back to Paris – still thinking
about the trip – we also managed to sneak in a visit to The Museum of
Evolution – with its odd and spectacular display of dead things – worth a look. back to London I so love
teaching at Camberwell. It’s been an excellent day talking about ART – a silent
crit where the work is discussed without background knowledge or intention from
the maker or any textual support verbal or written.........what is the work
about? How do we feel about it? As makers what would we do with the idea?
...... I’ve chaired a wide ranging day taking in translation, material
understanding, the role of the reader/viewer, trust in formats, the idea of
fractured narrative and classification through collection ..........just excellent.
Managed to pop into the curve gallery to see Roman Signer: slow movement - unsure about the slightness of the
intervention/action, although the absurdity captured me and I did enjoy the
videos – art as fun experiment !!!
Meanwhile back to film - I’ve caught up with Gone
Girl – OMG – one minute you understand the world, disturbed by it but you do
understand and then within the next your perspective changes from one place to
another – a wonderful roller-coaster of a film. But then there is Pride - the miners’
strike and 80’s gay activism depicted though a chocolate box lens – it’s always
difficult to watch one’s own history depicted and I struggled with the feel
good nature of Pride – but it did have some great tunes so maybe its ok!
