A very busy and full on 'breathing in' day in London on
Tuesday - Tate to see Anni Albers a truly glorious
exhibition https://www.tate.org.uk/whats-on/tate-modern/exhibition/anni-albers It is a totally rigerous experience - the instagram festival that was Yayo Kasumi at Victoria Miro
and the more thoughtful experience displayed next door at Parasol unit https://parasol-unit.org/
by Hedi Bucher. The display of the
work is particularly interesting with it defining the work in so many ways. Looking at
the treasures at The British Library
with Book Art students gave us conversations rich and varied, especially around
translation and languages. A thoughtful visit to the bookart bookshop https://bookartbookshop.com/ was thoughtfully
wonderful - tea in a china cup complimented the atmosphere and underpinned a
wide ranging discussion informed and illustrated by the amazing books for sale
in the shop - I also managed to see Chris
Burden at Gagosian - it’s
actually quite mesmerising as well as beautiful. thank you for a really
positive session today - thought that you might be interested to
hear
Freakonomics
podcast 335 Where Does Creativity Come From (and Why Do Schools Kill It Off)? was
an excellent listen. It went some way to describe and explain intrinsic versus extrinsic motivations, how education
places value assessments, but don't assess the things we value. http://freakonomics.com/ Meanwhile I had
to see season 6 of House of Cards in 2 sittings https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1856010/
There are some stunning images within the filming that stop your breath and
make you consider what is established practice - when Claire reveals her new cabinet is
one.
