it's really nice that the bookwork's in the show for paperscissorsbook
will be shown at The Tetley International Artist’s Book fair 2, 3 March - http://www.leedsartbookfair.com/ then at the Arnolfini in Bristol on the 1st April at the book fair. http://www.arnolfini.org.uk/whatson/babe-2017-bristol-artists-book-event
It's wonderful to see that Collective
Investigations are showing gutter - a curatorial experiment and an
investigation into the contextual presence of book as an object and as art object
http://www.leedsartbookfair.com/the-gutter/
meanwhile
8 students from the BA (Hons)Textile Design Course at Norwich
University of the Arts have taken up the opportunity of showing work within the
CraftCo gallery in Southwold. The project set the students the task of
developing their practice and steering it towards the creation of objects of
desire that will be for sale. It has been an intense time for the students in
their last year at University. From the initial invitation through to their
initial proposals and the development towards final pieces has been only 2
months.
The wide ranging work on show is testament to the creative
minds of the individuals involved alongside the student centred approach to
design that is embedded within the Textile Course at NUA.
You will be able to see items that have creative and
practical value with innovative thinking at their core, activity involved
includes spinning, weaving, knitting, embroidery, printing. There will be
scarves, bags, jewellery, badges, masks,
even tea towels.
The work in the exhibition is affordable and accessible, I
would recommend coming to see these designers at the start of what will be
exciting careers so you can say you saw them first and while there why not buy
while you still can afford it.
recent films include Deepwater
Horizon http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1860357/
a standard by the numbers film - evil corporation, money over lives of
individuals - profit rules - plucky individual heroes - but I love the line
spoken by Mark Wahlberg's character - 'Hope is not a strategy'. Train to Busan http://www.imdb.com/title/tt5700672/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1
Zombie action that has some disturbing visuals and follows Zombie rules in brutal
detail. La La Land - http://www.imdb.com/title/tt3783958/
- disappointing maybe even a boring sad film where you are told that you can't
have everything. It does all the cine literate stuff - great but obvious
lighting, sets that nod to other films etc but I found Bad Moms http://www.imdb.com/title/tt4651520/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1
- a tighter more interesting
portrait of women - a feminist vision indeed - it passes the Bechdel test https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bechdel_test
and presents strong women who take control. It also has the PowerPoint to die for!
