Bernadette’s diary
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author: LEE-PISAPIA Kam Fu Bernadette
Dedicated to Roger my professor who was from RCA
who taught me at the U of Alberta in the eighties
whose famous saying is:
how does one depict the essence of an orange
sounding so oriental in approach, which led me to believe that the RCA had some mystical potential... And yet, I was feeling forever less oriental during my 12 days there -
which means I was encouraged to think ( cognitive ) instead of working out the problems with full oriental potential: the essence of anything can only be found when one is one with the Universe
this video was done during my stay there pretending to be a student for 12 days
the orange was a gift from the artist Louw whose installation at Tate Modern comprised of giving away oranges to visitors
The drawings I did during the 82 portraits of Hockney show are a way to bring back my days as a student in Edinburgh, where my interest of Hockney's refreshing works filled me with hope and happiness
( It was not easy to see simple colorful drawings with lines done so beautifully; especially portraits of Celia, for instance)
Thank you Hockney
Thank you Roger
This video was not shared during the show
I guess, without the Hockney show in London, I would have never enrolled at the RCA for 12 days, considering the sum one had to pay for the course.