A Day In The Life
itts not easy being a lecturer, you simply need to know what you need to share, to instruct, to guide - there are so many variables and methods to ensure your students know and most importantly able to apply it later. Its all not about projecting a power point slides, insert a standard commentary or worst - parroting the slides.
I rather have a skype lecture.
Then you have two types of audience - the one who couldnt give a shit about the lesson and the ones who paid attention. Normally when exam/assessment comes, the ones who doesnt paid any attention will pay attention. Anyway im not talking about those language engineering subjects, here im talking about the creative studies subject where the qualitative, subjectivity and the questionable's running amok here. There is no formula, established rules or standard instruction kit to a subject that is free from any convention.
Its like scouting and grooming the right football players to an elite Premiere League team. Its easier when you have those who showed their skills and harder when they dont know why they are on the field at the first place. This semester, im lucky coz i got 4 players who knows ad comfortably plays at their position. With a better and focused guide, im not worry as they will go unto their final exhibition and most importantly offer audience and then public something that worth their time.
Talents who kept producing and showing worth my time rather than talents who kept asking questions and doesnt show anything. Here visuals and a strong body of work will show your talents and capabilities, not empty sweet promises, prospects and talks.These 4 girls seriously deserve a write up from me coz they showed me something that i believe that it should be presented to a bigger public. Think of the early Beatles.
So much potential.
Why i dig fine arts is that the students able to offer me variables of talents - standard cliche formulaic creative works Its individualistic, colorful and most importantly able to engage me. This time, the assessment exhibition reminds me of my favorite Beatles album which is The Rubber Soul.
Rana with her known exploratory attitude towards the medium ranging from collages of found objects to shoe painting, found soul in her watercolor pieces. Its not those typical plein-air, outdoor images about beaches or fields....but the old markers of her country.
Once they are someone's HOME but now they are static, left in their skeletal form, deserted which pretty soon i guess it will be demolished. The sense longing and those aching memories filled her works. These CAN only evoked by someone who lived there, not by cheap reproductions where images are replicated from google images.
Its like those memorable sunsets you seen.
Elika's work gave me an opportunity to peek into her personal life and how fine art sensibilities and offerings able to gave her constructive areas to recovery and subsequently healing. Her exquisite works required a level of sensitivity and appreciation from the audiences. From quilts to a clay sculptures, here Elika showed her skills like Ronaldo or Messi deft control of the medium.
From all their written assignments, aspects of honest confessions where the need to work with their hands - to produce something tangible and sensible. The need to touch something or do something with our fingers and its not surprising as we need an act to remind ourselves...................human.
Same with Poppy, working something with your hands like mechanic, a chef with their knifes - all of this lead to something wonderful, intimate and something to be cherished.
Petite diminutive Lenka - who showed her determination to tackle something bigger - testing her limit and to produce two gigantic works. Size doesnt matter. Pure dedication and discipline is evident here not cheap excuses, whining of never ending complaints entitlements issues. Think of Forest J. Ackerman's Vampirella and Robert's E Howard's Conan.
That is why i called them an early version of the Beatles, every each of them and their skills is so individualistic, yet it works together. Like in any Beatles album, we can have the introspective A Day In The Life jumped to confessional catchy Drive My Car, the tracks works like the Mars Rover seeking to limits unseen.
Therefore, any standard assessment criteria or those boring lectures doesnt work here except the need to believe, respect and highlight the need to give them freedom after asking them what they WANT.
its sad seeing so many people doing what THEY DONT WANT in their life.
Honestly im looking forward for their final exhibition, these guys will put something wonderful for the public and at the same time for themselves. Here I dont see any self doubt in their works and that is welcoming.
See you guys soon.
I rather have a skype lecture.
Then you have two types of audience - the one who couldnt give a shit about the lesson and the ones who paid attention. Normally when exam/assessment comes, the ones who doesnt paid any attention will pay attention. Anyway im not talking about those language engineering subjects, here im talking about the creative studies subject where the qualitative, subjectivity and the questionable's running amok here. There is no formula, established rules or standard instruction kit to a subject that is free from any convention.
Its like scouting and grooming the right football players to an elite Premiere League team. Its easier when you have those who showed their skills and harder when they dont know why they are on the field at the first place. This semester, im lucky coz i got 4 players who knows ad comfortably plays at their position. With a better and focused guide, im not worry as they will go unto their final exhibition and most importantly offer audience and then public something that worth their time.
Talents who kept producing and showing worth my time rather than talents who kept asking questions and doesnt show anything. Here visuals and a strong body of work will show your talents and capabilities, not empty sweet promises, prospects and talks.These 4 girls seriously deserve a write up from me coz they showed me something that i believe that it should be presented to a bigger public. Think of the early Beatles.
So much potential.
Why i dig fine arts is that the students able to offer me variables of talents - standard cliche formulaic creative works Its individualistic, colorful and most importantly able to engage me. This time, the assessment exhibition reminds me of my favorite Beatles album which is The Rubber Soul.
Rana with her known exploratory attitude towards the medium ranging from collages of found objects to shoe painting, found soul in her watercolor pieces. Its not those typical plein-air, outdoor images about beaches or fields....but the old markers of her country.
Once they are someone's HOME but now they are static, left in their skeletal form, deserted which pretty soon i guess it will be demolished. The sense longing and those aching memories filled her works. These CAN only evoked by someone who lived there, not by cheap reproductions where images are replicated from google images.
Its like those memorable sunsets you seen.
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Elika's work gave me an opportunity to peek into her personal life and how fine art sensibilities and offerings able to gave her constructive areas to recovery and subsequently healing. Her exquisite works required a level of sensitivity and appreciation from the audiences. From quilts to a clay sculptures, here Elika showed her skills like Ronaldo or Messi deft control of the medium.
From all their written assignments, aspects of honest confessions where the need to work with their hands - to produce something tangible and sensible. The need to touch something or do something with our fingers and its not surprising as we need an act to remind ourselves...................human.
Same with Poppy, working something with your hands like mechanic, a chef with their knifes - all of this lead to something wonderful, intimate and something to be cherished.
Petite diminutive Lenka - who showed her determination to tackle something bigger - testing her limit and to produce two gigantic works. Size doesnt matter. Pure dedication and discipline is evident here not cheap excuses, whining of never ending complaints entitlements issues. Think of Forest J. Ackerman's Vampirella and Robert's E Howard's Conan.
That is why i called them an early version of the Beatles, every each of them and their skills is so individualistic, yet it works together. Like in any Beatles album, we can have the introspective A Day In The Life jumped to confessional catchy Drive My Car, the tracks works like the Mars Rover seeking to limits unseen.
Therefore, any standard assessment criteria or those boring lectures doesnt work here except the need to believe, respect and highlight the need to give them freedom after asking them what they WANT.
its sad seeing so many people doing what THEY DONT WANT in their life.
Honestly im looking forward for their final exhibition, these guys will put something wonderful for the public and at the same time for themselves. Here I dont see any self doubt in their works and that is welcoming.
See you guys soon.
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