Note to Self...
Note to Self is an exhibition conceived to pose questions of process, growth, and journey. As the original SOAP team prepares to graduate, these are questions we have been grappling with on our own terms. SOAP was founded as a collaborative process, one with constant notes going back and forth between group chats, sticky notes, and planner scribbles. The process of SOAP has been defined by the notes passed between us. The notes have narrated our journey to create a physical throughline from issue 1’s ‘Fresh Laundry’ to issue 5’s ‘Blood Orange.’ We have come to know the process as the art itself. This mirrors our past four years as university students, where the thing we have come to know best is process. The journey is the only thing we have had to hold on to. Physical records of years-old exhibition tickets, receipts, sketches, journal entries, and postcards are notes from our past selves. The physical throughline from issue 1’s freshman year to issue 4’s senior year may be messier than SOAP; however, the beauty in the process remains.