Another joyful day at Kings working with Celia and the synthetic anatomy crew. Seeing the work in the lab
brings more connections in my mind to the creative activity and thought processes
in a studio. We talked about flow during which I had my own revelatory moment
aligning the ideas between two distinct workshops and making connections
between a book: its sequence of pages and the limitations and constraints of a
bag. Both contain the idea of revelation when engaged with. It will be
interesting to think on this when preparing new workshops. A morning of drawing
exercises working with Celia Pym using anatomy models sought to introduce the synthetic anatomy
students to thinking through looking. Slowing down, speeding up and rethinking
what it is to communicate were some of the creative routes explored in the session. There were some
excellent drawings created in the session, as well as the development of their teamwork,
problem solving skills, and general openness to possibilities. Links between
the historical models and 3D printing were created through the activity of
making observational drawings. There were some awesome drawings created during the process. After a thought provoking discussion over lunch it was good to have a meeting to see the final layout of the Garden of Emotions in the gallery space - looking forward to running workshops
there. It was the first session of working with Double Elephant this week – a nice
open workshop, introducing many many ways of starting the creative process. It
will be great to see the ways in which the brief has been interpreted. Meanwhile
onto screens - the end of season 3 part 1 of Ozarks was brutal, Mass
with its twists and turns, although theatrical was truly devastating. Lamb
was beautiful in its stillness and Ongaku Our Sound an interesting
comment on media and music My latest obsession is Salvatore Ganacci -
start with Step Grandma and work your way through his work from there -
truly some of the oddest film I have ever seen, alongside some sweet Swedish
house music
