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February 2001
The artist-led scene in Los Angeles and San Francisco explored, Transit Space and Live Art Development Agency profiled. Highs and lows of Liverpool, with ten artists in a tower block and Marion Coutts resident at Tate. Andrew Tims delves into handbags and Doug Fishbone creates an edible installation.
Commentaries
Start
To mark the opening of Greenfield Community and Arts Centre in Newton Aycliffe, County Durham, I was commissioned to produce a permanent artwork. As part of this commission, I spent a residency period running design workshops in schools and colleges… Subscribers read on…
Commentary, a-n Magazine February 2001
Referencing the collection
In the May 2000 issue of [a-n] MAGAZINE Norfolk Museums Services advertised for a project artist and five associate artists to work on a public art project for Norwich Castle Museum. Over 100 applications were received and Sue Ridge was one of the successful candidates. Subscribers read on…
Commentary, a-n Magazine February 2001
Naturalized
'Naturalized' is a re-mapping of one location and a perspective on nature, artifice and convention. The three installations were the culmination of a residency at Ambleside Youth Hostel, Windermere, during August 2000. The first used dirt and dry… Subscribers read on…
Commentary, a-n Magazine February 2001
Lighting stabile
The Lighting Stabile was my proposal for the MA by Independent Project course at Brighton University. I had been a designer-maker of contemporary jewellery for eight years prior to embarking on the course and had regularly participated in Chelsea… Subscribers read on…
Commentary, a-n Magazine February 2001
Heritage trail
I was appointed as artist-in-residence to carve ten brickwork sculptures for the newly established Buckley Heritage Trail at Etna in Flintshire. Buckley has a rich heritage as a centre for the manufacture of bricks and rustic pots which dates back… Subscribers read on…
Commentary, a-n Magazine February 2001
Genius loci
Can eight artists, working under threat of severe gales and the worst floods for forty years produce any substantial work? Last November provided just such a challenge for Phase two of 'Genius Loci', a Year of the Artist project at Hestercombe… Subscribers read on…
Commentary, a-n Magazine February 2001
Claylines
Claylines was an installation of predominantly unfired clay structures, sited within the landscape of Errol Brickworks, the oldest surviving industrial site in Scotland. The installation took the form of a circular sculpture trail constructed around… Subscribers read on…
Commentary, a-n Magazine February 2001
Reviews
Things not worth keeping, Millennium Collection
The afterword to Things not worth keeping tells us that the project arose as a response to 'the spectacles of cultural pickling dominating Millennium preparations, in particular those ludicrous listings and packagings of 'the best of''. In December… Read on…
Review, a-n Magazine February 2001
The Archibald Campbell and Harley WS Photography Prize 2000
Stills, Edinburgh 22 November – 27 January Read on…
Review, a-n Magazine February 2001
Curried Trout
The Exchange Art Gallery, Nottingham 4 December – 12 January Read on…
Review, a-n Magazine February 2001
Aspects/Positions: 50 Years of Art in Central Europe 1949-1999
Various venues, Portsmouth and Southampton 21 November – 13 January Read on…
Review, a-n Magazine February 2001
News
Using less energy
Artists' comfort is now on the agenda for the Design Advice agency, part of the government's Energy Efficiency Best Practice Programme. This aims to provide professional, independent and objective advice on the energy-efficient and environmentally… Subscribers read on…
News, a-n Magazine February 2001