The first Focus week has started .... and it has already finished. For that module we had to create an online diary of our work during that week. Or the so called blog. So here it is.
As a start I first need to explain the aims of that module. Focus weeks are ideal chance for us, students, to explore our needs, to identify our individual interests and to possibly use inspiration from different projects in order to apply them into our work. There are much more places and projects to see beyond the borders of Kingston University.
Firstly I decided to separate my work in 2 parts because we had to complete approximately 40 hours of work, either by visiting places or by exploring something else, such as software program or any other personal research directly relating to our studies. So during the week my friends Tommy and Alex and I have dedicated 2 full days of visits all around London. On the first day, Thursday we made a plan and a list of the places we want to see. We started with the furthest place which was Hyde park. When we reached the Serpentine Gallery I actually remembered that last year we were there and we saw a curvy metal structure which was quite impressive. But now instead of it there was another installation in progress. Anyway inside the gallery we were very disappointed to see series of extremely weird videos which had no relation to anything else existing on the planet. Of course that's my own opinion but a lady smashing a bike with a metal stick in hands is not very interesting or impressive. Or the same lady throwing random objects such as stones and wooden pallets in rivers in USA or Germany doesn't work well either.
After these unpleasant scenes we went out of the gallery to find ourselves in the middle of series of installations across Kensington Gardens. They were done by the born in Bombay artist - Anish Kapoor.
Firstly we saw the C-Curve, which is actually a mirror, that turns the image upside-down. That's also the name of the whole exhibition - "Turning the world upside-down".
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| Panoramic view from the back of the mirror |
