So we had our assessment feedback, turns out that not a single person on my course is on the way for a 1:1. The course directors have decided to give a 2:1 as the highest grade, so people don't become too relaxed about the last couple of months. To be honest, the amount of stress people are under at this point in their final year is great enough – a little bit of encourage would be very well received right now!
I understand the lecturers view point, the fact that they don't want people to use this assessment to try and argue their grade higher once they graduate. However, i'm sitting here now confused as to whether all my hard work is a 1:1 pretending to be a 2:1 for now, or if it is really a 2:1. Feeling a little bit fragile now.
So after that mind boggle, i attended a talk by Brian Catling being held in the university. I had managed to gain a tutorial slot with him in the afternoon, which i become pretty excited about after his talk. He uses multiple mediums, ranging from poetry to sculpture to performance. And with the performative aspect in my video installations i was eager to talk to him about those aspects in my work.
Brian was a real encouragement (perfect timing!). He pointed out photographs of my work that caught his eye. Having someone completely external come in, open minded and fresh to your work, you get such positive and honest responses. For example he had pointed out one of my black and white photographs and said that it is worth thinking about re-printing them for my portfolio. Which is a piece of work that my lectures hadn't given much credit to previously.
I'm going in tomorrow to get my rubber moulds ready for casting, and to have a tutorial with Tim Davis – i have some new directions i am thinking about taking my work.
There's some photos of my studio space today, and a close up of the pieces that caught Brian Catlings eye.
