The workshop for
Garden of
emotions was such a positively nice experience. Lovely
thoughtful conversations and some wonderful stories came out of
the session - you really can make a book in
an hour! Busy building the
workshop sessions that I'm developing with artstation. They are forming around
the idea of exploring the nature of the book and its relationship to creative
thinking. I'm sure that there will also be some origami and paper folding
thrown in as warming up exercises. The Louise
Bourgeois show at The Hayward is truly extraordinary. Where to start - the
work is stunningly moving. Materials that have deep meaning already embedded
within them are used to create exquisitely disturbing work that challenges what you thought you knew - excellent. The
work has many layers to engage with. Juxtaposition is key, often the pieces
have a conversation within them. Whilst trying to get home I dropped into White Cube to revisit the transcendent Isamu Noguchi so so stunning. Matthew Tyson had a beautiful show in
an Acme studio in Deptford, the starting point was a piece of wood that lan
Tyson, his dad was working with just before his death. The drawings and
prints echo and re-imagine whilst also presenting new possibilities. The title, Following
on is appropriate and just beautiful. A gift of a surprise
to see a design of mine tattooed onto a body. I love how it has changed from
the static image on paper to something much more interesting when on skin.
Twisting and turning the neck animates the image. It has personality
running through it now. Meanwhile screens - Big
Bug https://www.imdb.com/title/tt11541872/
was a
glorious madcap caper of a film, fantastical in its narrative and stunning in
its look - highly recommended if you are into the beautifully bizarre. The
Power of the Dog felt like a film made up of many elements, almost vignette’s
that could be short films in their own right. The Worst Person in the world
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt10370710/
was beautiful and yet so achingly sad that I almost can’t recommend it.
