SPEAKER_00: Section 3.

You'll hear two first-year art students called Max and Abby
talking about their end-of-year art exhibition. First you have some time to look at
questions 21-26 on page 5. Now listen carefully and answer questions 21-26.
SPEAKER_02: So Abby, we have to prepare our individual displays for the end-of-
year exhibition to showcase all the work we've done for the first year of our art
degree.
SPEAKER_01: Yeah Max, I've been thinking about how to put it all together. I'm
excited about letting my friends and family see all the stuff I've produced.
SPEAKER_02: Me too. Actually, I'm really keen to see the work of the other
students on our course. I mean, it'll be great to see all the finished displays.
SPEAKER_01: But we've seen what they've been doing throughout the year already
really. Anyway, what about getting feedback on our exhibition from our tutor? I
wonder what that'll be like.
SPEAKER_02: I'm a bit nervous about that part. I hope our stuff ends up looking as
good as some
SPEAKER_01: of the displays in last year's exhibition.
SPEAKER_02: Yeah. Do you remember that display of printed textiles? Fantastic
mixtures of silk and wool. All coloured with natural dyes.
SPEAKER_01: Yeah, I can't actually remember that. What sticks in my mind are those
ten wooden reproductions one student made, all of different types of transport,
little cars and trains and stuff?
SPEAKER_02: Yes. It was really delicate work and much harder to do than if he
tried to construct them out of metal.
SPEAKER_01: So our tutor asked us to come up with a name for our display which
reflects the work we've done. What have you gone for?
SPEAKER_02: Well, most of what I've done has focused on the countryside, so I've
been thinking of things connected to that. A lot of my larger pieces are views of
farmland. That's not a particularly memorable name though. I've gone for mother
nature in the end, though I did think about the name seasons as the fields are
shown at different times over the farming year. Oh, OK. Do you think it's going to
be challenging putting our displays together?
SPEAKER_01: Well, I've pretty much come to a conclusion about which pieces I'll
include now. I'll have to miss out some of my preparatory drawings for the bigger
pieces to make sure my best work fits into the space we've been allocated. I'm more
concerned about how long it will take me to put everything in place.
SPEAKER_02: We've got a day and a half. That'll be plenty.
SPEAKER_01: Hmm, we'll see. What about writing the summary of our work? It's for
people who visit the exhibition to read, and I'm absolutely certain they will. It
explains the reasons behind our work and they'll want to know what it all means.
We've got a strict word limit to stick to, but I've got so much to say. It won't be
easy to say it in so few words.
SPEAKER_02: Hmm. So what about other organisational stuff? We'll need good
lighting for one thing. The technical guys are doing that, aren't they?
SPEAKER_01: Yeah. One thing to do is copy a load of comment forms so people can
write what they think of the exhibition. Hopefully they'll be kind.
SPEAKER_02: I'm sure they will. I don't know about the journalists who've been
invited though. They might not be quite as nice to us.
SPEAKER_01: Well, fingers crossed. You never know.
SPEAKER_00: Before you hear the rest of the discussion, you have some time to look
at questions 27 to 30 on page 6. Now listen and answer questions 27 to 30.
SPEAKER_02: So our tutor suggested visiting a few exhibitions to look at the way
work is presented and to give us a few ideas about improving and displaying our own
work.
SPEAKER_01: Yeah. I liked the on the water exhibition, the way the artist used the
brush strokes in the oil painting to create a sense of movement was amazing.
SPEAKER_02: Hmm. It takes a long time to develop skill like that. Maybe we'll get
there one day. What I liked about the city life exhibition was the fact that
although the paintings themselves were of busy places, the display itself wasn't
crowded at all. Perhaps the fact that the paintings were actually quite small was
what created a more open feeling to the exhibition.
SPEAKER_01: Yeah. So the way they were arranged wasn't especially unusual. And
then there was the faces exhibition. Yeah. I mean painting people's portraits isn't
a new thing. But what I did like was the way the artist managed to reproduce the
exact tones of the skin and hair of the people in the pictures.
SPEAKER_02: And the last exhibition we went to see was moods. Hmm. I expected that
to show emotions, people laughing, crying, whatever. But it was about plants. You
don't tend to think of
SPEAKER_01: trees and flowers having feelings. And I'm not sure they do. But it
certainly seemed that way in the pictures. Not the most obvious choice of subject.
That's for sure. Anyway,
SPEAKER_02: I guess we'd better get on with it.
SPEAKER_00: That is the end of section three. You now have half a minute to check
your answers. Now turn to section four on page seven.