Dear list members,
On 20/02/2018, 16:04, Gunnar Swanson" wrote:
To paraphrase a Ridley Scott movie promotion, "In solution space, nobody can hear you scream."
By coincidence, and in relation to this thread and the thread 'Thinking through Making versus Research Through Design’, some may enjoy Ridley Scott’s BAFTA Fellowship speech from earlier this week. See it here:
http://www.bafta.org/media-centre/transcripts/sir-ridley-scott-winners-acceptance-speech-bafta-fellowship-ee-british
Here’s a brief excerpt:
'Fortunately I love working with my hands, and I was good at two things: woodwork - yes, woodwork - and art, and I really loved to draw and paint. I was quite talented. Dad strongly encouraged me to go to art school, which in those days wasn't the obvious place that a father would suggest. The reputation of laying about, smoking, talking about the meaning of life and doing nothing in particular had a bohemian ring to it. I was excited. It really appealed to me. The education system - it is worth mentioning this - at that time allowed me to apply for art school with one GCE. That could never happen today. So I got into Hartlepool College of Art.'
If my memory serves me well, Ridley eventually became a student in the School of Graphic Design at the RCA before making a few films.
There’s a wider discussion to be had here about the demise and undermining of art education in secondary schooling, particularly in the UK, which we are now seeing the impact of in art and design higher education recruitment, but that’s another topic all together.
Regards,
Robert
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