It is absolutely freezing outside. I have just returned from an incredibly insightful and all round exhilarating event presented by both OVADA and Roves and Roams. The night included a stunning performance by Anya Liftig as well as a fascinating talk by Dr. Tracey Warr. I will be updating this blog with more information about the event at a later date.
I spent the whole of last night deleting accounts, linking accounts, reblogging, retweeting, reposting, changing links, uploading images, adding followers and posting information about our degree show online only to find out that people still aren’t satisfied. I posted the following links to our closed group on Facebook:
Twitter:
https://twitter.com/brookesfineart
Facebook:
facebook.com/OxfordBrookesDegreeShow2012
A-N:
Tumblr:
oxfordbrookesdegree2012.tumblr.com
Now, had people bothered to click the a-n link, they would have realised it was in fact a link to the degree show listing and not my personal blog.
My view is this, we were all given a subscription code for a-n and we all have access to the internet, if members of the group think they can do a better job, then they can either get on with it, or discuss how we can improve the current online presence. I made it clear yesterday in Tracey’s lecture that I am not being held responsible for other people’s work.
Our research group presentation went well this morning; we covered how established artists use the internet, how emerging artists should use the internet, overall internet usage and platforms as well as the pros and cons of being an artist online. We then discussed these ideas as a group which I found to be a very useful experience.
It was great to hear other people’s opinions on various aspects of the topics we chose to cover. I’m glad we did our talk first; I can now focus on my assignment and degree show work. I’m looking forward to watching next week’s presentations on ‘Artist’s Creative Writing and Manifestos’.
I started painting today. I decided to loosen my easel and film the activation process. It must be my subconscious love for Matthew Barney’s ‘Drawing Restraint’ series that made me think struggling would be a good idea. At no point did I think to turn off the camera and tighten the easel. It looks a little bit like an old comedy sketch where the easel won’t do what the artist wants it to. A video relating to this post: http://player.vimeo.com/video/36282088
On Friday, I suffered from an allergic reaction, I missed a meeting and I ran out of stamps. On Saturday, armed with antihistamines, I bought stamps. I then attended a hilarious performance by Frimston and Rowett followed by a talk by Paul Mayhew-Archer. It snowed. On Sunday, I attempted to organise my studio: http://t.co/oL1peWqT
I also wrote this.
Matthew Collings talking about art or, according to the DVDs I found in the library, a man who sounds like Matthew Collings yet looks suspiciously like Frankie Boyle due to the horrific colour and picture quality… talking about art.
I especially enjoyed the 90’s adverts that kept disrupting my viewing. At one point during the ‘shock art’ episode I felt like joining in with the stifled screams of Tracey Emin.
Dear Oxford Brookes University, Headington Library,
Thank you for taping ‘This Is Modern Art’. I would like to congratulate whoever transferred four of the six taped VHS episodes on to DVD. I fear that had you done a better job, I wouldn’t have spent half an hour pausing and ‘rewinding’ every episode, attempting to relive the days when I would slap the top of the television and or VHS player in a vain attempt to sort out the tracking lines.
Yours Sarcastically,
Tiffany Horan
