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We have arrived in Japan and the Rules have been announced! The Rules:– Attack!– Find the stage.– Balance– You also are here. The artists have started exploring Yokohama and working in the studio. They will be posting their thoughts on […]

Sock A(9) has arrived back from holiday up north with Sockateer J. The bones have been unearthed! Now weighs 40g, packaging lost a little, now 39g. I shall do something to it and pass back to Sockateer S asap!

George Dickie In the build up to Market Value at A+D Gallery in Chicago next month, Upper Crust Auction House have published a little feature on the Museum of Contemporary Rubbish which aligns my practice here with Emeritus Professor of […]

So… quick turnaround and off to Sockateer S! Sock A(10) now weighs 40g, packaging now 110g, due to the fact I have started to use a new jiffy bag, but enclosed the old one, in case Sophie decides to do […]

So many times what’s happening in my art work is reflected back in life. I’ve been thinking about value and worth again a lot recently and it’s clear I’m not alone in this. In 2009 I wrote this about a […]

Letterpress anarchist journal The Cunningham Amendment feeds my soul. It is a transfusion of subversion, beauty and wit so perfect it makes me want to weep with joy. This, from the latest edition, which I received through the post the […]

Setting myself some opportunity deadlines to help focus and have something to aim for. Attempting to be discerning about them so that applications made have some relation to my wider practice. Really just there to keep me paddling or is […]

Currently Reading: Vergine, Lea. (2007). When Trash Becomes Art: TRASH rubbish mongo. Skira Rizzoli, Milan. Vergine Lea presents an anthology of mainly Western artists using trash. The format of the book is straightforward and image rich. In the introduction she […]

Currently Reading: Vergine, Lea. (2007). When Trash Becomes Art: TRASH rubbish mongo. Skira Rizzoli, Milan. Continued Lea’s introductory groupings of artists using trash are as follows: Artists ‘treating’ trash: Vladimir Vladimirovich Dimitriev, Rougena Zatkova, Paul Joostens, Varvara Stepanova, Alberto Burri, […]

HIT THE DECKS My weekends are now all spent on the project … writing, editing and generally piecing things together…and as many weekday hours as I can salvage too. Top tip – if you’re ever undecided as to whether to […]

The title of this blog was borrowed from Sir Ken Robinson’s brilliant talk at the RSA, called Changing Education Paradigms. Some of his ideas ring so true, that it makes sense to start this blog off with a link to […]

Blue Monday. Today I learned of the cuts that are being made to National Museum of Wales, which is currently being advertised on TV for Visit Wales. I don’t have the means to create it, but theres a dark satirical […]

I have always thought that I enjoyed the urban edginess of the inner city and the energy that comes with it. My studio is in New Cross Gate, a very different environment to Wimbledon. I had wondered whether I’d find […]

Yesterday I spent the first hours in the studio here in Yokohama. It was both good and hard. The experience of being here in Japan and understanding how everything works is so powerful, it is hard to think about making […]

Yep, they’re definitely coming after me, so I really do need a salaried arts job by April now, otherwise I’m not going to survive what hell they have in store http://www.guardian.co.uk/society/2013/jan/21/universal-credit-benefits-work-longer?CMP=twt_gu I really don’t want to have to deal with […]

Currently reading: Haggith, Mandy. (2008). Paper Trails: Trees to Trash – The True Cost of Paper. Virgin Books, London. Chapter 1: Addicted to Pulp Haggith cites quantities of the average British person’s annual paper consumption from the UK Federation of […]

The materiality of what I’m doing is a little confusing for me at the moment, I will have to crash on through it to see what becomes of it all. I’m using materials I used years ago. Old bits and […]

The First Cut, Manchester Art Gallery: Artists’ talk with Tom Gallant, Chris Jones and Nicola Dale 19/01/13 http://www.manchestergalleries.org/whats-on/exhibitions/index.php?itemID=92&tab=cat Continuing on the paper theme, I went to the artists’ talk at Manchester Art Gallery yesterday featuring participating artists Tom Gallant, Chris […]

Hello everyone I put a video up yesterday ‘The BIG one’ which was’nt working properly, so I have fixed the issue and it has benn resolved and is now in working order, if you have watch the original could you […]

Dear Martin Hamblem, Harris Open Exhibition 2013 I am delighted to inform you that the following work(s) have been selected for the above exhibition: Carrier The Slack Rope of Democracy The private view for the exhibition is on Friday 18th […]

Ma Qiusha solo exhibition at Chinese Arts Centre, Manchester, 18 January – 2 March 2013 Whilst in Manchester yesterday, I popped into the Chinese Arts Centre to see the new show by Ma Qiusha. Born in the ’80s, Ma Qiusha […]

Galleries are invited to complete this online form to apply for a stand at Buy Art Fair 2013 Gallery Background (no more than 100 words) 5 digital images that clearly represent the style of work you intend to show. Range […]