MA & Mad art

Last Friday I travelled to the University of Warwick with my other half and brother to attend my graduation ceremony. I have spent the last 3 years studying part-time for an MA in Educational Leadership which has involved lots of written assignments and action research projects.  It was a lovely, if slightly surreal day - I couldn't quite believe I had actually done it!

As for the mad art; I spotted a free event on Friday 30th January at Central Saint Martins at Kings Cross which seemed very intriguing.... it was entitled Curating Carnival.
I invited a few friends along and this is what we saw:

Lots of cool arty types attending the event

Dancers wearing metallic sculptures parading in the atrium 

The lights reflected off the shiny surfaces of the sculptures creating interesting effects in the space

Two dancers wearing mirrored masks weaved their way through the flock of sculpture-creatures

Three 'rope' dancers unravelled a large pile of pink rope

On different levels you could see menacing 'bird' dancers who started off with semaphore style choreography

Amazing black and white costumes adorned the 'bird' dancers whose movements had motifs of flight and birds walking

The details in the black and white costumes included applique, patchwork and the use of patterned fabric

I can not claim to understand any of the meaning behind the performance of Curating Carnival, but I do know it was a unique and entertaining experience. A fun free London event!