Working through my to do list and enjoying the last days in my current studio. Next week work begins to clear out the spaces where our final shows will take place. The college is quiet, you can walk through the […]
A.M.Hanson / UCA Canterbury / Fine Art BA 2010-2013. Artist. Photo-related practitioner. Student. The Globes photo and installation works, (2012, ongoing), part of An Emerge (Office) project. Lights. Physical objects. Spherical, suspended, illuminated globes. In the previous post, I described […]
GALVANI’S FROGS LEGS Today I found a dead frog in the pond. It was quite peculiarly hanging on for dear life to a piece of pond weed. I wondered if it had done this for comfort or support because it […]
Question everything…this has become my new mantra and will form the theme for my degree show. I have designed a basic stencil image and intend utilising this in a variety of ways in order to build a brand. I feel […]
have more pieces out of the kilns, some really exciting glazing on them… i cant wait to combine them with the english antique (expensive, but utterly beauitful :D ) and gaffer glass the glass lady Linda kindly sold to to […]
Bo works at his “proper job” much more than I do, in terms of time and energy I think… and it is exams time, which is why he has slowed up a little here for a while. He’ll be back. […]
During the course of my Degree I have felt a strong inability to conform to the courses philosophies. Although i feel it is an important part of the curriculum to research and refer to the works of notable mainstream artists, […]
A couple of discussions this week have made me re-assess my work and have suggested ways of moving it forward. I need to question the materials which I am using and I need to think about the validity of casting […]
Mid-March and I set out to explore this new place that I am temporarily resident in. I intend to walk or meander without purpose, yet I do have a purpose – to learn more about where I am. I contemplate […]
SEED OR STONE? DEAD OR ALIVE? and ASKING THE RIGHT QUESTIONS. It has often been an issue for me that I’ve not been able to pinpoint the “right” questions – the questions which might lead me to some sort of […]
Contemporary Art Society director Paul Hobson has been announced as the new director of Modern Art Oxford.
Artist Tahera Aziz has created a sound installation that revisits the events surrounding the racially motivated murder of black teenager Stephen Lawrence. After showing across the UK and internationally, this weekend it opens at Bermondsey Project, London.
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Newport Art Gallery’s Temporary Exhibition Programme is set to close following an exhibition by David Garner. But protest at the closure continues, with a demonstration against ‘the destruction of heritage and culture’ in the city.
IBT13: In Between Time at Arnolfini, Bristol
17 February 2013
THE PARADOX. I’m sort of simultaneously reading Schrodinger’s What Is Life, Dawkins’ The Selfish Gene, and for a little light relief, Prof Brian Cox’ Wonders of Life. Ha! This choice of research material stemmed from my desire to get back […]
Perspective seems a good word to sum up my art practice since l started this journey of discovery, and it still plays a big part in creating images with perspective of how l see myself. You see this happy and […]
Having the morning in to organise files and go through some notes I made weeks ago. Yesterday, despite ruining my back, I managed to get the whole of a costume for my final film screenprinted. Since I was printing onto […]
