Friday, 13 November 2009

Session One -'My Histories' - Giving Form To History

http://www.okpaul.com/essays.

Hi, I will post a new Blog about a day after and a day before each session, so look here again next Wednesday evening.

The above is a link to a page of my website from which you can click on the 'Giving Forms To History' Phd Extract and download a PDF of the document I read from yesterday. there you will have any spellings, images etc. you didn't get and it is ALWAYS a worthwhile learning experience to go over a text a second time.

Thank you for great attendance and please keep coming. As I say, I hope we will generate real discussion as we go along about what I feel is a truly motivating aspect of being an artist.

You can prepare for next week if you want by re-reading the Altermodern essay, or anything else by Bourriaud with an eye for any references he makes to History.

I hope you enjoyed reading the Olaudah Equiano text I handed out if you had time to look at it. It is not crucially linked to course content but we might still be able to briefly discuss it next week.

For those who asked, my PhD is titled 'A Hesitation of Things' and was submitted to The University of London's Senate House Library and a copy to Goldsmiths College library this summer. A Microfiche copy is I believe available at the British Library, but whether any of these are available YET I don't know as there are thousands to process every year.

Se you next week, please keep up attendance and come prepared to listen and contribute. I will keep the session to 90 minutes and clear time for your Qs and do my best to overcome any technical problems in advance.

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