It was alost woody allen-esque. A film cliche. No one at the door. I could not be bothered to put on my trousers, reclined by the sophorific lamp in the living room bare knees in a big flowery jumper, feeling sleepy.
And i know, the rules of the game, -we all know them really, subconciousey. I knew that if i just streched out my feet and lied upon the couch i would have fallen alseep, and would have been phisicaly conent, but not entireley mentaly.
So i dragged the legs into white trousers, and pushed me into the kitchen to rattle about, with the excuse of cleaning the house- but as all witches know all the magic begins in the kitchen. And as i threw spaghetti bolognese to the seaguls rim for their breakfast- becosue despite this being banned by the husband- i believe we there would be no waste if we shared with the animals and plants- what we are supposed to.. And i washed the last of the pots.. It all begin to stirr, the energy boubled up, the meassages flew hither and a single harry pottery type visit happened.
I wanted no more than that,
they wanted magic
they wanted magic to happen to them
and by some unexplained chance they seeked me out, looked for me, found me ,and despite all the building security , knocked directley at my door.
We where expecting pumpkins and canddles almost they said- as i lead them to my pumpkins, their arrival had prevented my lighting the candles , yet.
She had always wanted to be an artist, and has not given up, and has needed, wanted , teaching teaching of skills, of techniques, she is in a terribile long lost agument wether to study for the third time in slovennia.. for the taskes of technniques!!!
and he is an inventor.
and i had rakiya, and vine and music and it seems somone needed my knowledge, i had a lot to teach, tonight, to stop somone making ridiculous mistakes, and face very simple realisation of their desires.
I dont know if my work mattered, but comming to my studio, being here , i saw that woman change, and that man with her change by the time they left. And i am a bit like the woody allen hooker- making them feel like the world is theirs to have for the time they where here- self help now- and all that jazz- but i belived it as did they. Perhaps i ought ot teach, becosue what i teach is that all that rubbish every one hears aobutthe impossible things, goes down the drain, they leave me and do what ever the thing they fantasised was. :)
sorry aobut spelling, im too tired to spellcheck now
happy halows eve
Wednesday, 31 October 2018
Thursday, 18 October 2018
An artist coaching session with Marina Kurikhina
After many years outside of the London art buzz, I flew to London for the Frieze art fair, with intention to re engage in that old city of mine and make it into a working base again.
Before making the trip , I took a live coaching session with Marina Kurikhina. I trough that I could benefit from her expertise and opinions, from the other side of the art spectrum that of a dealer/gallerist/ curator and as of recently artist coach, to give me some advice on how best to use my limited time there.
The way the coaching for artists works is very simple, you arrange a time and date to meet up using live video trough the internet, and than you have a two hour session. Before your session Marina sends you a few questions to familiarize herself with your situation. And than you meet up and discuss. These sessions can be recorded and re played later which is useful .
Before our time together Marina sent me a few questions by email in order to familiarize herself with my situation and goals. During the session we aired many inter-connected topics. What I found useful , was the fact Marina made me focus on what I needed to realize, not in a vague way which I had planned, but rather to dig deeper and understand what is important for me to achieve, and work out flatt how to do it with a plan, rather than leaving it all to my intuition and being unprepared.
Probably the most important result of my coaching session, is the fact Marina with her eagles eye view on my practice, from the position of a professional who has worked with art and artists, pointed out an integral element of my practice I had disregarded for years, and give it the attention I need to. I have for years worked with performance, performance precedes every painting I produce, and yet I had neither documented this element nor valued it despite the fact I can not make paintings without it. It is easy to get immersed in ones art and not see the whole picture- there are so many elements we must think about, art practice, art development art production, livelihood form selling art, marketing of art. Essentially for years I had miss represented my self, my work , and I feel compromising all my project with this bad, devaluating attitude of my live per formative process, which is actually amazing and the very crux and reason why I make art .
Marina provided me with tons of useful tips and solutions, making little bridges between things I plan and their realization in an easy and factual way.
Its actually pretty awesome to be able to arrange a meeting like this with a professional whose opinion and taste one can trust, especially when you are an artist living outside the art world buzz places, and you do not have people who can advise you, or whose opinion you value, in your vicinity. This way not matter where you are- good advice is available on how to prep your work, presentation, practice, and be ready for the international scene even if you live in the provinces, or at the sea side as I do.
Before making the trip , I took a live coaching session with Marina Kurikhina. I trough that I could benefit from her expertise and opinions, from the other side of the art spectrum that of a dealer/gallerist/ curator and as of recently artist coach, to give me some advice on how best to use my limited time there.
The way the coaching for artists works is very simple, you arrange a time and date to meet up using live video trough the internet, and than you have a two hour session. Before your session Marina sends you a few questions to familiarize herself with your situation. And than you meet up and discuss. These sessions can be recorded and re played later which is useful .
Before our time together Marina sent me a few questions by email in order to familiarize herself with my situation and goals. During the session we aired many inter-connected topics. What I found useful , was the fact Marina made me focus on what I needed to realize, not in a vague way which I had planned, but rather to dig deeper and understand what is important for me to achieve, and work out flatt how to do it with a plan, rather than leaving it all to my intuition and being unprepared.
Probably the most important result of my coaching session, is the fact Marina with her eagles eye view on my practice, from the position of a professional who has worked with art and artists, pointed out an integral element of my practice I had disregarded for years, and give it the attention I need to. I have for years worked with performance, performance precedes every painting I produce, and yet I had neither documented this element nor valued it despite the fact I can not make paintings without it. It is easy to get immersed in ones art and not see the whole picture- there are so many elements we must think about, art practice, art development art production, livelihood form selling art, marketing of art. Essentially for years I had miss represented my self, my work , and I feel compromising all my project with this bad, devaluating attitude of my live per formative process, which is actually amazing and the very crux and reason why I make art .
Marina provided me with tons of useful tips and solutions, making little bridges between things I plan and their realization in an easy and factual way.
Its actually pretty awesome to be able to arrange a meeting like this with a professional whose opinion and taste one can trust, especially when you are an artist living outside the art world buzz places, and you do not have people who can advise you, or whose opinion you value, in your vicinity. This way not matter where you are- good advice is available on how to prep your work, presentation, practice, and be ready for the international scene even if you live in the provinces, or at the sea side as I do.
Sunčica Kuzmanić (Perišin-Tomljanović)
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