A great day at Camberwell - the first symposium on the MA
Book Arts course always presents the opportunity to project onto the students
possible futures and to consider one's role in getting them to where they
want/need to be. As ever the experience reminds me as to why I love teaching so
much - my notes include the phrases - preserving something that is not - brand
installation - putting content into paper - density of thought - invisible
visible - manual collages - where does book take place? - memory of the
evidence of a thing - Buddhist frustration - invisible violence - building
lines for people to construct space in their minds - unfolding minds - real v
perceived space - abstract landscape - doubling invisibility - the destruction
of destruction - the public book - rock library - the space of the book -
testing to negotiate your own space - books, I smelt all of them - process as
metaphor. how wondrous is that. meanwhile a run of films - Mechanic: Resurrection
- solid Stath action with shooting weaponry material but wooden beyond belief. Free State of Jones - solid life
affirming Southern racist narrative with good work by good guy McConaughey. Blood Father - solid drug violent wayward
daughter biker story with Mel sporting marvellous face hair. Spill festival
program is out and am already looking forward to it - highlights have to be of
leonardo da vinci quills a black giant deluge with Elaine Mitchener, David
Toop, Barry Lewis and Dam Van Huynh, Mem Morrison in the Wills building, the
wonderful Jade Montserrat who I actually taught many moons ago, well she
was in the room when I was talking!! and Entertainment Island who I saw at the
Barbican in a previous Spill festival - it will be excellent. https://spillfestival.com/
