Season's Greetings!

Last night and this morning I have spend my time producing and writing Christmas cards. This is the first really Christmasy thing I have done this year and now I have 15 envelopes ready to be send off with the wish of a merry Christmas.

The Sound of Bore and Grief!

Now it is really getting cold, and today all I really wanted was to stay inside and hide in my bed. Vincent and I desided to defy the weather and go to south London to see an exhibition.
First we went to Happy Kitchen, a nice little cafe right underneath London Fields station. We got some soup to get heated up before continuing.

After that we went to Danille Arnaud Gallery, which is in a private home. Here we saw installations by artist Louisa Fairclough. First was different 16 mm film machines, one portraying a woman, the other emptiness and we heard the song of Bore and Grief

On the first floor was a room with drawings, a record player and two speakers. A note told us to lay down on the carpet while listening. So we put the pickup to the record, lay down, hand in hand and swam away tho the sound of church bells and waves. Definitely worth going out for.

The First Thursday!

First Thursday of every month East London Galleries open their doors during the evening. And people are gallery hopping for 3 hours. This is a great chance to se a lot of the things you would normally never go to see and meet up with people and drink some wine.

As it is with art there are both good and bad things to see. Sometimes you discover something really different that makes an impressions, which is what happened to me yesterday.
These creepy children dolls made by William Marriott was the best thing all evening. They were life size figures, who had grease in their hair and were sewn together with big stitches. They were not pleasant to look at. In fact they were quite disturbing. It was almost like a traffic accident where you can't help but look even though you rather want to look away.

A small bite of All Tomorrow Parties!

Saturday night there was a concert in the great 70's Barbican center building. It was arranged by ATB. The first half was curated by Josh T. Pearson. It was 4 small bands that I didn't know before. In the other half he played himself. 

I think he is the only musician i know who can fill out 1 1/2 hour by only playing 6 songs. Oh, but he also told some jokes, and I think he is the singer with the best posture I have ever seen.

Country and Anolog Photographs!

These past days I have been reading Moyra Davey's "Long Life Cool White", with essays and photographs, while listening to Moriaty. Somehow the two goes really well together.

 

Photographs by Moyra Davey

Vernissage Cruising

Last night we went to two openings. First The White Cube and after ICA (Institute of Contemporary Art). In ICA the exhibition was with only new graduates and it was interesting to see what people had come up with. There was some bad and some good. There were a lot of people, talk and as usual beer.
I just bought a members card to ICA and I can feel that even though it is quite far from where I live this is a place I will be going to pretty often.

Classic London!

The last couple of days London has been very much like I've always imagined it would be. Grey and foggy.