seeingstuff

A truly lovely wedding in London (you know who you are) was a great excuse to see some exhibitions - 180 The Strand has an awesome VR piece by Gormley and Natarajan. One of the most comprehensive, all-encompassing experiences I’ve ever had - bouncing on the moon was a highlight, the effect of the equipment totally controlling my movement was dizzyingly wonderful. http://www.thestores.com/london Norah Keil at the ICA was a little underwhelming, although the audio guide was a good idea. Soft Opening, a window space at Piccadilly underground station had some nice fans by Jonathan Small. Alison Jacques had a beautiful visual conversation between Donald Judd and John Wesley. The stylish fashion photography at Somerset House by Moon and Ng was intriguing. The Serpentine had Hito Steyerl’s stunningly technological florals and Emma Kunz’s mesmerising geometric doodles - both beautiful but strangely unimportant, there was just so much of it. I recommend the truly excessively layered work of Christian Marclay at White Cube, Masons Yard. https://whitecube.com/exhibitions/exhibition/christian_marclay_masons_yard_2019 Haegue Yang at South London Gallery has some work with blinds last see in Venice in 2009. Franz West at Tate Modern was a mixed bag. As is often the case of these huge retrospectives of men there are many uncomfortable pieces - unsure if different times is an acceptable excuse.  

Got to see the Bloomberg space to check out the Roman Temple of Mithras recreation. If you consider the whole thing as an elaborate art trick rather than a rather misguided over-sold archaeological one it makes the whole experience so much more interesting. 

Fleabag was a gem,  Destroyer https://www.imdb.com/title/tt7137380/?ref_=rvi_tt is so beautiful but pay attention the screenplay has a beautiful twist if you can get past the general intentional grime of the films tone. Escape Room was a rush of WTF moments but inevitably the ending was fairly signposted.

lookingforwardandorganising

today is a busy day of organising - work for a show in Wyoming, fabric for new shirts to be made and materials for tomorrows making day at OCA - a kind of observed together yet apart day of art studio practice - wonderfully engaging. I have been buying 'interesting' fabric and getting shirts made - some examples. Beginning to get excited about a few events coming up - in the short term tonight its Russell Maliphant's Silent Lines at the Dance House in Ipswich. Later - its Latitude which has become a little main stream so it's only its location - literally 8 miles from my house which makes it almost rude not to go...wandering into Underworld outside late at night has got to be okay. On the longest day there is First light in Lowestoft a FREE 24hr non-stop, beach festival https://firstlightlowestoft.com Its the year of Venice Biennale which is always awesome - the title May you live in interesting times feels like a threat! the excitement is bursting, especially as Jimmie Durham has been awarded the Golden Lion - his smashing objects video is hilariously disturbingly sad https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5SOj9vumZOY I can almost taste the Aperol Spritz and feel the warmth of the sun after a long day of 'art looking'. In terms of screens the Beautiful yet chaotic Marwen is worth a watch https://www.imdb.com/title/tt3289724/ The new series remake of Hannah seems unnecessary. Glass was a little disjointed to keep up and in the end I ceased to care but Samuel Jackson wears a great suit!

Got to go to the new Escape Room in Saxmundham, Suffolk - surrounded by wondrous airstream land yachts that you can stay in https://www.suffolkescaperoom.co.uk/  based on a WW2 theme - my first time in one - it was interesting/intriguing with clues everywhere - we got out but maybe a little bit of luck helped.