Got on the train to Heidelberg!!
Only an hour away and appazzers it's the prettiest city in Germany. It was well nice.
We wandered to the exhibition, stopping off for coffee along the way. The exhibition exhibits works of art that has been created by artists (or so i understood) who have some kind of mental illness. We learnt that it is important to not look at the artwork and try and work out what kind of mental illness the person had but try and empathise with it. It's interesting as many of these people don't have the boundaries that 'normal' people in society have so their work is childlike but also reflective. There is also a reoccurring theme of obsession and order which is interesting to see in such a raw form that is so easy to empathise with. Which is quite disconcerting really.
We were given a talk. Most of our course so far is in German which is really intense but makes picking up on the main jist of whatever's being talked about more exciting and in a way it's easier to hang on to what stands out the most in the whole talk rather than lots of ideas.
We were taken into the downstairs bit where all the art is stored away and artwork was taken out and shown.
Then we went into the main exhibit which was mostly photography.
After lunch we were taken into the library and were told to find images that we found inspiring. We were a bit confused about what was being asked of us but the people who could speak german were also confused so we managed okay.
I don't really know what is expected of us in the next week but i already have some ideas and i'm really looking forward to it! We have to bring a 'Spiegel' to draw self portraits tomorrow so yeah. Good but tiring day.
Woolworths lives on.
Patterns-colours-spiral-obsessions.
Fluidity/detail
Headless.
Little jacket embroidered with reflective writing.
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