Bebas Berenang

Tahun ni Plymouth adalah selected sbg salah satu tuan rumah utk British Arts Ahow yg ke-7. Hanya bandar2 besar yg mempunyai penagruh dan hasil art yg kuat adalah dipilih sebagai venue utk art show ini. Utk show kali ini, bandar2 yg terlibat adalah Nottingham, London, Glasgow dan Plymouth. UoP ni mmg hebat jg arts dia, bkn lah masuk bakul angkat sendiri, but salah satu specialty dia di situ, selain Engineering (khasnya Marine), Technology dan lain2. Utk pengetahuan umum, Britush Arts Show ni hanyalah diadakan 5 tahun sekali, semenjak tahun 1979. So, rugi yg amat lah kalo x pergi melihat2 exhibition art yg besar ni.

Event yg besar ni bermula Spetember lg, tp biasa lah, bila event dkt2, wat2 jual mahal x nak pegi, skali minggu dpn exhibition dah habis, baru tercungap2 nak attend semua. Oh, and the exhbition bkn setempat je tau. Venue dia pelbagai (in Plymouth), from Cube3, Jill Craigie Cinema, dan Peninsula Arts Gallery di UoP sendiri, then melibatkan jg Plymouth Collge of Arts, Plymouth City Museum and Gallery, Plymouth Arts Centre, dan the Slaughterhouse di Royal William Yard nun. Pendek kata, nak finish sehari tu x bole la ye, unless touch and go je and ada kereta la kot nak pindah2 venue.

Oleh yg demikian, aku telah bertekad utk spend 20-30 minit sehari waktu lunch pegi ke tempat2 berikut. Hari ni dah start dgn yg terdekat, Peninsula Arts Gallery td. Refreshed jg minda pegi, altho admittedly, aku agak blur2 jgk, but since arts ni terpulang pada interpretasi masing2, aku rasa yakin la jgk menebeng di situ hehe. Ingat hari Wednesday ni nak bawak Aisyah plak (sekolah dia tutup sbb nak support strike aginst corporate), just to see how a young child interprets it. Should be fun.

Ok tu je. Oh, the above is my favourite piece today - Freischwimmer by Wolfgang Tillmans. Btw, kat dalam galeri x leh amik gmbr, so aku snatch kat web. Aku harap aku x de kena apa2 tindakan legal plak menampal karya org lain di blog ni. Aku amik kat sini. Aku google2 freischwimmer ni maksudnya to swim free (betul ke wahai my German-speaking friends Sabb and Eti?). Agak absorbed tgk this piece. Tp dua kali tgk mcm sperma swimming pon ada jgk, which kinda makes you think on a whole different level la jgk kan..

Also, ada bbrp free shows and installation showing, so kalo sempat nak attend. They shouldn't be longer than 1 hour per seating, so kalo ada masa nak jg attend at least one. Oh, and there's one talk I really want to attend, I think it's the last of the Arts show series, yg bertajuk, "Future Earth" (thursday lunch time). But at the same time this Friday ada visitors from the touring company at the theatre yg nak melawat2 lab, maka kena la prepare a little presentation and demo audio utk mereka. Keja aku ni malu la nak demo2, tp Prof dah hantar emel mewajibkan semua org bg 10-15 minutes demo, so belasah la labu. Ingatnya nak buat experiment ni cpt2, then on Wednesday start wat slides and 'cosmeticize' kan my work. Sempat ke eh?

Ok hope my plan works. Tahun baru, azam baru, nak jd lebih appreciative of all the finer things in life, including art. And air. And life itself. Salam Maal Hijrah semua :)