I've been to New Designers, London with my students, one of whom turned out to be an (especially) big winner :-) and I luckily had a little bit of time to do some extra research and really enjoyed the Sonia Delauney exhibition at the Tate Modern, especially her textile design (of course), we also were invited to 'The House of Dreams' by Stephen Wright which was amazing and eye boggling, I love how he interprets his own experiences and losses into his art 'world' (rather than art 'work') and is organically transforming his all encompassing space into an heterotopian delight.
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| In The House of Dreams |
I haven't done any more 'art' work myself except write a proposal for my next (well, this) unit. Unfortunately doing it (and consequently after my tutorial - changing it) meant no more new 'real' work, but this week…I have learned:
- You shouldn't take a break or you lose your thread or momentum
- You shouldn't work full time (in a dream world - maybe Stephen's!)
- You shouldn't try and fit too much into your concept, thinking what you have is not enough, or you will confuse yourself
- You should draw a chicken
- You should keep it simple and just do what you do…don't change because you think you should. Change will come naturally at the right moment (I hope)
- Go with your instinct and don't doubt yourself, your first thoughts may actually turn out to be your best
- Time spent thinking is WORKING
- Time spent on things that don't go anywhere and seem to come back to the beginning is LEARNING
- Your idea's probably sound better to other people than they do to yourself
- You should never forget that you actually have artwork in your bag you can show in your tutorial instead of just typed words
- Ten things are quite enough for one day or your brain might explode.
To finish this drawing is my next job, then
the fabric will be out :-)
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| The house that once was |
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