alternativedimensions

away from the alternative world where I am working out what to watch at Glasgow International, creating a full schedule that includes all the parties and what would of been an extraordinary 4 days.......I have been busy reading - the issue of the model, how we use it/them and how we communicate ideas through both the eye and the hand. A key text is Models the third dimension of science edited by Soraya de Chadarevian and Nick Hopwood and supported by Geometry and the Liberal Arts by Dan Pedoe which has some great illustrations. The work in the studio continues with the reading informing an exploration of geometry and its relationship to the model through string, knots and wire.

meanwhile some watching Collette is stunning with gloriously outrageous acting from Dominic West while Keira Knightley makes sense of her world. Ozark  continued to disturb with its demonstration of how one person can destroy lives in such a seemingly casual way, it's all about survival. The main lesson continues to be to not get involved with drugs!! Unorthodox https://www.imdb.com/title/tt9815454/ is truly harrowing yet there is a strength that keeps you watching. Deep into season 3 of Westworld - episode 3 is a true mind blower with its commentary on existence through its commentary on the constructed world - or is it.....

betweenanideaandanobject

thinking, reading and working on the idea of the model – the ‘middle point’ between  an idea and an object – not quite a thing yet it is more than a thought. The model can be altered, changed or somehow fulfilled by the idea of context – by the addition of another thought – an intention or an imposition.  The folding/lazer cutting has sculpture and architecture in mind linking simultaneously with the idea of tools for the hand.

Meanwhile lots of watching in the evenings – slightly obsesses by House of cards and Orange is the new black, although Netflix’s new Silverlight upgrade has temporarily disabled my use of their service – thank you Netflix. An offbeat film to recommend is Lars and the real girl – a wonderful life affirming tail of love, community and loss – beautiful http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0805564/ Ryan Gosling is quite magnificent in a sad broken but utterly believable kind of way..