Queen Victoria got attacked by pigeons today. I will admit, this was partly my fault. It may, in fact, have been entirely my fault. There is also a slight possibility that I might have thrown a few chips in their general direction, which could, in a certain light, be construed as an incitement to the frenzy which took place around the hapless former monarch – who is, it should be pointed out, only eight centimetres tall. And about a millimetre thick.
I managed to video the attack after a fashion, but not very well, it has to be said. I was hoping for seagulls, but the pigeons got there first.
On a slightly more sensible note, I booked the equipment for the exhibition in 313 (A room at the university where there is a rolling exhibition programme of MAFA students. I’ll be showing work, along with two others from my course – details another day – from 15th to 25th of March): a data projector and a pair of speakers, which I will have in the space only on days when I’m able to be there to invigilate, returning them at the end of each day, and taking them out again the following day. Luckily the media centre is just across the hall from 313. I’m also intending to try and show some video on my Ipod Touch, as I think some of it would suit being seen small.
I’ve also been battling with Final Cut – specifically, trying to learn how to use it from a PDF of the manual. I learned how to use Adobe Premiere during BA (at University of Hertfordshire), and I was hoping they’d be very similar, but either they aren’t particularly similar, or I’ve just not used any proper editing software for a bit too long. It’s a bit of a learning curve, anyway, but I think I’m getting there.
This evening I went to a talk at the Lighthouse gallery, which was about Laboratory Life – a 9 day residency of artists and scientists, working collaboratively on various projects, in open -laboratory conditions, where visitors could go in and interact with them. I visited last Saturday – my favourite experiment involved recreating the conditions on Titan (one of Saturn’s moons) and sending fruit flies there, to investigate the viability of life there. This interests me particularly because I went to Titan once. It’s just off the M25, and serves surprisingly good pasta.
