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Continuing to explore the shapes created through the manipulation of the structures using film. Some ‘breathing in’ as part of this month of birthday celebrations. A truly beautiful exhibition at PRIMEYARC http://originalprojects.co.uk/ The art of roller skating by Debbie Besford has great photographs and memorabilia - there is even a skating rink in the space. Testament at Goldsmith's was a little cluttered - but highlights include Jeremy Deller’s stark proposals for monuments, Elizabeth Price's piece Rendered for an unspecified statue, a dark cloth inspired by her Catholic faith and Mark Wallinger's film which centered on the mediocre mound at Marble Arch juxtaposed with random religious believers at speaker’s corner talking at each other. The narrative around Ryan Gander’s breathing cat was fascinating, at first, I thought it a spoof about the role of bureaucratic systems in education but then it was so believable that it could be nothing but real. An evening at Dance East – Mark Bruce – phantoms - the first dance accompanied by Jack White’s music was stunningly arresting, then it was followed by traditional songs accompanied by tight dancing performed within a set of almost miniature tableaux’s the first half of which was oddly satisfying as I prefer my dance to be more abstract. Onto screens – I so enjoyed the roller coaster ride that was Liquorice Pizza, it was so witty and its many many observations on our culture were beautifully crafted. Pieces of me unraveled in a disturbingly clever way.