Thursday 2nd
Spent the morning finishing the proposal for Aspex emergency 3 and printed it out, packed it in box and sealed it. Will drop it off today. Went into the university for a few hours. Just in time as it started to pour with rain hard, so gave up idea of walking to Aspex. Some 'supplies' for a future piece themed around dyslexia and genetics had arrived so went to collect them.
Left and went to meet KG about our joint project we are planning. Had creative conversations and the time passed to quickly. Left to walk home, took a few pictures on way home and collected some tea.
Spent rest of the evening setting up a new website for CODA. Community Of Dyslexic Artists, a project i have been preparing for and hope to get started in the Portsmouth area in the next few months. (Again its a googlepages website so take a look)
http://joncoda.googlepages.com/home
Wednesday 1st
Went to Artsway today…..realy good day
Will write more later as very tired…
Went to meet with PB and HS at Artsway-Scan about a project i will be doing with them next year. Really good meeting, good discussion and very creative. Lots of options am quite excited. Train over was OK, pretty hot but was there quite quickly. Discovered 2 things:
I was asked about why i left the word 'TIN@ a few weeks before, Easy- Misspelled TEN and tin is the 'anniversary' element for 10 years.
On the way back i found an 'intervention' i had left 9 months before was still in place…
At the station i was able to advise someone of the best train to catch. (Yep i know its starting to get 'sad' but am getting to know the train times and routes. The first person to use the TS word gets it.) We chatted and shared the journey back as far as Southampton. Interesting lady, interesting chat, turns out she is a choreographer from Winchester. rest of journey passed uneventfully and quick.
Spent evening looking at project examples on the Internet.
Tuesday 31st
Spent most of today working on a new website,
http://alternativeplatform.googlepages.com/home
Total trial and error, but keep getting requests to see my work on line, so had to go for it.
no spell checker though so feel very vulnerable…..
Met with some senior lectureres at the university in the afternoon about an ongoing arts and disabillity project. There is close collaboration between the Social work lectureres PS the Social work inclusion group K and SO a lecturer in SCAFM. The project will create contacts betwwen all three groups to engage the students from both Social wk and Art, film and media. I will be an example of a practicing artsit who happens to be ‘disabled’ and advice on ‘disability arts’. (part of my role here as research fellow. See ‘inside out’ )
http://www.art-architecture.co.uk/insideout/index.php?location_id=53&item=7…
We were meeting to plan the coming years projects. Last year my ‘reaction to my dyslexia’ was the subject of one of the visiting students dissertations so spent time with him being interviewed. It revealed personal detail and issues long burried about the abuse i recieved at school. I have transcripts and the recordings so may use this at some point as the basis for a piece. Cris cross as i normally use other peoples words and stories. I dont ‘make‘ autobiopgraphical themed work to feel better, its not therapy, thats the ‘basket weaving mentality theory’. something like this…. ‘Lets put the disabled in the corner and they can weave themselves better!’ I make to have it in the open, not hidden, i dont like ‘suprises’. i can ‘see’ what i am dealing with then.
Worked on application in the evening not listening to Korn
(nb This post has been writen on a computer with no spell check)
Monday 30th
Caught up at last:
Worked on starting the new website most of the day and also some admin. Played music till late last night/ early this morning as just couldn't sleep again. Have some important meetings this week and just can't seem to rest….
Have two of the 3 applications almost done and will hand them in later this week. Still feel nervous about handing 'written' work in, gets to me. Big deal. One of the rail companies had a meeting today about sponsoring the project, just waiting to hear. waiting to hear from the other as well as a part time job- maybe why i am restless. Don't do 'change' well. Need it but just find it hard.
Starting to receive invitations to other artists private views, quite exciting as have two to go to this week as it is. Also starting to get collaboration requests from other artists too inc emails from other 'dyslexic' artists just to share experience. Big change for me, always shy-ed away before. Feel practice evolving too.
http://alternativeplatform.googlepages.com/home
Sunday 29th
Take a quiet day again and draw for a bit….
Sat in sun with some paper, a pen and some Korn on CD……
Themes arround blame intreage me. At school my 'deficiencies' steming from my un-diagnosed 'dyslexia' (well it was called 'stupidity' and i was called 'retarded' then) was always my fault. If i spoke well in the class i was always told i was 'lazy' for not handing written work of the same quality in. If i wrote my name wrong or spelt something wrong on a drawing, i had always 'spoilt' the 'work'. One teacher, One incident at 11 stopped me from drawing for 10 years, 'what you learn at school stays with you?' after all they are adults and 'in charge'……. they must be right? Normal fault- always mine?
common amongst dyslexics is low-confidence steming from 'school experience' with teachers. Reverse fault- their fault?
'We dont need no 'edukashon', they do……….'
