Another wonderful day of teaching at Camberwell –
Symposium 2 is always a transitional moment within the students time on the
Book Art Course – a time of reflection – to explore where they have come from,
where they are going – their presentation is a bookmark - demonstrating the gap
between symposium 1 it exposes the teaching and learning that has taken place
and where they are now. Within the group the work and thinking behind the work
(the research) is wide ranging and formed from rich thinking – I’m looking
forward to the final show – there will be some good work.
The weekend starts on Friday – I’m spending the weekend
at Pulse festival in Ipswich http://www.wolseytheatre.co.uk/pulse-festival/
the suitcase day – where performers perform with a stage set that can only be
encompassed within a suitcase. It’ll hopefully be a number of short and sharp
performances that pull you cleverly in a number of ways. I’m also looking
forward to attending a discussion about world factory in the afternoon – an
idea I saw both in its initial research phase and as a show at the Wolsey Theatre
in Ipswich where I ran a clothes factory with 3 strangers!
Working on the PALs course at Norwich – it’s a supportive
structure where year 2 students volunteer to help new students get through
their first year. It’s an attempt to create a sense of community within the University
- the students are the best of young people giving of their time willingly to
support others.
Meanwhile some more images from the trip to New York of
the Serra show – it really was an extraordinary experience communing with the
giant blocks of steel.
