# 22

rashomon, british museum
 
the pitch! on tuesday we had to present 2 of our ideas to a small group of students to help us decide which one is the strongest. it was quite a vital stage to the project, as you had to take all forms of feedback (advice and criticism) on board. in conclusion, my 2 ideas were merged into this new idea: exploring cautionary tales. i'm not too sure how i feel about this yet, as i thought a fmp was meant to have personal meaning to us, based on our genuine interests... but i'll see how i can play with it. what i pitched to the group is how i like having to do things daily, so my fmp but turn into a collection of daily pieces. i have no idea how to do tackle cautionary tales this way yet, but i was given a lot of references so i should start researching them....

this week's movie screening brought us akira kurosawa's "rashomon" (1950). it was interesting to say the least! it's been labelled as the "best film ever made" by german director, werner herzog, won 2 awards at the venice film festival, a "best foreign film award" from the nbr, and nominated for a bafta for "best film". but there was something about it that made me impossible to attach to. i must take into consideration that it was made in japan in the 1950's, so it must have been controversial for its time. the plot was clever. in ancient japan, a woman is raped and her husband is killed. through flashbacks and the viewpoints of 4 people of the incident (one of each witness) we are shown different tellings of the story. who are we meant to believe?! each of them swear that it's what "really happened" but they are all completely different.  

i had a little trip to the british museum. i didn't go and see the paying exhibition "journey through the afterlife: ancient egyptian book of the dead" but i tried to walk through the entire free exhibitions. i stayed for quite a while in the "modern drawings collection" room (room 90). they displayed many drawings of the great artists of the 20th century from picasso, to otto dix, louise bourgeois and william kentridge. francesco clementes self portrait:

i had an interview as well this week, which i think went pretty well. but now it's time to get on track with my fmp and assessment coming up next week!