So…The five days of Urbanism 09 was a big success, so many fantastic artworks. art boats, conference speakers…the canal parade on Saturday evening was fantastic.
The work that has gone on in the background by the whole team at the Biennial has been exhausting and yet exciting. I can honestly say I have never felt so tired but it all seemed so worthwhile in the end. Lambert Kamps taxiboat and Ben Parrys teahouse boat were probably the most well received by the public, Kerry Morrisons project was fantastic, Squash nutrition’s community prduce work was inspiring – Raumlabors’ amazing real fiction installation fantastic – there was nothing that I didn’t like actually. (oh except the kids who stole the pedaloes…grrr)
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Today we had to ‘evaluate’ the week – that is sooo very draining. Alongside decommissioning and trying to pay volunteers and invoices….I keep thinking I’ll have time to concentrate on my own art but no…not yet.
However, I start my MA at Preston on Thursday and will have to find time then.
Have to admit to being a little anxious, I had researched Preston’s course well, have really admired a lot of the work coming from there over the last few years but although the MA show last week was really interesting and very diverse, there wasn’t any one piece that I thought ‘Wow’ about – some good work, one or two in particular don’t get me wrong but nothing that inspired me massively this time.
I wonder whether it was just the exhaustion making me not enjoy things as much, I had to drive up after a really long day – the day before Urbanism began and then got lost trying to find the college – putting it down to tiredness for now.
I know I’ll enjoy the course, think Thursday will be full on though, don’t think the enormity of doing an MA as a working mum has quite hit me yet.
Time will tell.
