At the end of my last post, I described nostalgia as being akin to grief and mourning – ‘a reaction to loss.’ Loss has been a pertinent theme for me this past year, both personally and professionally. A dictionary defines […]
Well…just off the boat and now on the Heysham to Lancaster train. A grid free venture yet again. The island is once again a memory. Did the artefact ever really exist. A load of passengers get on at Bare Lane…lots […]
i woke this morning, checked my emails and a feeling of excitement rolled over me like a gentle wave on a summers evening. it’s the last day of 2014. i’ve had an interesting history with last days. while still living […]
In the final instalment of our ten-part end-of-year series, a-n’s new director – who took over in September following a three-month handover period – looks back over the last 12 months and looks forward to doing more for artists in 2015.
The director of Hospitalfield Arts in Arbroath, Scotland – which will be curating the Scottish pavilion at the 2015 Venice Biennale, alongside its ongoing programme of artists’ residencies – reflects on a busy year of new partnerships and future possibilities.
We are way behind our initial schedule, mostly due to conflicting availabilities, which delayed when we could meet up and work. Also perhaps from the outcome of our workshops we didn’t realise the number of different routes we could take this project. […]
So I have been rubbish with blogging this December. Yes I have been unbearably busy but I think if I was a “blogger” then I would have found the time time in my schedule, home educating and parenting time to […]
Christmas has been wonderful with all the family staying up here in Yorkshire. It has been a lovely opportunity to get to know our new grandson properly. We are planning regular visits to London to keep the relationship strong. Meanwhile, […]
I have no idea why I didn’t publish this when I wrote it in September, but here it is: Life has been hectic; we’ve not had much chance to enjoy our new garden, we became grandparents at the beginning […]
for sometime i’ve been a member of the isadora user community via their forum. i rarely mention it on this blog as i perceive there to be a gap between the two communities that some how i traverse. the isadora […]
2 days to 15, am i already walking the path i want to be on in 15? today as a family we went out and explored the town and river walk fueled by best chips and good humour. once back […]
AUDIOBLOG – please click here I belong to The Songwriters’ Circle at mac Birmingham. (I know I’ve mentioned this before) At the end of each term we choose a song we have written and we perform it. Some of […]
How is it that an annoying trailer for ‘The Gambler’ can run perfectly well to the right of my emails but I can’t listen to Jeanette Winterston’s programme about Manchester on Radio Four without it cutting out every 2 seconds? […]
As our end-of-year series continues, the Birmingham-based artist and active a-n blogger describes a time that has seen her quit a longstanding job, grow in confidence as an artist and secure funding for her year-long project, Nine Women.
The fate of the Lebou has effected me, and has me preoccupied with the damaging aspect of magical thinking. In my previous works I’ve celebrated magical thinking as a preservation of cultural traditions, a protest of capitalism, and even a […]
The CEO of Creative Scotland looks back at the work of the organisation over the last year, which saw the arts funding body launch its ten-year plan, Unlocking Potential, Embracing Ambition.
i return quickly to add another reflective post because i’ve realised the importance of helping others to understand what it is i do. there is a slight paradoxical situation here. for the wider audience i’ve already set myself out as […]
Visiting Artists Come in Many Guises Visiting artists come in many guises; talking artists were a wonder to a child. These artists began by talking on the telephone. The child already acts as the telephonist; diverting calls; small master of […]
A new object for The Museum – a ‘mourning cushion’ one of a pair made on the death of a father. This post explores the importance of moments of abeyance in the grief process and the allusions and associations contained […]
the unexpected part of this blog has been the emergence of the possibility of this whole thing being a hobby. i know it’s not …….. it has been my full time occupation. however i have expereinced evidence that others might […]
Artist Craig Barnes – who in 2014 completed his project to restore a 1960s Futuro house, exhibiting it on the roof of Matt’s Gallery, London – looks back on a year of small miracles and big emotions.
There is something about chasing a myth. Mirth morelike. I arrived at a deserted Birkenhead ferry terminal to discover that there has been a mechanical failure with the boat ‘The Ben My Chree.’ I was taken back into Liverpool and […]
The new director of mima in Middlebrough, previously deputy director at Grizedale Arts, reflects on a year that he likens to an art world fairground ride with Ryan Gander and Jeremy Deller at the helm…
