so a full weekend!
private view of pre-cutslicedoranges
at Light Eye Mind, London a show curated by Sid and Jim http://www.sidandjim.com/
- which was full of serious, enthusiastic and highly professional young
people's work, it was also fun and thought provoking https://www.facebook.com/events/508392049499893/?active_tab=about
then onto Leeds to see Bish Bash Bosh
https://yorkshiredance.com/whats-on/event/bish-bash-bosh/
an evening of scratch dance at Yorkshire
Dance - which was totally ace - some really interesting work that explored
new possibilities offered if you think about dance and......... hybrid and interdisciplinary
are the keys to new ideas. Marguerite
Galizia – Fold - https://margueritegalizia.com/2017/08/15/fold-working-title-2017-present/
and Lewys Holt http://houseofverse.co.uk/project/lewys-holt
defiantly stretching this with some solid collaboration between Aidan/Clerk37
https://soundcloud.com/clerk37 and Maria Popova with Interlocution
thrown into the mix - Leeds Light Night saw Leeds lit up - sometimes
challenging and sometimes dull and worthy, sometimes fun - a DJ in a portaloo
is a winner. The Tetley https://thetetley.org/visit-the-tetley/
had a really respectful and thoughtful show about the history of the Leeds West Indian Carnival - some excellent objects
telling the story, Leeds Royal Armouries
was very odd - a disturbingly, gloriously strange way - https://royalarmouries.org/visit-us/leeds
basically the whole building is a celebration of the ingenuity of the human
spirit to create wonderfully designed objects whose main purpose is killing. This
politically challenging aspect is barely mentioned - but there is a free boat
ride from the train station/city centre which is great fun and you get to see a
'post industrial landscape' from the past! Henry
Moore has a stunning show combining an investigation of process and use of
everyday materials. jiro takamatsu - the
temperature of sculpture was very good with lots to talk about with
students - especially the role of the sketchbook/journal - https://www.henry-moore.org/visit/henry-moore-institute
Then onto Ipswich to Dance East to
see the fabulous Joss Arnold - it
really is a must see, catch it on tour if you can, the evening has 3 pieces:
all containing the signature strenuous power of the choreographers interest but
V has some great specific moves with
total control of lighting and the final dance, RUSH was so explosive with a tremendous soundtrack. https://www.danceeast.co.uk/performances/joss-arnott-triple-bill/
Finally it was flipside http://www.flipsideuk.org/
at Snape to listen to Ali Smith, Alvaro
Enrigue and Maureen Freely which
was just wonderful - talking about the space between translation, interpretation
and exploring what is original. So thoughtful again if you get the chance go
listen to these people - Smith was
so 'telling it like it is' but backed up with intelligent thought, Freely was a wall of rigorous wall and Enrigue was so funny that I went out of
the hall and bought his book!
I just need a weekend now to get reflect on all this!
