A trip back to Coventry to attend my aunt’s funeral was
just sad. Visits to various cemeteries was grounding as ever – the past rushing
up to the present day. I loved that my dad’s neighbour, whom I have never met
said he saw the face of Pauline and Tony, my parents, in mine
Player Piano the latest exhibition at The Artstation
in Saxmundham was thoughtfully awesome
https://theartstation.uk/exhibition/player-piano/ The
range of work and the depth of research and thinking embedded within them was
impressive. I particularly liked the oddly disturbing sculpture by
Kumbirai Makumbe,
the video piece by Catinca
Malaimare and the small delicate tiles by Kara Chin. It was great to see such innovative work down the road. the onto screens – How to blow up a pipeline explained how to blow up a pipeline. Escape
room: Tournament of Champions was basically about a tournament based in an
escape room for champions. Deep into Succession which is about so many
things but mainly the venal nature of power. Ghosted the usual but done well. The
Guard was witty and irreverent. AKA was standard gansta double double
cross material. Death Roulette had a lot going on but in so many
directions. 23 walks attempted to tackle some stuff we don’t talk about,
not bad. photo of two sisters my mum, Pauline and her sister Diane, Di.
