betweenmeandyouondemand

between you and me – the exhibition at the Samwon paper gallery in Korea looks good. The photographs show a really diverse approach to the book – so far I have images of the international section and I look forward to seeing the collaboration with Jeonghee. Mine is the sky and string piece and the upturned brown book sculpture!
I had my first print on demand book printed/published this week – its a sequence of images that I have been working on for a year – an element of which was trying to find the correct format for the digitally manipulated images that were taken in the swampy marshland area between Dunwich and Walberswich in Suffolk.

studentsfinalwork

last week I had a very long day assessing MA students final work at Camberwell – it was a real joy to spend the day looking at their work, making connections, judgements and discussing work - last night was the private view – always very inspiring to stand in a busy room with an active audience looking at the work of students who have considered, discussed and worked hard to create exciting, innovative and inspiring work. all the nonsense around higher education – the squeezing of resources etc pails into insignificance as you feel your job here is done. Below is a link to images.
http://www.slideshare.net/l.bicknell/final-show-2011

thespaceofchange

over the past few days it all feels like my life has been about rooms and change. hanging the MA Book Art show back in the main building on Peckham rd has been interesting – returning to where i first worked at Camberwell and yet it’s the end of my connection to these students. there is some excellent work this year, as ever full of material investigation underpinned with rigorous theoretical thinking. i stayed with old friends who are moving after living in their house for a very long time – initially the last night in the empty house appeared to be about memories and loss but as the removal men carried out their boxes of possessions on the morning i was staying the space evolved - before my eyes the home transformed into a house then just a number of rooms and the possibility embedded within the future became the overriding emotion

sculpturalhaiku

this week i’ve been reading Greard Smyth; The Fullness of Time; New and Selected Poems for the Kilkenny Arts Festival and developing an approach to making work - i’ve been really enjoying them and have decided to concentrate on his new work – not wanting to illustrate the words i’ve looking at a way of creating a body of work that in some way captures the individual poems and would work as a set – starting off as quick sketches the pieces are becoming a sort of sculptural haiku - dense and loaded with meaning

tomorrow i'm giving a presentation on powerpoint using powerpoint for year 1 students on the textile course at nuca - this morning i'm draw to the fact that Nelson Mandela did not use powerpoint to inspire a nation but they have to give to a presentation about their work next week and powerpoint will service the occasion!
meanwhile the book show at studio 75 – prosperos books has been and gone – check here to see images - http://blog.situ.org.uk/2011/04/29/prosperos-library-preview/