I have been prevaricating for months now, Not getting down to my ‘dissertation’ or whatever it is called. A critical commentary of what my final piece at the Bargehouse will be. I didn’t tell you that the show is being held there again, and for the last time apparently. Because one of the MAs is being exhibited in the Oxo building itself there is a lot more space so us 4 final Drawing as Processers (ors?) have quite a large space in which to show our work. Which is nice.
My work is repetition and the theme of the repetition is chairs; drawn, stitched and plywood cut outs. I am keen on the theme (what a jaunty little sentence) but am unable to gather myself for the written work. The course is so, well, for want of a better word ‘nothing’. It has limped along with just the 4 of us for the last year; 4 different tutors, no workshops, no external tutors/artists, no link to the rest of the college, no feeling of belonging to anything. Most of us now feel that the whole thing has become rather a chore, and we all started so keen and eager. It is such a shame and so very very annoying. Perhaps had we been foreign students who paid a lot more then they would have had more money to spend on us, that might have made a difference. I don’t know, but it has been a big disappointment, I somehow expected a lot more.
Anyway that is part of the reason I am unable to engage, but I will, and I will get my MA. Watch this space.
5 Comments
July 28, 2008 at 4:52 pm
If it is that bad I don’t suppose you are going to let on where it is. It would be interesting to know. Sorry about the Jerwood. They really need to address the fact that they take money from thousands of artists and yet only fifty or sixty actually get in. The odds are appalling and it has absolutely nothing to do with the quality of your work.
f.
July 28, 2008 at 5:18 pm
I have never really wanted to say where I was studying, even before I got so cross with it. However, with some detective work you could work it out (if you could be bothered) As to the Jerwood, I did have another great tirade, which I deleted, about the great numbers who compete but how very few are chosen. It really is making itself very very exclusive and unnecessarily so. I do feel that they could add another 100 and it would notspoil the quality at all. They must make a pretty good profit. Still I expect I will try again next year.
July 29, 2008 at 1:14 pm
An invite to your degree show would clinch it! Yes I think Jerwood does make a huge profit. They could at least offer free copies of the catalogue to those who don’t get in.
f
July 29, 2008 at 1:21 pm
Thursday, 31st October, private view 12 – 8pm. Be there or be square. And yes a free catalogue would be nice.
R
August 3, 2008 at 1:54 pm
A location for the 31st would help!
f