its been a full and busy time recently – visited the Venice Biennial – which was as ever wonderful - 4 days of art from 11.00 – 6.00 in astonishing spaces accompanied by excellent food and blue skies. my work at NUCA continues with my involvement with the BA Textiles in reflective thinking and virtual learning recent seminars include problem solving http://www.slideshare.net/l.bicknell/09-005-problem-solving-lateral-thinking and audiences http://www.slideshare.net/l.bicknell/012-relationships-with-audience my work on the MA’s has a focus on running seminars around the work of students from Drawing, Fine Art and Textile Culture. camberwell is ongoing with a recent seminar looking at the catalogue as a form to interrogate. i have started an interesting job working for/with Essex County Council on the development of a road in Chelmsford and finally there is the continuation of the smoking architecture series.