A 2:1 degree - you make it sound as if it's so easy...
I went to Bristol yesterday for the arranged visit to the History of Art Department in the University of Bristol. It was a shame the train was so slow and I ended up being about 45 minutes late; I could have talked to the Lecturer (I will not disclose her name) much longer, because I quite enjoyed listening to what she had to say about the course, about what it teaches, etc. The building used to be a Baptist seminary, beautiful architecture; stained glass windows, dark wood panels and staircases with elaborate carvings; and they have a sitting room where there is a mini library, computers and desks; and there is a common room where they place all the students' dissertations free for the students to read. And the prospects sound very interesting... Plus I also had a look at the campus facilities; the main library, the gym, the postgraduate common building... studying in Bristol seems promising... Well, of course, I can't make any conclusions yet- I'll still need to visit the other two universities that I've applied to before I can make a decision about where I want to go.
And that all depends on my degree result as well.
The lecturer said that I MUST get a 2:1.... She made it sound as if it's so easy.
*sigh*
After the tour, I took a bus to the city centre and then made my way to the Arnolfini. I didn't seem to like Torsten Lauschmann's work though, well, some of it was interesting; I liked 'Pandora's Ball', which was a combination of two images, one moving image of a woman's legs dancing... and another, a still image of a ball. And the moving image is modified, or moved again to make it look as if the woman is dancing on the ball. Pretty good actually.
I liked Saskia Holmkvist's film 'in character'. there are three actors: two interviewers and one interviewee. At first there is a typical job interview, where the interviewee is asked questions like what was her strength and weakness and how she deals with stress. Then somehow, the conversation is manipulated and transformed into some kind of interrogation, where the interviewee is forced to admit that she has been guilty of embezzlement.
Anyway, apart from the wonderful tour experience, I felt rather under the weather yesterday. It wasn't a very bright day, as is apparent from the above photographs, but I don't think it's really because of the climate. There's just so much I have to do in such a little amount of time. Oh well... I am in the Final year of Uni.
Welcome to reality, Jannah.
