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For our intervention, entitled "Fuck Excellence: Constructing a Joyous Pedagogy," at Joyful Ontologies, a workshop by the social theory centre and the warwick performance and politics network at Warwick University, Conor and I presented a diet version of LEP III. The first half was dedicated to Playtime I, during which an exam took place. This exam consisted of multiple choice questions where the participants were tested on their ability to select the correct answer that corresponded to information from the TEF. Then the second half was dedicated to Playtime II, during which a creative drawing exchange exercise took place. The instructions were as follows: 1) take a word that stood out / des

Using a Mylar 350 micron A4 sheet, Conor cut out the LEP website and hashtag ready for the template to be used to spray paint on the back of the canvas bags, t-shirts and journals. Even though it was still difficult to cut, we found that the Mylar responded better and stayed in tact when cutting in letters rather than when cutting in the intricate LEP logo. Which also meant that we had to keep the surrounding A4 shape when spray painting, which often resulted in the letters being enclosed in a semi-opaque A4 sized rectangle. However, with this being the case, the A4 template collected different layers of spray paint on its surface(s) which produced a beautiful effect that was only achieved b

In order to exaggerate the downwards gravitational pull of the One drip, I sanded a dip into the chair seat above where the One drip falls. In addition to this dip, I varnished the sanded area with clear gloss to emphasise the illusion of the wood melting; and drilled a hole in the middle of the dip for a silver metal screw to go through and into the One drip underneath. I chose to use a silver metal screw because the screw is a visual metaphor of the phallic. As such, it conveyed the idea that the phallic screw caused the wood to drip down in one area, manipulating the wood into following the same flow and gravity. Furthermore, as metal is a hard material, the screw also represented masculi

In addition to spray painting the LEP logo onto the canvas bags, we spray painted the LEP logo onto four t-shirts, 25 journals and 20 party bags. *This blog post has been back-dated for continuity purposes. Graffiti t-shirts, journals and party bags were originally produced in August and September 2016. Photographs by Conor Heaney.

Here is a video of the motorised clock hands with the clock face and frame attached. Below are film stills: *This blog post has been back-dated for continuity purposes. Sculpture's clock face was originally attached on 2nd September 2016.

Here is a video of the first trial of the motorised clock hands. *This blog post has been back-dated for continuity purposes. Sculpture's motorised clock hands were originally installed on 1st September 2016.

These LEP gift boxes were the result of an unexpected outcome from the combination of spray paint on balloons. See previous blog post here. *This blog post has been back-dated for continuity purposes. Photographs were originally taken on 1st and 2nd September 2016.