Assessments
are all over and all is well - the postgraduate exhibition at Camberwell for the
Book Art MA will be excellent – there is some stunning work and the show looks
good if I say so myself. It’s full of challenging, contemporary anarchic work. Every year I
am stunned by the inventive ways the students explore the idea of the book, its
properties and the very bookness of the book and this year is no exception, in fact there are some stunning examples where genuinely new ideas are explored.
Working on my
thoughts for what I want from the experience of working with scientists at The
Cambridge Nanoscience and Nanotechnology doctoral training centre (NanoDTC)
over the summer. I think as ever when collaboration is on the table the obvious
thing is the sharing of methodology, access to new ways of thinking and new
materials but really for me it’s to be surprised and challenged – to not know –
to be a little lost and maybe fail a little if not gloriously. We shall see.
Working with RAW and Lavish at latitude this year – looking
at recycling, rethinking, re purposing and up-cycling abandoned materials – it
will be fun – and then there’s the festival itself – the 10th
anniversary – I’ve attended all of them and there have been some awesome
moments – for me its become a little dull with very few things on the ‘i-must-get-to-see-that’ list but maybe something will catch my eye (maybe the LADA sessions on Friday
night) – it was interesting to go on site and stand where the sunrise arena will
be before its built – the glade it sits in is so sweet – somebody had a great
vision when they thought of transforming the space.
