So the start of another year in the life of a postgraduate student. First day back was approached as always with promises to the almighty art school god to do better than previous years and that nothing would be left to the last minute (this is similar to the resolutions one makes every new year to stop this or do that in order to make us feel like a better person but is in fact a way of distracting us from the fact that we made these resolutions the previous new year and have not acted upon them).
The first day back was as boring as expected with the time honoured tradition of hours and hours of hanging around and sitting in lecture theatres being given vastly descriptive but at the same time hugely vague outlines of whats new (to do with the merger with Edinburgh University, the only real difference so far being the quality of food in the canteen and the appearance of large orange banners proclaiming the art school part of Edinburgh uni. made me think of the images of Russian soldiers sticking their flags atop the Reichstag during the fall of Berlin)
The usual fight for studio spaces took place towards the end of the day and instead of doing the same as last year and taking what I was given and having a shit year I fought my corner and secured a space im quite pleased with (photos attached) complete with two old barbers chairs which were the real prize I think you'll agree.
Anyway after the dust had almost settled and the joy/ disappointment of the studio space scrum had abated we trooped to the pub for celebratory drinks.
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