This week’s highlights include an attempt to save the endangered language of Polari, a show that uncovers how governments, intelligence agencies and corporations are using social media and drone technologies, and an exhibition that unpicks the enduring love affair between artists and nature.
I’ve been experimenting with the 6ix Souls Drowning splash video in he last week or two. I’ve shortened the original footage considerably, and will now present a short, loud splash on the water screen. I now (thankfully) have what is […]
The shelves of these dead folk are done. We have the aforementioned shelves of Master Mariner Abraham Oscar Frostrithick – he who drank a drink and started to sink. Drowned at sea. We also have (as previously mentioned) the shelves […]
I dragged the dead canvas from the water today. It’s been there for a few weeks and represents the drowning of Abraham Oscar Frostrithick.
Tax or not? It’s a question I’ve been asking many artists over the last few weeks and everyone it seems, has a different answer. Most haven’t got a clue (which is a bit worrying) So – if you are not […]
Our drawing of a clay object made by our middle child.
A space of 20 days.. Remnants of easter lillies and basement voices, and the soundscape today is ‘spoken’ in long sentences of repair.. Acts of sifting through light and images, being drawn towards circular framing, liquid screen. I project another […]
Thoughts on this collaboration: As I see it there are three players in this new collaboration: me, Halen Mon, and the salts in between, and all are unknown factors at this point in time. Me. I know I’m excited by […]
Planning and Proposing My next Re:view meetings are in Coventry and I need to arrange a date to see Martin Roberts, Senior Curator at the Herbert Gallery and performer Pru Porretta (http://www.theherbert.org). It may seem a bit off the beaten […]
These are photos of me and my work at the private view of an exhibition called ‘Me’. My work is exhibited until the end of may at the Freudian Sheep in Ipswich.
1/ INTRODUCTION: COLLABORATING WITH A LEARNING DISABLED ARTIST As an artist who creates permanent and temporary public art installations, collaboration has always been at the centre of my practice. My artwork focuses on the themes of engagement and interaction, from […]
2/ RESEARCH : MEETING THE ARTISTS It is here that I start my search for an artist who might be willing to work with me, visiting the studio projects to meet the artists and introduce myself. Each artist tutor has […]
3/ BUILDING A COLLABORATIVE PARTNERSHIP: A DAY IN THE STUDIO (part 1) Linda Bell is an artist who I had worked with briefly a number of years ago, standing in temporarily as an artist tutor for the South London Studio […]
4/ BUILDING A COLLABORATIVE PARTNERSHIP: A DAY IN THE STUDIO (part 2) With no clear plan of how to begin and where it would all lead, the collaborative day at last arrived. Siobhan and I had previously considered ways of […]
5/ BUILDING A COLLABORATIVE PARTNERSHIP: A DAY IN THE STUDIO (part 3) Following a well-earned lunch break, we resumed work, adding some contrastingly soft wool fibre into the spaces within the frame. Returning to the predominantly yellow, free standing structure […]
6/ SUMMARY: JOURNEYING FORWARD Our day in the studio was the first step towards what hopes to develop into a longer term collaborative partnership. Linda’s response to the day had shown that she was happy to work with me in […]
For me, my work is a mirror of my life. That is certainly true of a lot of artists, in particular Tracey Emin whose work relates events from her life. I find it fascinating the way her contemporary Gillian Wearing-a […]
I’ve been in the sudio this week surrendered to the idea of play and experiment. I’ve been using Mondrian grids as a kind of portal that leads from my practice to form an interface with Josh’s photographic work and by […]
The Degree show looms. I have decided that I am just showing my 90 pieces and also a book of prints of The Patriarchal Society. So, now I am working on the book and it is time consuming! I think […]
Positive and Negative space I First came across the idea of positive and negative space whilst researching artists to analyse for my dissertation. Takahiro Iwasaki is a Japanese artist who meticulously creates minute sculptures from everyday objects. For example he […]
Bank holiday over, back to routine and to the workload. (For about 3 minutes I was just thinking about moaning here but I have decided to not do it and instead go straight to the point). I have had to […]
This article, running across six posts, documents a process of research funded by an a-n ‘New Collaborations’ bursary. It focuses on the initial stages of establishing a collaborative partnership with Action Space artist Linda Bell. It aims to identify best […]
Hello … :) It has been a while since I have had a blog….I decided now would be a pretty time to have one again as I’m trying to develop my work more, and gain abit more exposure as an […]
