Do you have the time to listen to me whine
About nothing and everything all at once
I am one of those
Melodramatic fools
Neurotic to the bone
No doubt about it
Friday morning, up nice and early, on course to mirror my previous productive day and install my final piece for the show, I knew this would be an all-day event, and I wanted to get to University as soon as they opened so that I was able to make a start, as I got there I swung by the Estates office on site to make sure they had told security that I would be spraying the pavement and for them not to come and get heavy with me, cos they do not wanna be standing in between one man and his art, they’ll get hurt, and off I go to the studio’s. There I am faced with the immediate realisation that something is definitely wrong…
Some context, as it turns out, the previous night had seen a seething attack from H+S at what was going on in the studios during the open access during the evenings, that being that people were putting up their work, trying to show their work as best they could in order to impress at the Degree Show. H+S did not like this ambition and said students were abusing the open access system with dangerous activities like painting walls and hammering in nails for hanging, so Thursday evening saw the studios locked and all students told to piss off, possibly not that harshly. Of course this annoyed them and so emails were sent to the head of course from each student affected and even those who weren’t, I was totally oblivious to this, and the tutor was in early to talk to everyone. He explained it had gone beyond H+S and it was now in the hands of the head people of the University and they had chosen to close all studios after tutors and technicians go home and no access over the weekend which has always been allowed.
How this affected me though was that also on the Friday they were having an inspection from someone from the university Ofsted equivalent, and I was asked if I would kindly wait until after 2pm before starting my work outside, all week I have had to fight to get on and it had finally brightened up and wasn’t raining, I was in early to get on with it and get it done and I am still asked to wait.
And the bastard didn’t even check our block, or if he did, no one saw him!!!
PISSED!!!
