Untitled blog post from "AA2A Residency at the University of Salford"
Graphic layouts for the intro cards to my Penny Arcade performance.
Graphic layouts for the intro cards to my Penny Arcade performance.
We have started a sort of collaborative relationship with artist Peta Stacy-Wainwright, in which we will co-curate an exhibition at the space. In this way, Peta gets to learn more about organising and curating a show and we get a […]
Six pallets of LUSH soap arrived on Monday and the delivery and storage went smooth overall. Sarah Jane Palmer, Katie Hilton and Anna Hawkings came down to help, big thanks! It was possible to wheel the pallets (apart from one) […]
I was once told that ‘even though you are a mature person, this does not mean that you’ll be a mature artist’. At the time, I wanted to reject the statement as it was a challenge to my ego! Since […]
Today I have trying out things for some new sculptures… I became aware of a lack of colour in my recent work and felt that its incorporation was important to the continued development of my ideas… Painting in my work […]
Furnace complete. Every thing is now set for tomorrow, all that needs to be done is to start a fire in the furnace to cure the fire cement, then hey presto one charcoal furnace.
Discovery and question Brighton: February 27th Evening Brighton festival opening train walk m. Dragon fly silver glint above breast n. Peaceful partings watching faces light o. We are going on a bear hunt p. Avoiding sung yellow clouds eyes down […]
‘Are u a fish she asked her screaming child?’ Portsmouth Brighton Portsmouth: February 28th Awake shortly after 5 snooze – radio news through double pillow up – tea – wash – dress – leave walk train – ipad sound work […]
Video as a Research Paradgim – A Digital Sketchbook Existing in Time A few days ago I met with Helen who’s husband races his pigeons across the east of Scotland. She was kind enough to let me observe the ‘Doos”, […]
As artists’ bursaries are offered for the ArtWorks conference in April, a-n’s Director shares some of the thinking and research from the ArtWorks Scotland conference, which examined value and ethics in participatory arts.
Matts Gallery, LONDON
13 February 2013 to 14 April 2013
The Gallery, Plymouth College of Art, Plymouth
4 February – 1 March 2013
Malt Cross Gallery, Nottingham
25 February – 4 March 2013
Have brought in the wheelchair to see how it looks in the space, need to try out projection next so see the best effect. been thinking why l am using these objects and the narrative. This goes back to my […]
in whispered corners they speak of the scrum, they speak of the pressure, the contact and the intensity. to the right the blues, to the left the reds. they’ve been locked in pressured momentum waiting for something to be put […]
And it did! We now have a space at Tempting Failure: http://www.thomasjohnbacon.com/2013/02/tempting-failure-2013-programme-line-up.html Not a big space, well, shall we say not a wide space but then we will accommodate ourselves accordingly. So now we are thinking forwards at a rate […]
‘Best before end 10.2013 2B 3001 13:36’ Portsmouth February 27th Wake 3:27am Disturbingly Wake 5:37am Disturbingly Wake 5:59am Disturbingly Wake 6:23am Disturbingly Wake 7:30am Alarm up – tea – bath – toast – goodbye explain In 2008 I created some […]
Things are a little bit more under control now half term is over and the children are back to school. The dissertation is on the home run now and the professional practice unit is looking healthy – I think! Creatively, […]
So I have booked the white installation for this week and next week – and spent the majority of today sat on the floor, in a corner of the space surroundedby paper bars. Sitting in the space waiting for Amanda […]
Started my second term, the theme of crime has continued, looking closely at the West’s murders. A series of works have been completed. ‘Bad Girls’ My interest in memory, focusing particularly on loss, enables me to explore sensitive and delicate […]