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Artists talking - internationally
By: Andrew Bryant
Coup de Pouce (a nudge in the right direction) is a three-month residency assisting early career artists. Supported by L’H du Siege in Valenciennes, France and Fabrica in Brighton, recent sculpture graduate Jo Lathwood kept a detailed blog of her experience. Jo’s brilliantly written blog takes us across the arc of her experience from early ebullience, “My initial and current feeling is an overwhelming sense of excitement. I feel so fortunate to be given this opportunity and can not wait to start making work,” through establishing an engaged practice, “I find that when I am trying to grasp the ideas that I really believe in, this format fits with my abilities and gets me closer to expressing the things that other languages can’t,” and finally facing the reality of returning home, “The real world is knocking at my door and I am bracing myself for the change. I feel very accustomed to my lifestyle here and think the transition back is going to be hard.”Jo was in Valenciennes for 87 days and made a drawing for each one. Some of these, together with photos of her fascinating sculptures, can be seen alongside her blog. The residency...
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