a shout out to the most excellent show - Bit Rot by Bob
Bicknell-Knight (yes a relative). Its weaving of narratives in the
digital and handmade, the real and imagined, on and off line are worth the trip
to the Broadway Gallery in Letchworth.
https://www.broadway-letchworth.com/studio-gallery/whats-on/bit-rot-bob-bicknell-knight .
Working at Kings in synthetic anatomy with the wonderful Celia Pym - it was a
great workshop around the idea of narratives held within textiles. A day out in
London with MA Book Art students to look at real examples of display, to talk
about hanging work. It was interesting to check out a few things - the meaning
of the screw, the role of text on the wall, what is available to take away, how
we are treated by the staff. There was also some exciting work along
the way Pi artworks had some beautiful clothes that incorporated text https://www.piartworks.com/exhibitions/location/2/ James
Turrel at Pace was very James Turrel https://www.pacegallery.com/exhibitions/james-turrell-9/ Fischli
and Weiss was fun at Sprueth Magers http://spruethmagers.com/exhibitions/511
Sadie
Cole had work from the gloriously disturbing Jordan Wolfson if
you get the opportunity see his piece Real Violence it is
challenging in so many ways https://www.news.com.au/lifestyle/real-life/news-life/sickest-artwork-of-all-time-allows-viewers-to-watch-man-beaten-to-death/news-story/9492c9f143535d7aa69694f9c95ff736 -
here he uses 3D holographic fans to good effect https://www.sadiecoles.com/exhibitions/774/installation_shots/ The
Science Gallery had an intriguing show about Gender https://london.sciencegallery.com/genders An
interesting space I have not been to before, the Celia Brunson
Project, had a group show of Latin American artists which had a reading space
that might be something to work with https://www.ceciliabrunsonprojects.com/exhibitions/58/overview/ and
finally Cerith Wyn Evans No
realm of thought… No field of vision at White Cube was an
instagram opportunity with all the nice lighting and reflective surfaces. https://whitecube.com/exhibitions/exhibition/cerith_wyn_evans_bermondsey_2020 Stopping
off along the way at the Materials Lab is always good for the soul. https://www.material-lab.co.uk/ Martin
Creed performing at Toynbee Hall was superb - a blend of freeform,
absurdist oddball, stand-up comedy - Tommy Cooper meets John Cooper Clark
talking about not making decisions. If you get the chance go see his thoughts
and observations on stuff you didn't know needed thinking about. The Steve
McQueen show at Tate Modern is magnificent - for me there are a couple
of gaps but there is a good spread of his work. The presentation of his work
has been really considered - each space has a different set up - for the long
films you have actual start points at the beginning and everywhere there is
information about the start times and when films are ending - excellent.
