Visiting Swedish artist Paula von Seth presented her work to the class. Paula was in Cape Town as part of a multidisciplinary group, including artists, looking at environmental projects here. Her own practice draws on interventionist art practice, teasing out subtle human interactions around trust, relationships and humour. Her work was useful to this course in demonstrating ways in which art can do work in the world, interrogating and communicating to a public. A past residency of hers: http://www.gasworks.org.uk/residencies/detail.php?id=306

Students divided themselves into groups of 3 to 4 people, and were assigned work over the weekend: to find a site and respond to it, intervening in ways which engage with environmental issues and urban nature. Documentation of this work due on Monday 5 March.