How life changes… The exhibition in Estonia went really well and last week I did an on-line temporary exhibition as a suitable venue was unavailable within the timescale in the UK. The timescale refers to the fact I am leaving […]
Bob and Roberta Smith leads new wave of artistic protests against sale of Henry Moore’s ‘Old Flo’.
Three artists share prize money totalling £8500 in this year’s ING Discerning Eye exhibition.
As the Clore Leadership Programme’s first dedicated ‘Artist Fellow’, Joshua Sofaer set about exploring what ‘Artist as Leader’ might mean. Here he shares an overview of what his research revealed.
As the Clore Leadership Programme’s first dedicated Artist Fellow, Joshua Sofaer explores what ’Artist as Leader’ might mean. Overview of what his research revealed.
Hey guys, gloomy monday morning but could possibly be a very exciting day for me. I’ve applied for a memorial garden commission in Hendy Square, Llanelli for the rugby legend Terry Price. It will be such an amazing opportunity for […]
I’ve had a fun day in the name of artistic research! I’ve been to Zhabei park (as tipped off by the work of Francois Chastanet). Oh, my, goodness! What a park – it really is a local park for the […]
I felt fine yet now I feel a bit neverlandish, too long not drawing or making? Though its been good to have a short break, still only two months since the final show and after all the hard work I […]
What sort of artist do I want to be then? Remember me talking about difficult conversations a few posts back? Well continuing emails with a few people have caused me to think. I’ve had a few rejections for proposals and […]
My question to self is; how far should one go to understand and explain ones work? W.J.T. Mitchell says ‘ …prevailing tropes of differentiation between verbal and visual representation (time and space, convention and nature, the ear and the eye) […]
Very quick collaboration between me and Sikander Pervez – we took materials that we use in our individual practices and combined them, the aim being to not think about or force the items we were using in any way. In […]
My proposal for this residency included me doing some research into chinese calligraphy being made onto stone floors in public spaces. I had been struggling to find any parks with suitable spaces where I might happen upon people doing this, […]
Following (and maybe as a result of) my slightly panicky post on Thursday, I decided against a give away of my text piece ‘Recipe For Reciprocity’ at the Inhospitable private view in Leeds last night. Which is probably just as […]
5,4,3,2,1 The Manfred’s management asked me to get back at the beginning of November to check their schedule for the Sage Gateshead gig this month (29th). I duly enquired, hoping that nothing problematic had happened since we last had contact. […]
After my conversations with local artists and with arts officers and a couple of arts organisations, I am again looking at following up with a new series of my Creative Conversations. The Olympics have left town now and everything settles […]
As the days of November race by my attention is focusing (amongst other things) on my pop-up venture in Whitstable. I have taken on a shop for one week on the fashionable Harbour Street in the seaside town. I have […]
It’s been great, hard, frustrating, exciting, revelatory and damn scary at times but the work is up, the talks are over and it’s all done bar the shouting. Or final evaluation. I think it’s been a successful project, the facebook […]
Reader, I went there! Yes, early Sunday afternoon (11/11) I took a taxi to Tate Modern for a talk by William Kentridge whose work I have long admired. I’d booked an electro-scooter – as far as I know Tate Modern […]
Axes of Waste Sarah A. Moore “Garbage Matters: Concepts in new geographies of waste.” Abstract: “In this article, I critically review important concepts in new geographies of waste. I focus on both the conceptual frameworks that are used to examine […]
