tutorial with tom (telling him about the circus)

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On monday I had my tutorial with tom, a week earlier than expected, but it was good timing because I was feeling especially stressed about my studio work in combination with the night circus collaboration. I told him about the ideas circling around my head right now (victor wynds museum) , tartary lamb while researching for spring written tasks, british museum drawings (hans bellmer, bruegel, paul nash) , always been interested in the monoliths - paint shapes and photograph - photoshop into , performative? mask, write a whole series on human things?) and about the night circus project.

He reassured me about the stress

..dont be too stressed about it, keep an open mind, often times artists have to come into a space and make things quick, monster chedwynd did a residency here and made quick work, the work being put in it might not even have to be created by you, makes sense to target the bigger challenges first which is the practicalities of building the circus, its like a painting - good to not have a set plan and respond to things that happen - mistakes or changes to the original plan. when you have a set plan and feel that you have not enough control or time to achieve it, it can be stressful. not having a set plan, stakes are not very high here, have room to experiment, and even if there are things you want to do better next time you learn from it.

and I felt much better, I see now that the actual circus, getting that set up, will pave way for the works in there naturally. what he said about having a set plan but not having enough control or time for it, making it a stressful situation was very true. I am over-stressing about nothing, really. there is definitely room to learn and experiment freely. I should face the bigger practical challenges first in building the circus.

suggestions:
scrolling text ?
film piece for projection.
bamboo canes. . . . garden centre.
light drawings.
shadow theatre.
calico (lightweight canvas) 
joan jonas
monster chedwynd (changed her name periodically) (makeshift whimsical)