my work is going to be
in a couple of exhibitions so making and thinking and packing work - Constellation: Inspiration and the Artist
Book in Laramie County Library their annual invitational book arts exhibition
in Cheyenne, USA. Work will be part of a touring exhibition coming out of the
great team in Leeds who bring us PAGES
Meanwhile - A week full of teaching - Mid Point Reviews, preparations for embedded
book seminars, group crits, individual tutorials and a presentation around
fantasy portfolio's. A day at Middlesex University working on the Craft Design
Course was fun - teaching (engaging with students) without the usual bureaucracy
I engage with. Undertaking the preparation for the day and working with the numerous
paper structures gave time for reflection on the work I have been doing myself
in this field over the past 4 years. I also managed to pull together some
interesting ideas that I have been introduced to as part of the work at Kings with anatomy
scientists around splitting and joining mobius loops and chirality. It was my
birthday this week and presents included a really beautiful piece of Boro fabric from a farmers coat that
has just the feeling of age within it - quite mesmerising with each stitch and
piece of cloth having its own story embedded within it. Went to see Witness for the Prosecution at County Hall in London https://www.witnesscountyhall.com/
a fun jaunt into theatre - essentially a courtroom drama but in a splendid room
- the old GLC Council Chamber. In terms of screens - I gave up on workin mums - just too painful in so
many ways, This Time with Alan Partridge
is savagely observant, Instant Family was more than a screwball 'person out of place' genre
but it had moments of thoughtful commentary around issues of adoption. Isn't it Romantic https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2452244/
is a splendid cliché of genres with
some laugh out loud moments. I
was meeting people at the Barbican (excellent Negroni's at the Martini Bar) so popped
into the Curve Gallery but I needed more
time to see the fascinating work of Daria Martin so I shall be back. Just looking
around for newish sounds and came across Cillian
Murphy's Music Mixtape - not really new but gloriously eclectic - https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m00039mn
and This American life podcast threw up Ozzy Osborne's version of working class hero - which might just be better than the original - sacrilege. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JTF6n-JxQ9g
