After a few hours in deep contemplation about what not to do I aired my musings with the head of course today.
It has been difficult to decide on a direction for this research. When I started rummaging through the world library that presented itself at the beginning of the course I got a bit distracted by the exciting discoveries I was making. But it was all a bit jovial and playful. Not that there is anything wrong with that but I must remember I am enrolled at an institute and I must follow a course of research that will stretch me upwards rather than outwards.
I will cut off those strands which only dilute what I am trying to communicate. I will enrich my skills. Become knowledgeable and articulate on current fine art practice and bring in skills from the past that have been lost. I will start at the beginning, a new phase in my work. Fresh, clear and focused. I’m here to learn, and that’s what I will do.
No art today, bought paint tho just cos it was 10p a tin.
Mainly shades of white I think I was going to make a pciture for my wall. Nothing to do with paper or any of my MA work; maybe with the new washing machine I’m getting all domestic.
Tick tick tick tixk tixk tixk tixk, time rolls on.
just writing today and cleaning. Spoke to Benedict Phillips in the afternoon. He told me that I was the artist and that I should tell myself that.
So today I discovered ‘Reading Marx’s Capital with David Harvey’.
I watched the 2hr intro and I’m hooked. Even better instead for forking out the cash for the book and struggling to read it I can actually down load mp3, and listen to it all whilst walking around.
Actually thats something I should think about, what I shall do while I listen to Capital as I’m sure it will affect whatever it is i am doing.
And it’s not only me who’s been discovering Capital. The Strategies for Free Education who have initiated the reading project are a group of artists in Sheffield who are attempting to study a Masters Degree without enrolling at an institute.
So I am very excited. :)
erm what else, applications for things is still ongoing – please let me get some funds from somewhere soon – please
Today I came accross N.Dash in Modern Paintesr Dec 2010 – Jan 2010. ‘I don’t knit I destroy’ she says.
She manipulates paper or fabric in her pocket until it is destroyed and then displays photographs of the work.
I also looked at Manuel Vason again today who collaborates with performance artists
http://www.artcollaboration.co.uk/
I’m too tired to discuss but I wanted to note it.
Interestingly N.Dash doesn’t have anny images of her work online at all.
