Maxim: An art historian is just another type of artist.

9.00 am. Since Saturday, I’ve substantially redesigned Handboard 1, introducing a stereo line signal after the first effector (now the EMX Flanger/Hoax), and adding the Rodec/Sherman Restyler, while passing the signal through the compressor/gate, then onto the sampler and D-Loop, and, finally, into the amp’s stereo inputs:

Handboard 1: configuration schematic (May 2016)

One concern remains: whether to route Handboard 1 in series or parallel with Pedalboard I. The latter arrangement would have significant implications for the amplification and recording of the whole system. Sometimes are idea is too complex for its own good:

[SteelWork]: notational configuration schematic for performance (May 2016)

On, then, with a morning of Postgraduate Monitoring admin: responding to email and forms, as well as other inquiries, that had landed over the Bank Holiday weekend.

1,00 pm. ‘The Painters’ Last “Hurrah!”‘: At the eleventh hour, finalist painters and staff shifted venue from Sophie’s café to the Crimson Rhino, where we ‘pastime with good company’ (as Henry VIII put it). A farewell to finals:

The Regiment. From the left: Georgina Gale, Rachel Rae, Carmel Reid, Alison Phillips, Vin Førde, Fran Crown, Capt. June Forster, Alysia Webster, and Jenny Knight

Back at homebase, I returned to the Bible, Art, and Visual Culture [working title] book, and composed my response to observations on my original conspectus made by the potential co-editor. He is everything that I am not: Jewish, American, and a biblical scholar. Thus, there’s the potential for balance and equilibrium in the working relationship.

My CV and website site were due for an update and a spring clean. The latter takes place annually at the start of the Summer research drive, along with a compilation of my itinerary of ‘things to do’, priorities, Google searches, and determinations related to my practice. It’s curious how my practice is perceived in publications such as the various ‘Who’s Who in …’ type that litter libraries. The entry is more often either a partial or a prejudicial perspective:

After the early evening practise session, I pushed on with my website updating. Websites are like pets. Once you have committed to one, you need to take care of it for life. So ends the last day of May (courtesy of my wife):