9.00 am. My first day of second year feedback tutorials; the final day of the exhibition installation:

Installations on this scale do not fade-out politely as they come to the finale. Rather, the end is of the nature of a cacophonous and tense crescendo that stops abruptly. The creeping tiredness is catching up with us all. Undoubtedly, this is simultaneously the most physically and intellectually demanding periods of the year.

1.00 pm. At lunch, I caught up with emails and toured the studios briefly. An end is in sight, but there’s still much to complete and clear:

2.00 pm. The first of two MA pre-viva tutorials: a rehearsal for those who have not experienced external and internal vivas at the School before. In another respect, it represents their final tutorial for this module. In between, I set up a stereo-sound system for the student in 216 seminar room. 5.00 pm. A conclusion is being reached (at the 11th hour):

6.20 pm. Practise session 1: an exploration of a flanger/phaser effector. 7.30 pm. On with writing-up the feedback reports for today’s batch of second-year painting tutorials.