Wednesday 21 July 2021

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The National Youth Company at Dance East last night was glorious – the energy off the stage blew me away – young people are brilliant and have a lot to say, we need to listen. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nnrwFCxHX8o Getting deep into the brain thinking with David Eagleman - its full of extraordinary examples of the brains capacity. Recently my interest in and the work created with the 3D printer has led me to explore the various parameters used when printing objects - how thin can the perimeters be before the form becomes too fragile? Exploring the extremes of possibilities leads to thinking about process v outcome. Onto screens - A quiet place part 2 – more of the same, Hitman’s wife’s bodyguard – more of the same, The Tomorrow War – a long version of Interstellar meets Star ship Troopers is about right. Black Widow – oh dear. No sudden move – complicated and layered but I guess that is the point. Friendship’s Death meanwhile is amazing, https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0093050/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0 In the middle of 6 feet under which is really well written with solid character development, but it is a little draining so offsetting that with episodes from the new series of Atypical. The team at Forensic Architecture have created an astonishing piece of work for MIF which is available online https://watch.mif.co.uk/productions/cloud-studies/ you will never think of clouds in the same way again.