A cracking evening out at Snape on Saturday - the Aurora Orchestra did a great deconstruction of Mendelssohn's 'Italian Symphony after the interval but my highlight was Caroline Shaw's Entr`acte. A week of meetings - schools, teachers, hospital, kings, G with SZC. All leading to lots of work and stuff to do as a result. I managed to finally think about next year at SZC and decided that I want to work more with natural materials so I went on a gathering materials before they all disappear mode. I intend to make ink and drawing materials from vegetation on the site. Put some work in a silent auction for the art station - interesting to see what the market makes of this. Onto screens - loved the series film night - so sweet.
A couple of days last week in Spain, finally got to see The
Alhambra. It was stunning and everything I wanted it to be. Popped into Malaga
to have lunch and see the excellent show at the Pompidou Centre Gallery – some great
work from the collection including women and smoke by Judy Chicago and I like America and
America likes me by Beuys – wonderful. Spent most of the time catching some sun and
eating/drinking, The 3-hour lunches are glorious, surrounded by Spanish people
who appear to know how to live. This part of Spain a drink comes with a free
meal! I’ve spent the week in Lowestoft
at the Battery of Ideas installing a hanging piece 5m x 2.5m x 2.5m – belief
it or not. It looks good, although difficult to document. I have some work
in a show in Japan - At the Promised Place: Expanding Imagination Through
Book Art. A quick preview. Onto screens
– Nine bodies in a Mexican morgue – a teenage novel made into series –
an odd experience. Riot Women – sold as a quirky fun thing turned out to be a
wonderfully written drama about male violence, traumatised by images that are
in my head but were never seen – excellent.
