transparencyisall

More 3D prints, working with the transparency of the material the inside and outside of the structures and be really seen and start to blur. A busy week with meetings both f2f and on TEAMS and Zoom. onto screens – the much-anticipated Free Guy was everything it needed to be, great man out of place premise, some glorious set pieces, and the flow between video and gaming was excellent….so many Easter Eggs it will need to be watched again. Gunpowder Milkshake was a truly violent romp, unsure if it went anywhere other than having roles swapped with women doing violence rather than the men. I have been a little obsessed with Simon Armitage’s latest podcast the poet laureate has gone to his shed. Intelligent banter of the highest order.

breathinginout

Wow - changing the material in the 3D printer is a revelation - the transparency reveals the structure. Yesterday was a really creative day in London – several moments of breathing in - How We Live Now: Reimagining Spaces with Matrix Feminist Design Co-operative. The show at the Barbican is very revealing - flagging up the concept of privilege. Architecture critiqued from a female perspective, looking at the underpasses in Birmingham is raw and obvious, who were these men and what were they thinking? The film Paradise circus by Heather Powell is particularly revealing of alternative thinking in 1988. I was struck by the statement they have used by David Graeber within the exhibition. “The ultimate hidden truth of the world is that it is something that we make and could just as easily make differently”. The bookartbookshop in Shoreditch is always a real treat, Tanya and Chiara are lovely people and the space itself is full of wonderment. A real must-visit if you are in London. Cycling on the bridges, crossing the water on a bike is something to behold, another recommendation especially on such a beautiful day. And then breathing out - the focus for the day was a f2f planning session at Kings. This year's synthetic anatomy module will be a triumph. Building on the last 4 years’ experience we are honing a truly beautiful thing, which is cherished and celebrated by the people I work with there - such a joy.  Lateral thinking, problem solving, material understanding, communication, recording and presentation, all transferable skills that are valued, old school art school ways of being finding a place within the world of science education. Screens – the focus has been The White Lotus, beautifully crafted characters that get lost in the madness of luxury.

burningandtwiddling

Working on new films to project into spaces and onto things. Stills of burning books from the latest film. 2 truly great sessions at Snape as part of the Festival of the New. Highlights included Sonnen https://www.instagram.com/sonnenmusic/?hl=en with their great knob twiddling sounds and Thabo https://open.spotify.com/artist/0Xby6OpjBTxkbiGyhJU8RA a whole experience in a tent. They both created great vibes and were really nice people into the bargain. Onto screens - it took until the 5^th episode to work out the tone of The Chair – it’s a cartoon and when that’s established in the mind it moves from a what? to an ok? Our Ladies – I think I may have missed the point of this and found it not so good. Deep into Mr Corman and enjoying the male position on dealing with life and stuff!  

thereandback

Light and water - reading and thinking. sitting and talking. cooking and eating. After contributing to the vast newly manifested private wealth machine, and hacking through the forest of opaque ever changing rules we were thoroughly tested and armed with a handful of paperwork to finally find ourselves in beautiful Croatia. This holiday it appeared that reading took a back seat to sitting, swimming and boating but I did manage a few - There's no such thing as an easy job - kikuka Tsumura. truly odd is the best description, but in a good way. A short account of the destruction of the Indies - Bartolomeo de las Casas. just endlessly oppressive as the list of atrocities build up as the bodies pile up. You do have to question humanity. Broken Greek a story of chip songs and pop songs - Pete Paphides. a glorious time travel of a book, I laughed out loud continuously as I was reminded of the past in such an incisive way.  This is a must read for 45-60 year olds or for those of us transform by the music of the 70s and were there when the earth was moved by a man wearing dungarees!