Monday 24 January 2022

andweareback

Back at Kings working on the synthetic anatomy module and it is so glorious - we got off to a great start, the session tied in the lateral thinking problem solving approach to creativity that I value with a deep engagement of the professional skills around student centered learning that is good teaching. After lunch it was a quick session creating the learning outcomes with students that they will be assessed on. Building on the morning session the conversation was focused and delivered another set of intelligent conversations. I managed to catch a show about Hair at The Horniman, some great examples of hair objects - then a couple of shows in the West End - Wang Gongxin at White Cube Mason yard had lots of clever trickery so that most of the time was spent trying to work out how it was created, although the concrete steps are always an inspiration. A group show at Sadie Cole's was...... full of stuff. The shop displays in Bond Street offered more with Alexander McQueen delivering a huge net with hundreds of gloriously embroidered and iridescent bugs, Burberry has encased the whole shop whilst it's being renovated in material that gives the impression that the shop is a giant case and then Valentino has handbags to die for. Meanwhile Anne – a Hillsborough story was traumatic. Another in a long line of instances where working class people are crushed by the systems created by people other than them. The final season of Money Heist was a roller coaster ride and Munich – The Edge of War was..... long