Today, we have a seminar with Steve Hollingsworth...well, he's double booked, so we get an 11 minute video on Jannis Kunellis to watch (twice, as we enjoyed it so much). And we did the "self directed study" really well, we discussed the video once we'd watched it...I've written notes on it, I'll upload and link them later.
It was also Susie's group crit in the whitespace today. She froze when confronted with all the bodies in the space (she's claustrophobic)...It was hard to get her to calm down, and talk (like she'd done so well, over the last 4 days!). We did get going in the end, discussing mostly the physical aspects of the work, as I'd said, from my learnings yesterday, dwelling on the practicalities and process, doesn't leave us with the IDEAS (Steve had said "it's all about the Idea").
Steve started to explore the concepts of windows, spaces to be seen from / into, perceptions of barriers, clean / dirty vision, tradition (framing) and perspectives. He'd said that Susie was "scratching the surface" with the work, it's good to know there is a seam to be mined!...Editing and condensing the display was essential. It's still interesting that Steve's "taste" can affect the outcome of all our work. It's not good enough to produce a considered, aesthetically pleasing drawing, it needs to have the weight of concept behind it...I guess that's what the MFA is about, and we're slowly (too slow?) learning that.
listenig to : new flesh - universaly dirty : nick cave - abattoir blues
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