iwokeupanoldmantofindanaxeinmyhand

continuing to work on the 3D printing, looking at joining components to make ‘sheet’ material as well as continuing to explore flexibility. a weekend away – the Edward Krasinski installation at Tate Modern is very special. A Year in Australia has Algernon Talmage’s The Founding of Australia, a truly disturbing painting celebrating the continents founding by the British – yes - all the history taught to me really was a lie! Lubaina Himid’s sculptural pieces in her show are very special. Akram Khan’s Outwitting the Devil, at Sadler’s Wells was awesome – darkness and foreboding in bold fluid movement – I woke up an old man to find an axe in my hand, powerful stuff that stays with you. The drawings of Hokusai for The Great Picture Book of Everything at the British Museum were sublime, unfortunately, they are displayed in very low light, too far away and behind thick glass, but the detail was exquisite and the designs far reaching – rethinking Lichtenstein after a visit to the Tate. Onto screens Spencer has some great acting but is overly long……..Reminiscence – is a great idea but….Boiling Point – is a traumatic ride, no buts …… https://www.imdb.com/title/tt11127680/

 

onethingleadstoanother

A day of 3D printing and filming – the structures explore the interconnected, how pressure exerted in one area affects another. Onto screens - Deerskin – madness of the odd variety, the ending of The Morning Show has left everything open for season 3.

spheresallaround

Working with spheres in the 3D printing world, adding them to some familiar structures and exploring their basket-like structures. onto screens Red Notice was super knowing. Annette https://www.imdb.com/title/tt6217926/ was wonderfully bizarre. Army of Thieves was jolly nonsense. The Harder they Fall was flash but surface. Meanwhile tickets to Akram Khan purchased and anticipated.

messmakeswork

A good week – working on a range of activities – some new films and some objects. The unexpected outcomes, mistakes from the 3D printer are sometimes interesting in themselves.  Onto screens - started the third series of Insecure - as ever witty and bold, meanwhile catching up with Succession and The Morning Show as they both become darker and darker. Outlaws has got more interesting as it becomes more complex. Re-watching Free Guy – so many cool Easter Eggs, finally Hard Love – sweet and light

adayoutinlondon

a great day in London – after a f2f meeting exploring the possibilities around synthetic anatomy 5 I got to explore a few exhibitions. Whitecube had a whole load of fantastic sewing machines going off occasionally alongside images of bats! – Anicka Yi at Tate Modern was nice – Rothko at Pace was glorious, it was truly sublime, but highlights of the day were the steel girders holding up a building’s facade, the window display at Louis Vuitton and the view of Richard Rodgers Lloyds building at Liverpool Street which you can now see as the buildings in front of it have been pulled down

spillmemories

so Spill – https://www.spillfestival.com/whatson a long weekend of thoughtful work. It was great to feel held by the curatorial hand of the director Robert Pacitti – links and connections were all around, strands flowing and fleeting creating - on memory was an opportunity to reflect on the past 10 years and at the same time make new memories. Highlights include the glorious Naked Life by Olja Grubic’s which has given me PTSD flashbacks when I grate carrots, 60 acts by Wendy Huston was on the right side of hopeless cynicism, Charlie Barlow’s Alone Together was a moment of contemplation, Robin Deacon’s thoughtfully rigorous Screen Memories was a joy, and John Bowers Memorygrinderresonancemachine in an abandoned silo was a great rounding up, the ideas behind the work resonating with thoughts of my own psychographic relationship to Coventry. But there was also Albesila Luminarium with its light and Instagramable possibilities, The gentle throbbing of Chorus, a big earth of Gaia in a dark room, growing vegetables in Eden, the thoughtful films Daughters and I want to be traditional, TheThe’s Comback Special and in conversation was a little mainstream angst with prog jazz thrown in, the hypnotic immersive Gone, Gone Beyond, Jenny created a cyborg space while exploring the gender reveal wars, Atari Punk Girls was serious techno fun, and Shabnam Shabazi’s silent stillness was all encompassing.