Funding meant a large supply of elastic so the first job was to install plenty in the studio space. The first workshop brought in a dancer and aimed to give her time to experiment with movement, testing speed and weight […]
With advice from METAL I also successfully applied for further funding through the Arts Council’s Grants for the Arts scheme. This extended our budget for R&D, to enable the purchase of equipment and software and to cover costs for Darren, […]
Having tested the symbiosis between our work and established a foundation for collaboration, I made a successful application for an a-n New Collaborations bursary. Without funding it was proving difficult to work together as often as we would wish and […]
In Sept/Oct 2013 I curated a project at Blickling Hall, a National Trust property near Aylsham in Norfolk. The participating artists, including myself, researched the proper and made new work for the gallery at Blickling in response to it’s history, […]
Over the summer, 2013, we were able to get together in the studio several times, installing more elastic and trying out different ideas for movement and scenarios for everyday tasks. We also tested different times of day for filming, the […]
In May 2013 Darren and I started to explore the potential for working in the elastic web, installed in my new studio space. It took a while for Darren to get used to what is possible within the constraints of […]
The photograph bottom right of a naked man in a cardboard box is an image a kept years ago, from a project that this man started when he developed Parkinson’s disease.
Can art be truly contemporary if it doesn’t embrace and address the digital world? After hearing strong and polarized reviews from friends, Linda Pittwood visits the Serpentine Sackler’s current digital installation by Ed Atkins and finds something genuinely original.
I so admire the work of Marina Abramović and had done my best to avoid reading about her endurance piece over 64 days at the Serpentine before I went so that I could experience it with fresh eyes. I was […]
This week’s selections include a ‘topical’ collection of new works by Gilbert and George in London, pioneering abstract paintings by the British post-war artist Sandra Blow in Penzance, and a series of ‘exuberant’ installations by Phyllida Barlow – made in response to the unique surroundings of Hauser and Wirth’s gallery space in Somerset.
It’s taken a while – I’m feeling a bit thick at the moment, the hot weather dulls my senses – but I’ve just realised something… The way I work, is the way I work. Despite little forays into what […]
In my studio space 1840s ladies’ fashion is having a bit of a moment. I am working on a painting that links the spectacular, voluminous women’s dresses and gowns fashionable in the 1840s with the women who made these dresses. […]
I have been prepping for my artist talk researching images of past work and the Manchester art scene. I always find that I need to start a fresh when putting together a new presentation. Selecting the right pieces to talk […]
We spoke to no body, saw no one and walked together in total silence. Cosmo in his world and me in mine. Just walking in silence and thinking things over….and over. I don’t know what Cosmo thinks about, but he […]
Here is an image of The Fire Place as I progress further with the painting. My next challenges are to work with thickly applied paint in order to convey a sense of the plaster moulding designs in the left hand side […]
Currently Reading: Lost & Found by Mark Wilsner, Art Review #378, July-August 2014 (p5-7) Mark Wilsner analyses three ‘mythical narratives’ of lost/found artworks. Firstly he examines the subtext and misrepresentations of the mass media reportage of art works – specifically […]
like a week ago, i’ve woken up on sunday feeling more rested than the last couple of days. still in hyper sensitivity, actions around me impact and impart. i hold onto the rails and wait for calm to return. […]
We finish up on the ground floor of the Photographers’ Gallery, watching the huge screen above the stair well. It is showing a sequence of hundreds of different images of motherhood which collectively carry the title Motherlode. The gallery website […]
An unkempt army styled unemployed bloke is sitting on a wall by the lakes on Pointeso Parkway. He’s conversing with his cleaner mother in law on her way to The Gertz Gallery. Cleaner: ‘What are you doin’ hangin’ around here? […]
For a long time I’ve been thinking about the thread of life as a starting point for a project. The thread of life comes from Greek myth, and relates to the three Fates, or Moirai; three women who decide on […]
Nothing prepares you No Heart Sounds The woman in the nursing home, your first. Sat in her chair, nightgown bunched around her knees. Leaning to the left, the lack of response when you called her name. […]
She said she wanted to go there. The Dissection Room at Newcastle Med School. So I pulled some strings, and read her the rules. “Sensible shoes?” she said. “Yes Mother. Plus clothes you don’t mind ruined. Fixers, they don’t wash […]
Well, I’ve paid a very short visit to the studio, armed with a pile of boxes. I really didn’t know what to take as my head is still in that ‘I need things at home, where I usually work’ mode. […]
a week ago i was in cornwall. this morning i’ve a woke to more distressful processing of the experience and then i ate. i don’t understand why it’s taking so long to get through to the positives. the sustainable […]
