And I would backtrack but I honestly couldn't explain to you what I was thinking or feeling just four days ago.
So it's Friday, and for the first time in ages it's the weekend. Over Summer the days all seem to merge because you get up at the same time on a Saturday as any other day so the excitement of 'weekend' gets completely lost. But no, This is the beginning of The weekend.
I'm really quite drained but pumped at the same time.
Getting up at 7 everyday again is definitely something I could live without, but I already feel as though I have accomplished so much, so I'm getting a bit of a buzz from that.
Our task this week has been to create an installation using only paper.
When we were given the brief, Carol (my tutor) showed us last years examples, and I felt like they were completely out of our depth. We would never be able to come up with those ideas and create them, but now, after watching our installation being constructed I am so just.... CHUFFED! I'm chuffed. We really did create something that I LOVE, and that has given me a massive "BRING IT ONN!" kindof attitude towards the rest of this year.
We had to create the installation in response to a piece of a work by an established artist, and our painting was 'Vision after the Sermon by Paul Ganguin. We had about ten seconds to pick our image as a group, and although everyone picked a different one, I really wanted this and they weren't difficult to persuade.
In the forefront of the painting is of a group of peasants that have just left a sermon. I tried to keep away from the more religious facts part of this, but they have just heard Genesis 32:23-34, Jacob fighting with an angel, and are now imagining it. The tree trunk creates a strong divide in the painting, between reality, on the left side and their imagination on the right. We wanted to create the idea of reality and imagination in our piece as well...................
I'm actually bored of explaining the piece now so
We ended up making a tree.
The people are great. After the first day I did feel really down about it, because everyone just knew people and I felt pretty alone in the awkward meeting people stage, but it has really gotten better and better with every day.
We were put into teams to work on the task and ours got along really well.
I can't really call her 'my best friend on the course' because I really don't know her that well, or know if she even likes me, But the person that interests me the most is Mel. On the first day I was expecting quite a few people to have a really strong sense of style and attitude in the way they dressed, but she was the only one that really stood out, with piercings and really rocky boots and everything. Since then she's toned it down quite a lot because, in her words, people were looking at her a bit like she might have just tortured their cat. And, to be honest, I really wasn't about to go and start a conversation with her on the first day either. But anyway, she was in my team and I really like her.
Everyone else is awesome too. She's just most interesting so far.
There's a Really awesome Irish guy called Miguel who's very funny.
And on the first day there was one of the most beautiful guys I've ever seen but he, sadly, isn't coming back..
We're going on an over night trip to Manorbier on Monday which should be great, getting to know you games and Everything. They're even taking us to the PUB. On a trip.
You're dying to see my tree huh?
Well. It is so so much better in real life, that I'm thinking about not ever showing anyone a picture. Really.
When you're creating an installation, one of the major things you think about is how it fits into the space, how are you going to Use the space, and how do you want the viewer to react to it. And we decided to USE our space. The room was probably about ten by ten foot squared? I think. That might be completely wrong though. And the ceiling was normal height, but we made a tree that Filled the room. You had to duck under branches and step over roots, and because there was stuff hanging from it, the room was even fuller again. We covered the entire ceiling with loose scrumpled up hanging folds of paper, so it looked like a thick canopy.
At one point when we were discussing it we were all sitting around on the floor, and we realised that it was So perfect from that viewpoint, and that That was where anyone coming to see it Had to be.
We blacked out the windows and had one really quite bright lamp, but we used a red gel to make the whole room light up pink.
So, before I show the picture, you need to imagine sitting, in this soft dreamlike kindof room. Mel described the whole thing as Womb-y and that kindof fits it perfectly. It was comforting.
And it was so much better than this :
I really wish I had of spent longer trying to get a photograph that captured the feel of it, but you'll just have to take my word.
TEAM TREE !
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