Misc.

I love London. Having been back in town since my brief trip home I've realised how much I'm going to miss this city once I leave for good. I've been rejuvenated by my trip back to Perth, so these past two weeks have been busy, in comparison to how I was spending my time here before. I'm going out almost everyday, either to uni to work in my studio or out to the city to see galleries or seek out delicious food.

It's taking me foreeeeeever to write this post because it's not really about one thing in particular, just an update of what's been going since I got back. Apologies in advance for disjointedness and topic jumping.

A while ago I made a post about trying to make some friends with fellow art students. You know what? It worked! (Kinda). Last Tuesday I joined two people from uni in visiting Yayoi Kusamas' small exhibition at a place near Old Street station. I loveloveloved the sculptures, but was not too keen on the paintings. We then went next door to a gallery called Parasol Unit which had an exhibition based on the notion of 'line', which I really liked. Meaning: I walked around most of the lower floor with an open mouthed-smile on my face, I liked it so much. I'm heading back there... at the end of the month, I think, for an artist talk about the use of scientific methods within an arts practice (or something like that). Exciting! So, socialising: check! Art: check! Good!

I'm starting to get into my art project for uni a bit more. I've changed my personal tutor to someone within print media, and he's a guy who's around a lot more and knows how to respond to an email, so I'm looking forward to having a more active mentor. I'm getting used to just going ahead and doing things on my own, but I feel it's really important, as an artist, to have others that you can discuss ideas and methods with. Art is expression, and art is a process, so I think you need like-minded people around you to give you feedback. Like yelling into a canyon just to see how your own voice sounds. I'm planning on making a 'Work in Progress Wednesday' post for this coming Wednesday detailing my project so far, which will (hopefully) contain an artist statement of sorts, as well as pictures.

Different topic now: I've also started seriously planning (as in, I'm starting to book things, finally!) my Eurotrip for after I'm done studying in London. As much as I'm not ready to leave London yet, I'm also excited to be getting out onto mainland Europe and seeing places I've always wanted to see. Behold my beautifully crafted itinerary map, thanks to google maps and Paint: 

My plan is to have a quick jaunt up to Scotland (Edinburgh and Glasgow, specifically) once I'm done with uni, then come back to London briefly to say goodbye and move out of my place, and then ONWARD TO GERMANY. I've visiting Hamburg, Bremen (just for a night, to see a concert) and then Berlin. I'm super excited for Berlin, everyone who's been there loves it. I then head south to Prague and Vienna before heading back into Germany for some time in Munich. After that I'm going to Verona in northern Italy, across to Milan and then down to my final European stop: Rome. I stay there for a week before flying to Singapore to meet up with my mum and my sister for some good old fashioned family reunion time (aka: mum hugging me for 72 hours straight, while Jane barters with shop owners).

I'm looking forward to the next few months, for many reasons, but I'll leave you with this one: it's springtime!