candi

last saturday i went to the open day for city and islington which is where i rlly rlly rlly wanna go like i feel like my life will just be on the right track if i go there

i wore an outfit that i'm quite proud of lol it's so me :-)

afterwards i walked to the victoria miro gallery and viewed the exhibition nguva na nyoka which means sirens and serpents by wangechi mutu, a kenyan artist. most of the work was collage and wow they were all textured and eery and rich in colour i looked at them and wondered what they meant then concluded that wangechi mutu was telling me there is so much i don't know about this world and i won't ever be able to communicate with the creatures that do even though we are so connected, invisibly to us but knowingly to them cos they hold humans up and let us believe we are independent lol i try to think a lot when i see art cos i've started going to loads of exhibitions and it's so exciting i'd like to connect with the art/ist and feel like they've shared some knowledge about life with me :-) like there was a 17 minute film by and starring wangechi mutu that was mostly silent and it seemed like a commentary on human origin and behaviour and that there's patterns and processes for everything. there was a bit where she was dancing and it reminded me of me hehehe i like being able to identify with art i. e there was a piece of kitenge in one collage which is like a cloth to wrap around you i have so many and i always want more ha and there were cut outs of an east african wall hanging like the ones in my house and my aunties' houses you know i have to support my peopledem innit haha i felt so special and comfortable in that gallery space

 these pics are from the victoria miro website btw

the above was my favourite collage

the below shows a sculpture that is so scary when you first see it cos of the scale its so long and the darkness of the upstairs room prevents you from knowing what it is, then you see the serenity on the pretty cornrowed creature's face and it's so fucking moving

after the gallery i walked thru the wind to get the one bus that would take me home. i had to be quick cos nobody knew i had gone to the gallery!!! hahaha i've become so daring like that and i enjoy it, this secret (time) with myself it's an indulgence i'm getting used to. i had been taking pictures the whole day buut the best ones were taken in the alleyway near my flats i think cos i hadn't been down it in so long the beauty of the scenery there was just so much i had to preserve it