Michael Day's reading session was really good! We read though a interview with an artist named 'Richard Wentworth'. During the interview he talked about his son going to oxford and he made a quote saying 'hes very very smart but hes smart like artists are smart', I thought this was a really interesting quote as we all questioned whether he was on about being academic compared to more of a practical source.
Michael went through the interview step by step to make sure we totally understood the text. As we went through there were certain words that confused us but we discussed what we think they meant and Micheal Day clarified the meaning behind them.
I really liked the part in this interview where Richard Wentworth said 'Im quite interested in the image of a handrail, you don't need it but its good to have it there if you fall. Part of civilized intelligence is it notice it before you trip, not to be looking around for it mid-fall'. I like to think that the handrail is a part in our practice that we feel most comfortable perusing and as long as we know the handrail is there we can experiment always knowing that we have that to fall back on!
I have really enjoyed going to these reading sessions as I have started to understand how important it is to break down the text so that it is easier to understand.
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