Considering the Norm Part 3 by Simon Kennedy If Beth and Jason’s work portrays ideas surrounding the outward appearance of so-called normality, informed either by mental health or social/cultural conditioning, artist Simon Kennedy looks at how technological advancement or more […]
Compelled… A fresh haircut…Clean shaven and bathed… The dogs walked… sunset observed stood in field; purple orange cloud, framed by clear emerald blue as front moves away revealing clear, star studded newness… dusk descends… ghost mist rising from the cooling […]
As you might imagine, it’s takes a fair amount of discipline to get the hours to edit and promote the student newsletter. And now, working with others, the balance with getting the next magazine out in good time, yet prioritising […]
Posting this last blog for the year. After the Christmas celebrations and hiatus, I return to my thoughts, and my work. I look forward to the exhibition ‘Trouble & Strife‘ at the Beaney in Canterbury, a companion exhibition to the […]
Have uploaded one of my short films to Vimeo. It was simply made, but in the course of editing I found myself thinking of Mondrian, and his search for truth through line and colour. Given the source of the images […]
The Director of Jerwood Charitable Foundation looks back on a busy 2013 of brilliant new collaborations, and looks forward to 2014 being a year in which more money goes directly to artists.
The President of the Royal Academy of Arts reflects on a year that saw a major celebration of Australian art at the Academy, a £12million award from the Heritage Lottery Fund, and the deaths of four distinguished Academicians including Sir Antony Caro.
Memo (I) Here are some words that came to mind over the past few days of working on my latest piece. Some, to remind me of the next task to do; others just keep creeping in constantly… Heart Videos Resistance […]
i love this time of year. i love the feeling of the societal gas pedal being rested and the forward momentum being of pure origin. i love the feeling of space. i love being able to hear nothing. i love […]
MEASURING THE EXPERIENCE #33 Artist led and the development of arts policies “Often an invisible process, artists continually provoke and respond to urban renewal, and thus make visible to other artists and audiences features of [the] terrain not previously recognised […]
MEASURING THE EXPERIENCE #34 A similar variation in numbers of artists in an area occurs within the case studies. For example, Eastern Arts Board, which covers the counties of Bedford, Cambridge, Essex, Hertford, Lincoln, Norfolk and Suffolk holds a database […]
MEASURING THE EXPERIENCE #35 Such a situation suggests therefore that the arts funding system must have other intentions for its support of artists and artist-led organisations over and above their value as ‘economic units’. An alternative way of recognising the […]
MEASURING THE EXPERIENCE #36 The case studies similarly highlight how artists-led organisations have contributed to aspirations elsewhere for an enhanced local or regional cultural identity. Funding bodies have been keen to nurture and sustain artist-communities, not least because their presence […]
MEASURING THE EXPERIENCE #37 As pool of creators, artists might be visualised by the arts funding system as the material in which the arts system ‘tree’ is planted, the seemingly naturally-occurring resource which nourishes the roots so that the tree […]
MEASURING THE EXPERIENCE #38 By supporting artist-led galleries, for example, the funding bodies are supporting the making, showing and contextualising of work by less established artists, encouraging the presentation of visual arts outwith traditional gallery spaces and at the same […]
MEASURING THE EXPERIENCE #39 This also raises the issue for the arts funding system as regards future investment in the work of artist-led organisations. The commitment of artists to achieving artistic vision has resulted in a considerable amount of valuable […]
MEASURING THE EXPERIENCE #40 There are, however, tremendous differences between the ability of a new group and a well-established one like Artspace to handle the development curve which is necessary. Artspace has had many years to develop its organisational and […]
In April 2014 I will be going to Jamestown, New York as part of a group of artists from the UK, Sweden and the USA. We will be doing group exhibitions, residencies, talks and lectures and community projects under the […]
<CP> After a short Christmas break Eddie and have been talking business again. So far we have edited the material produced from two studio sessions down to a handful of negatives from which we will produce darkroom prints. It probably […]
LC: Successful artists have been notified that they have been accepted into the collboration. We have set up Task 1 for participating artists to have ready for our first meeting in January 2014. TASK 1: Create a paper based piece […]
Boxing Day, 9th Anniversary: Ashes, Lifeboats, Rice Cookers, Calm Seas. Nine years. a cycle, the number of return, of completion. Am mindful of this number and its importance in The Gifts (2010) which was the first project I blogged about […]
The Glasgow-based producer and entrepreneur is becoming an increasingly influential voice in the conversation around the arts and digital technologies. He looks back on a busy year that, amongst other things, has seen him join the Board of the British Council.
As he looks forward to the gallery’s 50th anniversary celebrations in 2014, the director of Ikon remembers a year of challenges and achievements, including curating the Iraqi Pavilion at the Venice Biennale.
