My
paper/presentation at turn the page
symposium https://www.turnthepage.org.uk/ seemed to go well - it was a little rambling as
I attempted to cram 27 years of thinking about book art and bookness into 40
minutes. It was great to be surrounded by like minded people and listen to
inspiring presentations - Maria White
speaking about the idea of collecting was absorbing and Kate Farley's thoughts about reading patterns has got me thinking!
I
recently went to the extraordinary Chateau la Coste https://chateau-la-coste.com/en/walk/
a space of splendid calm where art wine and architecture are surrounded by ancient
Provence landscape. The work of Tadao
Ando is particularly special. After staying at imprints http://imprints-galerie.com/
in Crest where the market is so
wonderfully French - if you boiled down all of Frenchness you would get this
place A quick trip to Marseilles is always a bonus and in the railway sidings I
noticed this building.
It's
that time of year when several festivals are in full swing - at Aldeburgh
Festival I saw Bastard Assignments https://bastardassignments.com/ who make experimental sound performative work
- Neo Hulcker's piece crackles was
excellent. At Norfolk and Norwich Festival Shon
Dale-Jones of http://www.hoipolloi.org.uk/
has been performing a trilogy which
demonstrates his wondrous storytelling skills. I'm looking forward to Pulse at
the Wolsey in a couple of weeks https://www.wolseytheatre.co.uk/pulse-festival/
Meanwhile it's also that time when
assessments are about to kick in - so far a day of reading reflective thinking
and professional practice thoughts has been informative.
