Since returning from the Venice Biennale, I’ve been reflecting on the political content of the show, partly provoked by reviews describing ‘The Encyclopaedic Palace’ show as ‘blindingly apolitical’, added to this, conversations with visitors who felt that the exhibition wilfully […]
The 44th edition of the pioneering photography festival – Les Rencontres d’Arles – held annually in the south of France is now underway, and despite its strange curatorial proposition still continues to enthral audiences. Tim Clark reports back from the opening week.
Glasgow Print Studio has commissioned forty new print editions to celebrate its 40th anniversary. Pippa Koszerek speaks to its Director John Mackechnie about marking this special occasion.
Anthony Faroux, 'Work in studio', mixed media, 2013. Photo: Ben Anders. Courtesy: Jerwood Visual Arts.
Was the 17th July the hottest day of the year so far?
Well it felt like it, London was busy and hot, very hot. Yesterday was the Westminster launch of the artworks. This launch was both Trevor Woolery (the other […]
Thank you for following this blog – it will continue as we evaluate the project and apply to take the project further for Konfirm 2 but I am now continuing to blog here: www.a-n.co.uk/p/3612518 I have spent 3 years logging […]
Looking at he great Swayterian transgression Portsmouth July 18th Welcome: I have spent the last 3 years logging my every move and my engagement as an artist within the London 2012 Cultural Olympiad – The project was awarded Cultural Olympiad […]
Disapointmenticus Portsmouth 17th July Today I was due to finish my rest and recuperation time I had had to set up (from PTSD which is now gone but still suffer exhaustion and Depression) before I started on the reviewing process […]
This is the final stage of the 3 year long Look About project – I will blog the reviewing of over ‘one million minuites’ of lifelog and creating a Geological Map from the information – The project sets my everyday […]
Two recent events in Manchester square up to a debate that’s not going away – the relationship between artists and money. Bob Dickinson reports.
Joe Stevens, 'aporee sounds of West Bay', audio.
Frith Street Gallery, London
7 June – 2 August 2013
Sheffield Hallam University, Sheffield
2 – 5 July 2013
Making clear simple decisions to make the world right. Ignore the knock at the door. Twice.
Although I didn’t venture into Shoe City, here it is..
I’ve been ignoring the flashback I talked about in the previous post – or at least I have been trying to. Some things are best left to the depths of my brain to sort out, while the rest of it […]
Studio space available in 1300sq/ft shared open plan studios with excellent natural light in a recently refurbished heritage building. Gallery space, classroom area, new kitchen, lounge area, storage racking. Large kiln, photographic darkroom equipment, projection area, small printing press, life […]
Post #7 {Mesoarchean} Selection of initial notes working towards a re-appraisal of James Hutton’s ‘Theory of the Earth’ (1788) PART 4.: > Diff systems: i) PREHISTORIC w. APOCALYPTIC INTENT ii) POSTAPOCALYPTIC w. PREHISTORICAL VIEWING iii) ACCELERATING INTO PREHISTORY + POST-FUTURE […]
For its summer shows celebrating the building’s 10th anniversary, Liverpool’s FACT has invited artists to pick apart the very fabric of the venue. For the first in a short series of features focusing on summer exhibitions across the UK, we talk to Helen Evans of HeHe and architectural artist Katarzyna Krakowiak – and hear from FACT’s Director why allowing artists to drill a fracking well in your gallery is a good thing.