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Explaining<\/span><\/p>\n

There is a fundamental problem with explaining your work to people in most contexts. The meaning you give in the particular moment would be a different meaning in any another. I think I mean I’m still struggling with the idea of praxis because it seems that the recognition of it is contingent.<\/span><\/p>\n

In any case I am just about to complete another CAA<\/a> course, this one a four week ‘crit’ course with David Risley<\/a><\/span>\u00a0 that has been particularly challenging because of the need to explain. I think I’ve come to the conclusion that I don’t want to explain. The ‘crit’ itself moves the work into the realm of spoken or written language rather than the visual and that makes the work lesser in some manner.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Notes on Woolgathering December 25<\/p><\/div>\n

After a 1 to 1 talk with David Risley I made some notes about the way I might make ‘woolgathering’<\/a>\u00a0 more closely fit with the things I suggested about what I wanted it to say. Then I spent time putting that into practice and made a new video.<\/span><\/p>\n