if
you like your films full of bad people getting what they deserve - the equalizer is for you https://www.imdb.com/title/tt3766354/?ref_=nm_flmg_act_1
if you like your films confusing and fragmented involving ideas such as good
and bad not being so obvious Happy End is
for you https://www.imdb.com/title/tt5304464/ The Sisters Brothers is a thoughtful
jaunt - violently brutal but I struggled with the fact that its categorised as
a comedy https://www.imdb.com/title/tt4971344/
Widows is a masterful piece of
cinema - from the sublime camera work to the clever scrip and the stunning
acting - it's a commentary on black lives matter, poverty, Me Too, class
without been even mentioning it - all within a tight caper movie https://www.imdb.com/title/tt4218572/ Can you
ever forgive me https://www.imdb.com/title/tt4595882/ was a
gloriously debauched episode, I loved Richard E Grant louche portrayal so much
that I had to go watch Withnail and I clips on Youtube.
the
concepts informing Russian Doll on
Netflix promise lots but 6 episodes in and it's still a gentle series with
limited twists and turns with inadequate laughs but - I shall persist.
some
recent exhibitions - Rags Media
Collective at Frith Street has a sound and video piece within a padded structured
room which has peep holes and built in seating to hear the sound pieces. https://www.frithstreetgallery.com/exhibitions/raqs-media-collective
at Gasworks Libita Clayton has created a womb like gravel sound space, entering
it is fun. https://www.gasworks.org.uk/ The Prototyping
exhibition at Japan House is interesting with some great biomorphic design,
although the expensively exquisite shop is beautiful and having visited the
excellent the 3D printing company, Digits
2 Widgets https://www.digits2widgets.com/ I felt that I has already seen a lot of this
type of work https://www.japanhouselondon.uk/whats-on/prototyping-in-tokyo-illustrating-design-led-innovation/
Gagosian has some glorious drawings from Walter
de Maria, he of the earth room in New York, but here the ideas rather than the
things are to the fore. Downstairs at BlaineSouthern there's a group show of
abstract work and on the ground floor the giant jenga blocks and heavily
textured paintings by Bosco Sodi https://www.blainsouthern.com/exhibitions/bosco-sodi-heavens-and-the-earth
A
week full of teaching - Camberwell has been all about defining finishedness - a
gloriously futile task but along the way some fascinating conversations (which
is obviously the point). With OCA we are testing boundaries - a brief that always
delivers exciting journeys for the
students - this year has some challenging proposals, especially for students navigating
the cultural politics of the Middle East. At NUA we are starting the Final
Projects and the yearly fear comes hand in hand with the realisation that they
get to leave very soon. If only there was a time machine. For myself it's been all
about organising behind the scenes - started to plan the paper for Turn the
Page, organise the ideas and gather materials for a number of workshops including
synthetic anatomy and visiting artist at Middlesex. Images courtesy of going
through books at a friend's house.
