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Breaking Ground
By: Judith Alder and Roz Cran: Breaking Ground
Breaking Ground has been an experimental collaborative project including five short residencies: "Two Artists in Residence on an Allotment" including "ALLOTMENTA", an open day; a printmaking residency at the University of Brighton; "OUTSIDE IN", at Phoenix Arts, Brighton; "UNDER GROUND" at The Pine Gallery, Hastings, and GONE TO EARTH at Crate, Margate.
Judith Alder and Roz Cran: Breaking Ground
Judith Alder and Roz Cran are based in East Sussex. They currently work together on two projects: BMPD is a programme of professional development and networking events for artists in the Eastbourne area; Breaking Ground is a collaborative project which was initially supported by a NAN New Collaborations Bursary. Stage 2 of Breaking Ground is supported by The National Lottery through Arts Council England.
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Judith Alder, 'Spun Sugar Drawing', 24 November 2008.
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Judith Alder, 'Spun Sugar Drawing', Sugar on paper, 24 November 2008.
# 181 [24 November 2008]
I left the project space with a smell of burning sugar in the air today - but don't worry - it was all part of the plan. Following on from Under Ground at Hastings, I'm still experimenting with sugar, paper, wax and pollen - today it was sugar.
I left the first of my sticky sugar papers hanging alongside my Store. I made a sticky spun sugar drawing - though in the damp atmosphere of the Store room, it will have dissolved and changed by morning. More tomorrow.
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'wallflowers in waiting'. Photo: roz cran.
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Photo: roz cran.
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roz cran.
# 182 [25 November 2008]
MURKY MONDAY
Heavy rain all day - in all day - the roof started dripping.
The ladder was found - ladder relief. Got the blank wallpaper up. Things are looking up.
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Photo: roz cran.
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Photo: roz cran.
# 183 [25 November 2008]
CHIPPER TUESDAY
Things beginning to fall into place.
Grass is up, wallflowers up. Boards on the wall. Pebbles stuck and progressing over the floor - a track along the South Coast...
The eggs to attend to, drawings to do.
Time for the mushroom?
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Judith Alder, 'Fairies', Installation, 25 November 2008.
# 184 [25 November 2008]
More burning sugar today - yesterday's batch has turned itself back into a thick, sticky, dripping syrup.
Behind the sugar store, fairies cling to the wall amongst the cobwebs.
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roz cran.
# 185 [26 November 2008]
WEDNESDAY
exhaustion
getting the room arranged
lots of fiddly bits
planning
moving stuff about
taking stuff home
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Judith Alder, 'Sticky sugar pots.', Cardboard & sugar, installation, 26 November 2008.
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Judith Alder, 'Sugar Store', Sugar, paper, installation, 26 November 2008.
# 186 [27 November 2008]
THURSDAY
It's been difficult to remember all the things to be done - blogging, uploading video clips, photographing, documenting, and making the work! We didn't film any clips yesterday - there just wasn't the space in our heads to think about it.
My sugar papers are drip, drip, dripping! I'll make some more tomorrow to make sure there will be enough for the Open Day on Saturday.
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roz cran.
# 187 [28 November 2008]
THURSDAY/FRIDAY
Big rush back home to go to my course and big rush back to complete the installation and prepare for Saturday.
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Photo: roz cran.
# 188 [29 November 2008]
SATURDAY/OPEN DAY
More rushing to finish things off.
Bird still sitting and watching.
Her egg hangs next door.
A kind of bird land.
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Judith Alder, 'At The Back Of The Store, Fairies...', webcam recording, 30 November 2008.
# 189 [30 November 2008]
"At the back of The Store, fairies cling to the wall among the cobwebs"
http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=hElBuZ5RV8A
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Photo: roz cran.
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Photo: roz cran.
# 190 [1 December 2008]
OPEN DAY
On a grey, drizzly November day people came from Hastings, Eastbourne, Margate, London and Dover. A dog stayed for the talk too. Red wine and brownies warmed us up.
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