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Angela Carter-Rhodes
When I learnt I had a place on a residency at Phoenix Gallery, during the Brighton festival I was delighted.
At the time I was using my one-bedroom flat as a studio as well as a living space and was missing the stimulation of working alongside other artists. I welcomed the idea that the residency would open up the often private world of the artists' studio to the public and hoped that the project would break down some of the communication barriers between artists, galleries and visitors. After meetings and discussions with the other selected artists we decided to call the exhibition 'Watch this space'. We had a few days to set up our spaces and turn them into a studio before the opening night, which was well-attended and generated lots of interest about what might develop in the following five weeks. At the same time, we started to realise that people were going to come into the gallery regularly to see how our work was progressing. Although this was a positive experience, it was also very scary. I was not used to people constantly asking questions about my work and watching what I was doing. Some days it was great, some days I just wanted to hide and get on with my work. I work in a range of media and the residency was a way to exploit this and experiment. I used photographic...
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