And The Mentor Is . . . Well I was hoping to share with you what I learned from my first meeting this week but unfortunately, due to circumstances, its been postponed a couple of weeks till the 21st. Instead […]
Been looking at small clips of Tony Oursler video “Judy” this l feel is emotional turmoil in video.Its interesting how he places the installation to show a natural flow of the work, this is something l am interested in doing, […]
“I don’t think there’s any artist of any value who doesn’t doubt what they’re doing” – Francis Ford Coppola From thoughtfulmind.com
Arts Council England has published a new report, conducted by the Centre for Economic and Business Research, that looks at the arts and culture sector’s contribution to the UK economy.
For the latest part of his Artist as leader research, Joshua Sofaer meets Masato Nakamura. The founder-director of 3331 Arts Chiyoda arts centre in Japan discusses leadership as a collaboration and his efforts to both challenge and collaborate with existing art world structures.
Following on from INTERPLAY in November last year, Hand in Glove is organising Part 2: TENTERPLAY – ‘a survival camp for artist-led practice’.
Twas the night befor Christmas.
I’m touched… I’m not sure these days where to post…. Most of my thinking and making is going towards the work with Bo so I feel I should be posting on “pix”. But more personal ramblings should probably go here. […]
Theses are some photos of a few days of my daily collections. I feel they look better as a group, so hopefully as I keep collecting and creating these boards they will really work together in harmony. I still have […]
On Thursday I went to London with the primary aim of going to see Magne Furuholmen’s “Norwegian Wood” exhibition. I’ve blogged about that experience here http://helend-blackbird.blogspot.co.uk/2013/05/magne-furuholmens-norwegian-wood.html I also asked Jack Hutchinson if he had time to meet up, and he […]
I’ve now been in Chongqing for just over a week. Much of this time has been spent settling in, sampling as much of the local food as I can manage to order (or point at) and wandering around the local […]
I was sat in my space yesterday having a break from work and realised how much of my work is actually waste material. Then started thinking what am I going to do with all the wipes and cotton wool which […]
Following my recent tutorial I’ve decided to readdress the ‘penis issue’ as I didn’t have time in my previous post. The penis issue being, that people assume that me making all of these penises is a comment on my sexuality. […]
Day one of the workshops….. Its half way through the afternoon and all I can think about is having a glass of wine : / I felt like a glass last night too, but as I’m working with children – […]
Well we are now onto our last week before the degree show preparation starts. I’ve noticed that quite a few of the bloggers on here have already started their preparation and it’s interesting to see how they have progressed. Unfortunately […]
Again, not sure if anyone reads this! But most of my updates have been happening here http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/eldidundee/chi… with regards to ChildsPlayShadows project, or on twitter (@CaptainViolet) or on my Facebook artist page. If you are interested, please get in touch, […]
The wall is complete.
‘Utopian Dystopia’ “My work looks closely at society and the ways in which we live, particularly in relation to social spaces and structures. I have been most recently researching architectural ‘utopianism’ relating to visions of cities for a future, perfect […]
Some kind of strange introduction part one. Origins of a project. Two weeks ago I embarked upon my ‘cheese dreams’ project. This project has been floating around for around two years but it has now taken form. The project involves […]
Only two more days for deadline on Friday. It has been mad to get everything going for the last month and it has been hard work but very rewarding indeed. Winning the award for the MA studentship has definately helped […]
