Okay, so it's been just over a week since the last post, and the Vis Com rotation has now finished. I really enjoyed the first week for the fact that, even though i struggled at first, i came up with a well-structured idea and i actually liked the outcome; something not very common with me, i normally end up hating my work, no matter what it is. The crit on Friday afternoon was useful and i got to look at other's narratives they had produced - some of which really impressed me.
I spent the weekend back home in Oxford - le boyf had a gig friday night so i went to watch him play, followed by a heavy pub session afterwards til the early hours. This was repeated saturday, but instead of it being a standard gig, it was OX4 festival, in which we ended up bumping into Matt Horne and sharing cheesecake, as well as joining in a stage invasion with BBC Oxford radio presenter Dave Gilyeat during Chad Valley. Beautiful, but very drunk / hungover times. 
The weekend severely affected the work produced on Monday. We had to develop upon ideas thought up on our Messages project in which we had to send a message from one person or object to another, without using words or making it at all obvious. I had several ideas floating about, but over the whole of Monday, nothing was coming to me.
Monday night i also had work, and as a result, i overslept Tuesday and felt exhausted all day. No ideas could come of this.
Wednesday i cracked on with more ideas, and came up with my Final Concept of Peter Pan, which i would then show on Friday for the final crit of the project. I ended up with some illustrative drawings of a woman, in some images she was playing with childrens toys or eating sweets associated with children, in others she was playing in the park or with other children. The last image showed her dressed as Peter Pan, and all of these seperate drawings were presented on pages of the 'Peter Pan' book, and presented in a work folder.
Obvious or not, my crit group seemed to understand that it was a worker, telling her boss that she didn't want to grow up. They did however refer to the worker as me, which is not strictly true, but i suppose the whole moving to London has made me realise what responsibilities i do have and would rather be without. 
Overall, this last week of Vis Com has really showed that it's not for me; the actual area itself is sound and some of the work produced can be amazing, but i really struggle working to briefs, as well as following what one tutor says, and then having to completely obliterate that idea due to what the next tutor says; they obviously all know what they're talking about, but i can't seem to puzzle any of the vis com tutors together to create a happy medium, and i don't like that kind of atmosphere where i'm always on edge as to whether what i'm doing is right. eurgh.


On wednesday, we had a talk by Dominic Wilcox; an artist i had already researched due to the Vis Com rotation, and it was very interesting to see him actually show us the work he had done and give his reasons behind it. I had looked at it all before online without really reading into it, thinking some ideas were good and others not so much, however actually listening to him deliver his reasons for what he had done, and the inspirational fact that he accepted he would create 'failures' through his project, really opened my eyes and warmed me to him as an artist. I really enjoyed Lecture Two and i'll be hoping for more artist talks in the near future.


It's finally Saturday, i've done the shopping, tidied round and somehow managed to bleach my hair with no help whatsoever. I intended for a sleep catch-up today but so far that has not necessarily happened, so another early night tonight followed by a day of 3d Prep & rest tomorrow.
Let's hope next week brings us better feelings than what Vis Com did, sad but true.


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