A Brief Few Words.
University has not started up yet, the 26th is the first day back (im pretty sure). However, i will be in Morrocco at the time – but my lecturers know. They are used to it now, the last two years i have not started alongside everyone else, im a hard person to keep tied down (i like my adventures too much). Morrocco is a recreational trip this time, but i am going with a fellow student who is currently researching "the mark" she looks at tagging and graffiti in all senses of the words. I mention this because there are some cave drawings in the mountains close to where we are staying.
Anyway, more about the last 3 years. "3 years?" i hear you say. My first two years were full time, and after a personal tragedy late January 2007 i was given the option by my course director to go part time for my final year (turning it into two years).
The last year has been extremely difficult, and in all honesty my work came to a hault. Over the last year i managed to complete my dissertation, which i extremely enjoyed! Resulting in a 1:1, that i am very proud of. (i will post a breif about the dissertation topic after my travels).
However, a huge plus… this year (my final year) is all about art and only art! I am filled with such hunger and excitment, the idea of purely researching, developing and creating practically and mentally – its a thrill.
Theres another element lurking too, the fact that for the last three years i have worked and developed alongside a group of 30 people, that i grew to know. I am now with a new year group i have spent no time with at all. It is interesting, will i be allienated? Will i find them to be working along the same lines as me, or entirely different because their experiences together are not the same as mine?
Plus, due to my dissertation being complete, these first few months of term i will be left with "spare" time. So im hoping to get some reviews of art exhibitions posted on my other blog and im currently thinking about my external element, maybe a written article. I must add, this is all thanks to my dissertation. During the process of interviews, research and gallery visits a pleasure in writting was produced…
…but no need to worry, i will always adore physically creating work! :)
