at the floorplan of the room, have the dimensions, see what is possible, make certain people won’t collide into the presented material or each other, something small such like a carpet could make someone fall, if someone happens to be the unlucky individual that does trip and fall on a particular piece, especially if the piece is made out of stone, wood and or metal, it would be devastating. An incident is enough to close down an exhibition, so the health and safety is something important to consider.