My artworks consist of a limited palette of colours, shades of brown and earthy tones, which express human condition and its relationship with nature. This argument is deliberately perverse and relegates everything to the dangerous edge of absurdity, because this […]
The Sporting League: Game 22 The match of the day witnessed leaders Pointeso lay down their statement of intent with a two goals to nil win over third placed Universo Collunteen. Pundit X: ‘I thought that one was going to […]
London Galleries: Establishing and Maintaining Relationships (A Talk by Jonathan Parsons) Really wish I could blog more than I do at the moment. Though I’m hoping that the half term break will be provide wit a much needed creative springboard […]
An interview with Alex Hackett, speaking to Bette Wood. Hello Alex! What is your role in the organisation of the degree show? I am part of the publicity team, in preparation for the show I’ve been setting up social media […]
Surface Gallery, Nottingham
12 – 18 February 2013
In addition to The Rules given by Seth and Ohira, we also added two of our own additional rules – only one of us can be present in the work at any one time and it must be able to […]
On Wednesday I finished looking at two ‘papers’ for the Artistic Research course. The first made very depressing reading and lead me to question the validity of an ideology that appears to be so desperate for institutional approval that it […]
Recently, the government have been trying to do things with the education system that messes about with the status of the arts in schools, and subsequently within society as a whole… our education system, after all, forms the society, tells […]
I found an invitation to exhibit at an art fair (similar to SUPERMARKET ) this morning. It was actually sent a few days ago, but having several email addresses and not knowing what day it is half the time, I […]
Exploration through placement of shape. The perimeter of the YMCA Norths Staffs has been laser cut several times on card, allowing the ability to alter the architecture through the use of repetition and layering.
The Dead Are Not Dead… Hearing things more than beings, listening to the voice of fire, the voice of water. Hearing in wind the weeping bushes, sighs of our forefathers. The dead are never gone: they are in the shadows. […]
Okay, so more playing around with the iron board legs and my beloved fucsia tights. Here, I experiment with only these two materials trying to work with composition, and testing the possibilities of the materials. This looked pretty much (to […]
Am I alone in taking up to 2 working weeks to fill in a funding application? two waking weeks I should really say, as much of my pondering happens at 4am – good ponders, I think of these insomniac episodes […]
This film expores how in the moments before sleep we often think about death, particularly when we are children. This has (in part) to do with the silence allowing us time to reflect, as well as sleep being a time […]
It is the night before our departure from Yokohama, the bags are packed, the fridge is emptied, the sushi has been eaten, and I have enjoyed my final evening stroll through our neighbourhood and home (for stroll, read brisk walk, […]
Again I feel like becoming part of the work, this is something that I have been doing a lot this year. The feeling of finding narrative and performing with me there. I feel like perhaps I should use the work […]
SATURDAY!! Art is taking over my life – help!! Went in to try to resolve the Antibes painting AGAIN. Still struggling but felt inspired after watching a lovely TV programme last night – Monty Don looking at artists gardens in […]
This is how my documentation is looking at the moment. I have made this book using the website Blurb for my assesment couple of weeks ago. 82 pages of work from 2008 to 2012, with images of sculptures and drawings […]
Last Saturday I was volunteering at a BBC event at Cardiff Central Library. The event, “The Big Canvas” was in response to a campaign to get more of the UK’s public art out on show as over 80% of oil […]
Gilkerson Orrery 1819
I have been making work based around the concept of one minute silences. The works have stemmed from my interest in how we memorialise the dead and how silence can create the most powerful language of all. One piece of […]
Distressing the machines.
Only twelve days till installing GRAIN. I’ve designed flyers a few weeks ago and I’m pleased with the outcome. I will pick up my second proof on Tues. First proof showed that the size wasn’t right. I’m finally directly in […]
So much for making my boat go faster this week – my poor little vessel has been tied up to moorings and filled with bickering children. (don’t you just love’em) HOWEVER Making good grounds (in planning at least) with details […]
As a new exhibition exploring approaches to collaborative working opens at Transition Gallery in London, we talk to one of the participating artists and the gallery’s co-directors.
