RAW

Today is the official start of Reed Arts Week. There'll be assorted events towards the weekend, but at the moment RAW means that there are dozens of little art projects scattered around campus. Anyone can apply to do their own artwork, and I think you can get a budget for materials. It just has to adhere to the theme, which this year is "Fight or Flight". There are a lot of things hanging from trees, things made from wood and fabric wafting in the wind, and walls filled with pictures. I'll try and borrow someone's camera and take some photos.

They all cause that effect of stumbling upon a weird object in an unexpected place and going "Hey, look at that charming unexpected art thing!" I'm rather enjoying it. Thing is, stuff at Reed very often works that way. You see some sort of odd gathering or weird sculpture or person in a strange costume pretty frequently, it is all part of the Reed effect. Did you ever see Gregory's Girl? It's a movie about some Scottish high school bloke trying to find his true love, but every now and again in the background of the main story there's a man dressed as a penguin, wandering around and trying to get to room 314 or something. Man dressed as a penguin, no reason at all. Reed reminds me of that aspect of Gregory's Girl, most of the time.