We’ve come a long long way together,
Through the hard times and the good,
I have to celebrate you baby,
I have to praise you like I should…
Praise be to the one who has Health and Safety on their back!
Thursday hits, installation day, preparing my space for a makeover of EPIC proportions, which was a lot easier than it appeared to be for the Photography lot who were installing works over at the Waterfront building… The Fine Art course has been hassled by Health and Safety for most of the year, students have been told NO on many many occasions due to the nature of their work, also Health and Safety have felt it’s an appropriate time, one week before assessment, to crack down on everything, from no using power tools ie: Drills in the studio, to no eating and drinking in studios. I totally understand that Health and Safety is here to stay and we must abide by their rules, but it has become so petty this week to the point where Photography had to down tools and stop working due to them using the wrong type of dust sheet when drilling in to chipboard. I was unaware of such choices in dust sheets. Emails were sent to all department heads explaining that no student should be using power tools in studios, and when painting walls with emulsion, eye protection, gloves and ventilation masks must be worn.
So it was probably a good thing that H + S were at the Waterfront building because during my installing of my cameras I broke all the rules…
REBEL WITHOUT A CAUSE
