Tuesday saw me involved in a
wonderful afternoon of teaching on the MA Book Art Course at Camberwell - the
session set out to explore our relationship to the idea of finish and what
makes something finished - see the PowerPoint for the range of individual and
collaborative responses to the concept. http://www.slideshare.net/l.bicknell/finishedness-2017-all-equations-72186645
Starting as one then in pairs, fours and eventually as eight finishedness was
negotiated and deliberated, ending with a reflective moment on the whole day's
journey, interspersed with moments for comment and thought.....a truly enlightening
education experience. onto some recent films Jackie http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1619029/ don't expect a standard biopic it's a film that
presents a physical emotional state - it's a film about shock - using filmic devices
and metaphor we experience a woman cope. 20th century women http://www.imdb.com/title/tt4385888/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1 is actually a film about men, how we bring
them up and nurture them from boys - some great lines and set pieces make one
reflect on past and present and future conversations. Passengers http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1355644/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1 is about guilt but maybe not enough - the
film sets up a premise that if explored enables us to reflect on the choices we
make. Some podcasts
that I'm becoming obsessed with at the moment. Invisibilia http://www.npr.org/podcasts/510307/invisibilia looks at the issues and systems behind human
behaviour Song Exploder http://songexploder.net/ this deconstructs songs and tracks from
movies, check out Ghost face Killer and Bjork oh and Iggy Pop The Allusionist http://www.theallusionist.org/
is all about words and their meaning
