I
have a created a new space called knowwhere
- it will be a place to show large scale work within a small space. the first
show is of pieces that came out of a making day for the Open College of the
Arts - OCA. Meanwhile I'm working on the talk for Turn the Page - its developing into 3 stages - 1 bookness explored,
2 the practice created as a result working within the concept, 3 specific deep
dives using recent activity - Book as hand tool for thinking maker –
object – audience, space of a book - the influence a book inhabits and rethinking the idea - the books influence. The
images are sorted I just have to work out what words go with this.
meanwhile I have to recommend a couple of books -
4321 a stunning book by Paul Auster https://www.theguardian.com/books/2017/jan/27/4321-by-paul-auster-review
it is a mind swivelling trip of possibilities that might just make you rethink
your life - everything will be. Middle
England by Jonathan Coe https://www.theguardian.com/books/2018/nov/25/middle-england-jonathan-coe-review
is a dark comedy commentating on our
time. I sat through all 10 episodes of Homecoming
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt7008682/?ref_=rvi_tt
in two sittings in a kind of moreish
exercise where you are unable to stop watching. The show has some excellent
acting in between the rather odd (in a good way) cinematography. Lunatics by Chris Lilley goes up to a
mythical line of acceptable taste and sort of rubs it out - but again in an
interesting way. The Orville by Seth
MacFarlane is a great comedy nod to Star Trek - worth a watch but it doesn't
stress the brain cells too much but again this may be a good thing. Serenity has had a tough ride with the critics, yes its wooden, yes the twist is
signposted a mile away, yes everybody is a 2D trope but I really enjoyed the beautiful
sadness. https://www.imdb.com/title/tt6476140/?ref_=rvi_tt
