walkingincolour

this time of year the colours one encounters out walking are quite marvellous, although it means that Winter is round the corner. meanwhile the work for Saxmundham is almost complete - spinning bookworks https://theartstation.uk/ - some films - St Francis - https://www.imdb.com/title/tt9016016/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0 you believe in the characters that have been created, talking about stuff that isn't usually discussed in main stream films. Bill and Ted Face the Music - well if you're a fan you will love this.... Good Trouble -  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Good_Trouble_(TV_series) is terrific in its depiction of young women's voices.

fragmentedchange

fragments of thinking - anticipating a return to teaching - this week at NUA was induction week, social distancing, masks, visors, and cleaning is a challenging - the register is a wild ride of oddness.  continuing to fold as a way of making sense of the world - some of my Summer reading titles - the choices house a mixture of intentions and have demonstrated to me the real power of books to extend understanding and take us to places other than those we think we know. Ta-Nehisi Coats - Between the World and Me. A deeply moving and intense letter from a father to his son that is 'the conversation'. There are many lessons to be learnt here but mainly the catalogue of racism and violence opens eyes wide. Tracy Chevalier - Remarkable Creatures. A sad but intriguing tale of how women were undervalued in the history of fossil hunting. Hilary Mantel - The Mirror and the Light. If powerful people want to do as they wish, even kill, they will and nobody will stop them. Has anything changed? Murakami - After Dark. Describes a sc-fi fragmented separateness of one layered night. Derek owusu - That reminds me. A tale of a fragmented memory of a fractured life that will get you rethinking everything you thought you knew. Samantha Schweblin - Little Eyes. A disturbing extension of the Tamagotchi toy  with a twist that connects our desires within our dark souls. Brendon Taylor - Real Life. The casual racism within a bio science context creates a deep painful feeling of isolation and injustice. Anne Tyler - Redhead by the side of the road. A beautifully crafted moment and its aftermath. Robert Webb - How not to be a Boy. A catalogue of mistaken moments laid bare and offered up as a lesson to all.

siteformspecific

I have some images of work in a site-specific on-line exhibition at The Cut Arts Centre in Halesworth. http://newcut.org/sitespecific it's an Interesting exhibition and my work sits alongside a range of excellent people with some great work http://newcut.org/sitespecific/les-bicknell

meanwhile back in my studio I've been thinking about the fold, concealment, duality and the creation of narrative. The images are close-ups of the 17 new bookworks created for the upcoming Station show. The works are conceived as 3D objects, although to make the work a number of rules were followed, the main one being that all forms can be folded to 2D.

Although the actual work is abstract there are a number of narratives to be created in the mind of the viewer if the idea of the body and the book are considered, alongside the interrelationships between shape, structure and form in general.