THE DATE POSTED IS JANUARY 22nd, NOT DECEMBER 15th! I always felt I was an artist. At school I certainly was – I was the one that was good at drawing, but after leaving school I developed some kind of […]
Following AIR Council fact-finding and sifting of artists’ opinions over recent months, consultants DHA Communications have been commissioned to develop a body of evidence and advocacy tools for a campaign highlighting the need to pay artists for their vital contributions to arts and culture.
AIR Council’s Joseph Young continues research into artists’ pensions.
Five artists have been selected for Jerwood Makers Open 2013, a unique commissioning opportunity recognising new talent in the applied arts.
Ten shortlisted projects announced for Watershed’s £30,000 Playable City Award, aimed at artists working with technology.
Hubs and Fictions, a satellite project to Edgar Schmitz’s Surplus Cameo Décor exhibition, took place in Dundee, Gateshead and London, and explored the role and consequences of the ‘fictions of elsewhere’ we all live with and respond to.
Museo Picasso Malaga, Malaga
22 October 2012 – 10 February 2013
Gabriel Kuri Kunsthall Bergen in Norway have kindly sent me the curator text and press photos of the recent Gabriel Kuri show at Bergen Library previously mentioned on this blog. Kuri presents eight new mobile sculptures, as four pairs, corresponding […]
Recycled Orchestra: Music from Trash Landfill Harmonic is an upcoming feature-length documentary about a remarkable musical orchestra in Paraguay, where the musicians play instruments made from trash. Due to be released 2014, directed by Graham Townsley and produced by Alejandra […]
At Christmas it is always good to find a surprise in a sock. May I present A(7). sockateer s
Just finished a review of the Artes Mundi Prize in Cardiff. Find it here: http://www.a-n.co.uk/interface/reviews/single/2779243 Also nearly finished editing a video of new work, it looks at connection, grief and loss, in a somewhat physical manner. Creation of a memory, […]
I am beginning to feel like a fraud. I don’t have all the answers…. I use this to air my ideas and occasionally panic when I don’t have a response to an answering comment. This is hard. I feel inadequate. […]
Week 12: 3rd – 9th DecemberThis week I attended my first conference as a post graduate researcher. The title of the conference was Charming Intentions: Occultism, Magic and the History of Art and promised papers ‘ranging from the material culture […]
Thank you Michael … Art is wonderful. Michael Petry let me know that his installation Golden Rain will soon be in the permanent collection at Palm Springs Art Museum where it was shown this summer. This is great for Michael […]
I haven’t posted for ages. Have over 400 pictures of shoes which I could bore you with (though they are all fab). The Global Footprint finale was amazing but I would like to save all that for another day. With […]
The King, The Castle Builder and the Magician (cont.) The Magician is at a loss and feeling buffeted by winds sent to test his patience and his resilience. The magician can’t wait for the Castle Builder to send a new […]
Setting up for assessment. The plinths and shelves will have my perspex, card and wooden Malevich “squares” on them. The wall drawing will stretch across these and the two walls and floor. I considering leaving the projection without drawing it […]
An internal report gives Arts Council England a clean bill of health in relation to Artists Taking the Lead in Yorkshire.
As cuts continue to bite, Sheffield’s S1 Artspace and The Royal Standard in Liverpool launch fundraisers.
A joint a-n, Artquest and engage consultation is calling on artists and employers of artists to contribute by completing an online survey.
National Museum of Wales, Cardiff
6 October 2012 – 13 January 2013
‘Please do not hesitate to send me a number where I can reach you Hawthorne’ Portsmouth: December 13th Writing, sitting, listening to the fracking debate on the radio having caught my attention not only due to the news but being […]
I’ve arrived home, rested from a peaceful holiday in Japan, unadjusted to the coldness and excessive Christmas songs of December. I feel like I might have broken through the jet lag, although I’ve been in bed by 9.30pm the past […]
