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morning, everyone.

This is my weekly, uh, message to you for the

performance art class.

Just to remind you what's going on.

I had some really great conversations with about half the

class last week about your ideas for your essays.

Um, and your performance projects.

So I will be putting those the rest of the

meetings that I promised in the diary this week so

that you can come talk to me about your projects.

And, you know, this is really meant to be an

ongoing conversation.

So it's not like we talk, and I say, Okay,

you know, do this.

That sounds good.

And then that's it.

You can come back and talk through it more.

And I think you'll find that the more you talk

about it, the more the the idea develops.

Um, so, you know, definitely take advantage of that.

Um, so, uh so, Yeah.

I mean, I had a really great conversation with all

of you.

I thought we had a great conversation on Friday, and

then things kind of escalated over the weekend.

They got a bit, uh, it was really It really

affected me.

Um, quite strongly.

Um, so yeah, So I just I just hope you're

all doing well.

Get in touch if you need to talk.

Um, the topic for this week is quite related to

everything. I mean, really change.

And that's what I've been really thinking about these past

few days.

And I have a few ideas, not necessarily for things

that I consider performances, but definitely definitely actions.

Um, So I have the video about Alien Kulik, whose

early work in the nineties was very much about his

position as a Russian in posts in a post Soviet

world. Um, so have a look at that.

And then I realized it isn't always possible, especially because

there's so many good idea.

I mean, we are really limited with what we can

do, because I didn't think the restrictions would be this

strictly still in place.

Um, you know, I mean, that's fine for our safety.

I'm not commenting on that.

Um, yeah, so I'll try to leave some time in

class as well to talk about your projects if you

want to.

Um, that way we can sort of workshop them together.

I've left comments on all of the peer support group,

um, essays or, you know, paragraphs that you've written, and

I just wanted to say thank you for engaging with

that Thank you for embracing it.

I'm really glad to hear it's it's working.

Well, um, I was really worried.

I thought people would be like, What the heck is

the point of this?

And, you know, as I said in many of the

comments to you, the point is not that you use

it and that you meet every day or talk every

day. The point is that it's there.

And even if you didn't access it at all, then

you wrote some of you as some of you did.

You know, we didn't meet a lot.

But I was happy to know that it was there.

And I'm so glad to hear that, because that was

really the point.

It was not ever meant to be anything extra or

and I know I asked you to write about it.

Um, and so you know, But thank you for doing

that. If you didn't include your your paragraph, please.

Do I really like to hear about how it's going

for you?

And also, if you know if if things are going

well and you're struggling.

Just please get in touch.

Remember the no detriment, not no detriment.

Comprehensive measures.

Protection of disadvantage is going up for a vote in

Senate this week.

I know most of the people I know are going

to vote for it.

I don't want to give anyone false hope, but I

really do believe that it will pass.

Um, but, please, I just wanted to say this in

case it doesn't pass, because I know that there are

some schools where there are more concerns about this.

Please know that the things that we do have in

place do protect you.

And so, um, I know it doesn't sound like it.

Uh, you know, if a policy doesn't pass But a

lot of the policy is confirming things that are already

in place, so it's framing things that are already in

place, like flexibility on extensions and things like that.

Um, it's just confirming them.

So it's, you know, it's been a loaded week last

week. This week is going to be a loaded week.

I'm already, you know, um, worried about senate and the

discussion because I want every all the students to feel

that, you know, we care about you because we do.

But I understand how those meetings might come across.

Um, and I just I really do look forward to

meeting you on Friday, and I hope you're all well

and just take care of yourselves.

Um, you know, daffodils are a pound at the store

if you go to the store.

Um, and if you're a person who likes flowers, I

can't tell you how much they cheer me up.

So that's That's a tiny tip.

Uh, just for what it's worth.

All right, take care, everyone, and I'll see you on

Friday.

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