the banter

I caught up with an old teacher from art school yesterday in kyoto and saw an exhibtion of fine artists from glasgow who were in town exhibiting. we didn't 'get' any of the stuff and it was, to be diplomatic, inaccessible, but then that is not why you go to an opening: you go for the banter and to get mad with the free booze. the people were very nice though and especially so when we got away from the subject of art. art chat is too bloody serious. we're sitting in this gallery in south kyoto and although everyone is different nationalities - danes, japanese, scots - almost everyone is speaking with a glasgow accent. some of the japanese girls' being stronger than mine. shocking stuff, but very friendly.

anyway see my entry for the turner prize above - where the japanese mountains meets the country's fascination with folded paper.