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We had a crit today (we have too fucking many of those things I tell you) and you guess what a pretty mood I am in now, hmmm.

Today it was for our individual constructed photography project that runs concurrently with our group project (our group equals 5 people, with only 2.5 of us doing any actual sodding work, but that is another story.) We have six weeks to research, conceive, design, shoot, colour-print and present two projects. Well, the individual project is handed in a week early so only five weeks for that one.

If you are diligent, thoughtful and care about your piece the workload is insane. I think you can guess which camp that puts me in.

The crit. My lecturers know (as they pointed out a specific reference for me to follow up on) that my work is ambiguous. It’s gallery concept stuff: not apparent, or easy to read or that has a “god that narrative just jumps out at me” quality. My printing is good, my research is extensive and well composed. I have worked flat out.

So, what happens? I get slated for being too ambiguous and in the same breath not ambiguous enough (WTF?) I get accused of not using flash by two lecturers when it is evident I have (see that catchlight in the models eye it didn’t get there by fucking magic.) I don’t want praise or sycophantic sucking up I just want people to understand my work. My very hard work.

I could take this - just - if the piece was measured fairly against other students work. But, no. People who I know did their entire project in two days and have no research or workbook get praised to the high heavens. Pictures of footwear or them holding a strawberry for fucks sake. Maybe I should stop working hard and just do my project the night before hmmm? Or, as several people in my class today did, just don’t turn up. One guy didn’t show because he was modelling for a catalogue… how I longed to grass him up.

We get to repeat the whole performance next Tuesday for the group project.

To sum up, there is no justice, I’m off to get some gin.

PS. This has been a shitty week so far. Our University gets three grand a year out of each and every one of us - so why can’t they replace the faulty press that ruined two of my exhibition prints? Thanks for nothing.

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