As all of you may know (or as all of you may be experiencing now), most of art organisations are struggling to be stable financially. I have heard that most of staffs at art organisations spend significant amount of time on filling application forms for grants programs from different funding bodies. We also have very limited budget to manage various programs. Especially, when we organise a big exhibition that requires artworks to be shipped from overseas, most of our budget should be spent on the transportation of artworks, and then other things should be dealt with very short budget. Maybe that is why I conduct much labour jobs when an exhibition is on the face. (I do not complain it. Sometimes, physical duty is fun and exciting, especially, it gives for me a chance to move my body in a very still office working environment. Physical labour provides me lots of energy after I move.)
Not only the exhibition, our Taekwondo demonstration also met a financial problem. We can afford very fundamental elements of the event, such as venue hiring, bringing performers, but the problem is, we would like to make the show more enjoyable. Kicking is the main movement of Taekwondo and it is very strong and fast. Yes, fast! Even one can hardly see the kicking motion with their bare eyes. To cover this disadvantage and also to maximise the dynamic of the kicking, we considered to hire a slow motion real-time replay video system. However, money was the matter. The estimated cost of hiring the equipment was very high, including technicians who will control the machines. We almost gave up to utilise the equipment and were seeking other ways to compensate it. Fortunately, we could find a sponsor who could support the equipment hire and all of us are so excited to see the kicking on the screen on the day. It tells money does matter.
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