Ciao a tutti!

First of all I have to ask James the photocopies that he gently brought to us.. I've lost them!

I'm sorry if I'm starting only now to write on the blog, but my internet connection wasn't working this week-end, and still it's very slow. I've seen your posts and them sound interesting, and in these days working in the gallery I had the opportunity to speak with some of you about the exhibition.
As I see most of you are scared of the "theme."

That made me think that maybe the central topic of the exhibition could be the difference and the variety of your (art)works, background, media, indeed of your Art.
Though, I don't like graduate shows' style, because when I go out of these kind of exhibitions I have a sort of confusion in mind (barely I remember the name of my favorite artists.)

When at the meeting I suggested Humpty Dumpty, I was referring to "Through the Looking glass" chapter, where Humpty Dumpty beahves as "owner" of the language, so every word means what he want.

`I don't know what you mean by "glory",' Alice said.

Humpty Dumpty smiled contemptuously. `Of course you don't -- till I tell you. I meant "there's a nice knock-down argument for you!"'

`But "glory" doesn't mean "a nice knock-down argument",' Alice objected.

`When I use a word,' Humpty Dumpty said, in rather a scornful tone, `it means just what I choose it to mean -- neither more nor less.'

`The question is,' said Alice, `whether you can make words mean so many different things.'

`The question is,' said Humpty Dumpty, `which is to be master -- that's all.'

Alice was too much puzzled to say anything; so after a minute Humpty Dumpty began again. `They've a temper, some of them -- particularly verbs: they're the proudest -- adjectives you can do anything with, but not verbs -- however, I can manage the whole lot of them! Impenetrability! That's what I say!'

`Would you tell me please,' said Alice, `what that means?'

`Now you talk like a reasonable child,' said Humpty Dumpty, looking very much pleased. `I meant by "impenetrability" that we've had enough of that subject, and it would be just as well if you'd mention what you mean to do next, as I suppose you don't mean to stop here all the rest of your life.'

`That's a great deal to make one word mean,' Alice said in a thoughtful tone.

`When I make a word do a lot of work like that,' said Humpty Dumpty, `I always pay it extra.'

`Oh!' said Alice. She was too much puzzled to make any other remark.

`Ah, you should see 'em come round me of a Saturday night,' Humpty Dumpty went on, wagging his head gravely from side to side, `for to get their wages, you know.'

(Alice didn't venture to ask what he paid them with; and so you see I can't tell you.)

You will behave similarly to Humpty Dumpty, using different languages to express your "art."

Different concerns, contents are expressed through different media, where everyone is the owner of his "language," as "tool" of the thought.

Language as Tool, because every language permits to investigate in different way from superficial to deep interrogation about human being. The combination of this variety of approaches, could offers a cross-over vision of the main concerns of the latest generation of creatives.

I'll posts also the main points we need to develop for creating a cohesive project.

Bye

Sara