Some of my posts appear to have fallen off the edge of the planet – along with several brain cells these past few days…. Although there is still a month til the PV of our show, there is a flurry of activity in and around the studios at present. This activity is mainly centred around the initial preparation of degree spaces (checks made with technicians about space requirements and technical equipment, sweettalking the buildings manager into providing new locks/wall sockets etc and of course threatening the current first/second year students with actual bodily harm if they do not scrape as much plaster, paint and other substance from the studio floor as humanly possible by the time we come to occupy the spaces to prep for our show!). Sadly, the other buzz is one of general confusion relating to the peculiar nature of the 'professional practice' module. The elements of said module are not hugely difficult and any student who has already sought exhibition or other opportunities outwith the university environment is aware of the hoops through which one must jump to secure such things. A thousand word critical evaluation of the work done throughout the final year appears to be the stumbling block – mostly due to conflicting reports about the nature of this beast and the requisite contents. I am looking forward to bottoming this particular piece and getting back to making. I can appreciate the relevance and even the value of such a task but the nebulous directions are maddening at a point where the mind has bigger fish to concentrate upon. Especially when some of the brain cells are missing it seems – did I mention that?!
