Completed work on
remember, a piece for firstlight in Lowestoft this coming weekend. 2 weeks of
assessments at Norwich are over, the final show, rebranded GradFest opened last
night, now it’s onto the next stage – New Designers. Meanwhile a busy weekend.
At Snape, the Aldeburgh Festival - a couple of visits. Violinist Daniel
Pioro joined with pianist collaborator Simon Smith to
perform Brahms’s Violin Sonatas, solid, physical and professional. Then Me
without You, Emily Levy and Mella Faye led a troubling
experience - kids from Fame ‘do’ death. Holy Other was a new live
multidisciplinary work which was full of deep noise and inspirational visuals. Brighten
the Corners in Ipswich was most excellent the highlight was the glorious Lambrini Girls - a force of nature. Also saw Man Woman Chainsaw, NEONE the Wonderer - great laid-back vibe. da Googie (Deb Googe)
– mad moving noise. Sluice Expo in
Colchester was a mixed bag but worth the visit. There was some interesting work
in the Minories and some engaging films in an upstairs space above a good
Korean restaurant. Firstsite had an intriguing show by S, a whole host
of inspiring micro worlds. Onto screens – The Tattooist of Auschwitz –
grey dark oppressive and grey with very small moments of light but could it be
anything else. 2 tickets to Greece - was sweet.
some of the great questions pupils at St Michael's CofE Primary school in Louth asked of the Meridian Line sculptures last week - Do you ever get bored? Are you
tired of standing? Do you feel pain? Do you enjoy standing? Why am I holding
this? Are you cold? Do you have a soul? Why can girls figure it out, but the
men can’t? Why do you have pieces missing? Do you like being wacked? Why do you
have lines all over you? How many people have you seen? Why did you decide to
be here? What is your meaning? If you were real, what would you do? What do you
think about? What is it like to know the Meridian Line? How many more years
will you last? What is it like being iron and rock rather than skin? Why do you
have a stump on your head? How old are
you? Are you insured? What is it like being a statue? Are you okay? Do you need
help? Do you have a brain? Does anybody celebrate your birthday? How much
longer do I have to stay here? What’s happening to this world? How did you get
your scar? What is it like to see the outside? How are you not cold? How do you
keep yourself entertained? What would you say if you could talk? What is the
favorite thing you’ve seen? Why is everyone else moving but not me? What do
you see that we haven’t? – Do you ever think of being a real person? Why don’t
people stay with me forever? How do you survive not talking? What do you do all
day? Why are we all lonely? Why was I put here? What is the Meridian Line?
rotating, folding,
and flipping a sculptural bookwork – modern ritual meets old models on fire
