stuffandmorestuff

A busy weekend – off to Orford Ness for Afterness as ever it was going to be interesting to see if any of the artists could match or at least work with the extraordinary space that is Orford Ness – they couldn’t - there was nothing to see of any consequence, apart from the space and buildings themselves – dull and not up to Artangel usual standard. Next was first flight in Lowestoft. Brought to us by the fabulous people who brought us First Light it was a celebration of birds and bird boxes but actually it was a celebration of community as hundreds of people turned up just to be there. https://firstlightlowestoft.com/whats-on/first-flight/  I popped up to Oxford and Cambridge Home Zone, something I worked on 20 years ago doesn’t look too bad, the worst damage was done by contractors digging up cobbles and replacing them with tarmac. Next - Snape Maltings to see a piece that was less than interesting, apart from a short moment when the players went off key on purpose to illustrate a person’s inner self disentangling – playing all the notes just in the wrong places! Art Station at Saxmundham has some good pieces in what is a great development for the arts in Suffolk. https://theartstation.uk/  I have a some work in it which isn’t bad but there is a piece by William Cobbing that is mesmerizing. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9fD86pPPkoo  The costumes from Black Panther are contextualised within a fantastic exhibition at Christchurch Mansions – The Power of Stories - truly amazing. https://www.powerofstories.co.uk/  Also I had forgotten how amazing the building and its collection is – you could get lost in there for hours. Finally, onto Felixstowe to see the new development at the Martello Tower area – great roof but not yet finished – it will look good in the end. Then just standing at the entrance to the Port is mind-blowing – truly vast ships, almost too big to comprehend with containers that look like tiny blocks being lifted seemingly effortlessly onto trucks – capitalisation and globalisation meshed together was quite disturbing. Onto screens - late to the party but have started 6 feet under dark, funny with a great script and what looks like excellent complex characters – it should be good. The Dead Don't Die https://www.imdb.com/title/tt8695030/ every indie star is in place as the film casually moves forward – dealing with the zombie threat in a way that does not appear to feel like one. My Year in New York has terrible reviews, but I enjoyed the ‘stagy’ feel and over dramatic nature of it.