Lives lost are commemorated by knitting leaf shapes in different sizes, using a basic pattern in combinations of quality yarns, colours and textures. Many of the yarns are expensive materials such as silk, cashmere, pure merino wool etc., to represent […]
London, July 2015 Diana Bracewell, of Alverthorpe, exhibiting under the name Hoshi Dee, has been granted the opportunity to exhibit three of her works in the Exhibit Here – Summer Exhibition in Southwark, Central London. Originally from London, the 34-year-old […]
Artist using footfall in the liminal edge land landscape cataloguing debris, text, photos & video
18 July – 29 August 2015 Pyramid & Parr Hall, Palmyra Square South, Cultural Quarter, Warrington WA1 1BL This weekend my first solo show (eek!) opens in Warrington at Pyramid & Parr Hall (in the gallery at Pyramid). This […]
Art in Bearpit is a pilot programme of commissions and events developed for the Bearpit in central Bristol, produced by Hand in Glove in 2015. The Bearpit will play host to a series of unusual interventions and encounters, interrupting the everyday life of the city.
Vending the art I make on my residency at The Observatory.
Visual blog documenting the ‘real-lifestyle’ of the home and beyond…
This is an extention to my ‘studio’ area on my website viviennerackett.co.uk. The ‘studio’ takes the form of my digital sketchbook, I hope this will be a regular space to share my processes, thoughts and workings.
Have just finished a new work, where we got the public playing Wiliam Tell on harmonicas on the street. It is to promote happiness and well being. It was kinda interesting to see how involved the public got in the project and how easy they were to convince.
Flow Contemporary Arts to deliver training on behalf of lightsgoingon
Invigilating your own degree show is actually quite terrifying. After months of running about the art college in preparation for degree show and installing, sitting down for a long period time gives you the time to realise that this is just […]
I got a job with the best title in the world
In 2014 I completed my MFA at the Slade School of Fine Art where I awarded the Boise Travel Scholarship. I am using this scholarship to spend the next 8 weeks travelling around the unique landscape of Iceland, gathering research and making new work.
A research and practical investigation into Children’s Victorian Magic Lantern slides and contemporary toy projectors such as ‘projecteo’ instagram projector, including a collaboration with Hull University Chemistry Department to develop processes of manipulating inkjet prints.
Artist and and co-organiser of The Immediacy of Paint; The Role of Painting in the Digital Age.
Art Noise is a dynamic, brand new resource hub. The project, established in 2014, is focused on the visual culture and art education of South East Artist community. It is about promoting and developing opportunities for international students and young artists based in Brighton.
At the end of the third year of my degree at Hereford College of Art, I finally take the plunge and start a blog. Better late than never!
In this blog I hope to sort through some ideas, discuss some processes and engage in a dialogue with you about art, so feel free to comment.
Resolution of Practice. I’m caught up in the subject of our relationships with objects and their role in holding and projecting ideas about our identity. The object I am currently working with is a ceramic figurine which has been in […]
Following my progress during MA studies at Edinburgh College of Art, this blog originally documented my first year after graduation, and my attempts to create a sustainable practice. It shows the activities I have been involved with in making this […]
My blog will track my progress through a Fine Art degree at Staffordshire University building up to our end of year Graduate Degree show in
THE DEGREE SHOW IS OPEN FROM ITS OPENING NIGHT ON FRIDAY THE 12TH OF JUNE FROM 6PM AND RUNS UNTIL SUNDAY THE 21ST OF JUNE.
A reply to Bryan Appleyard’s article ‘But is it art? on Sunday 14th June 2015
Blogging through the journey of an emerging artist.
A new meaning to struggling artist……
Fine Art, University Campus Suffolk Student.