An excellent day at Camberwell with all the students who are
graduating this summer presenting work at symposium 2. The work was of a high
standard with some really interesting research strategies on display. I went to the degree show at Central St
Martin – the ‘new’ space really is quite a corporate monster of hipness– the centre of universal coolness. There was some excellent work – my key moments
were the interventions into the space by Marijam Did and the response from the
organisation says something about the nature of the place. The truly beautiful
domestic dance/movement piece Ritournelle by Dorthe Slej Pedersen was very
moving http://dortheslejpedersen.com/
The work of Dan Gardner a video of a word for word transcript
from a ‘porn’ film spoken in a matter of face way had me in stitches,
especially the boredom etched on the face of the male as the woman said yes yes
yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes
yes yes yes yes YES.
Meanwhile at Norwich we are deep in the middle of
assessments – which are going well – each year the standard improves with the
level of teaching. The work we are doing around professional practice is giving
the students a great grounding for getting them ready for the ‘real’ world –
it’s becoming more focused and this is evidenced in the presentations the year
3 students have been giving as part of
their assessments.
Last night the start of Pulse festival was marked by the thoughtful
Credible Likeable Superstart Role Model by Bryony Kimmings. The piece explores
the world through a nine year old girls eyes – or in one instant a lack of
them! - thoughtful and thought provoking
– see it while you can – Taylor can only be nine for a short time! http://www.bryonykimmings.com/tourdates.html
