‘Day Two. Natalie worked from early morning – Tricia and Bev turned up later, well, it was Sunday…Another intense day ‘trying to get it right’ at least for the late comers who spent the afternoon painting – and later discussed. […]
And so the distillation process goes on. I am hoping that a beautiful jewelled drop will fall from the end of this and we will not have just distilled ourselves out of existance. The problem with ideas is that they […]
Another day of trying to sort out an exhibition while on my lunch break at work…….. this one is a small group exhibition at Tate, but thankfully, there were enough of the other artists around to help install. I’d requested […]
As Rodney Dee commented, suggesting a video to watch that is relative to my subjest matter, it is avery sweet little piece. called the NIGHTWATCH ,2004 by Francis Alys. heres the link : http://www.artangel.org.uk//projects/2005/seven_wa…
#4 I’ve been looking into different pieces of literature to see where the Fae appear, apart from in the obvious placing of Fairy tales (for which I’ve bought a copy of Grimm’s Fairy Tales, and am waiting on getting a […]
Enigmas in the salty sea Portsmouth. October 27th : As usual awake at 4 even though home now and exhausted – Spend day resting as need some quiet to digest the last few days and some time away from social […]
Patricia’s Diagrams Ahead of our trip to London tomorrow I have been reviewing some images and I came across these photographs I took last Thursday. They show the work of Patricia, one of the History Detectives. The commissioners in this […]
Still here I’m sorry that I haven’t posted in a while folks life has been a little hectic over the past week or so. In the next few posts I want to individually write about artists that have inspired me […]
Cindy Sherman I have to be honest and say that I’ve looked at her work over and over again. Yet her presence is still as strong as when I discovered her work the first time. I find that Sherman’s work […]
Cindy Sherman (Continued) I’m trying to keep this way of thinking in mind as I work on new images. Last semester I was really hesitant to go beyond myself, though I did try, I really struggled with people making a […]
Time alters perception, which alters memory, the boundaries and lines between events blur and the mind fills in gaps which are either no longer palatable or have been forgotten and erased. New truths are always being rendered, realities re-defined, ones […]
Floor Plan for an Institution is a durational collaborative project, whereby artists & curators from 5 artist-run spaces based in the West Midlands have been invited to contribute to the design of a speculative artist-run institution within the Meter Room […]
so again i’ve come full circle to the dead trees, and have been working on some imagery in my sketchbook surrounding them. i’ve realised that, what with winter coming, no one will appreciate they are DEAD trees with out the […]
Back tracking… I have something to say… Throughout the second semester of my second year, we were tasked with a collaboration project, something I very much dreaded. Looking back now I suppose it was a learning curve, getting the students […]
‘Day One of Here is where we meet…Wow, the weather was dramatic when we arrived at The Queen of Hungary Project Space to set up for the week; Bev then Natalie then Tricia – as if orchestrated to allow the […]
More on Noble & Webster Vic Allen at Dean Clough sent me the following from Doug Binder’s book Full Circle: Dean Clough Ltd. decided to simply let the studios rent-free. While the spaces were not of an especially high calibre, […]
Fourth week has gone by and fast, already feels like time is running out! My practice is well underway now. For the past week I have been processing and scanning the rolls of films I have shot. I have also […]
Less than a week now, and I’m in the midst of pre-going away tidying, organising, finishing off and preparing. The house is tidy for the first time in months and a small pile of things I need to pack is […]
Floor Plan for an Institution is a durational collaborative project, whereby artists & curators from 5 artist-run spaces have been invited to contribute to the design of a speculative artist-run institution within the Meter Room project space, as a means […]
#1. THE RECEPTION: BACKROOM 1987-2012 PV Thurs 8th November, 6-8.30pm Exhibition: 09/11/12 – 25/11/12 Open: Fri – Sun, 1-5pm In response to The Reception, two Worcester-based galleries, Pitt Studio and Division of Labour, present Backroom 1987-2012 by Spanish artist Antoni […]
#2. The Auditorium Vinyl Art Space 26th November – 18th December 2012 Details of Grooup Residency opportunity by Vinyl Art Space attached as a poster. Contact [email protected]
Art as gift: some quotes “That art that matters to us – which moves the heart, or revives the soul, or delights the senses, or offers courage for living, however we choose to describe the experience – that work is […]
Settling in to the new studio and getting some work done in there; there is still a lot of tidying up to do but at the moment I have to prioritise making work! I am thinking I may well take […]
Currently reading: Gillian Whiteley – JUNK: Art and the Politics of Trash (2011, I.B.Taurus & Co) Introduction: Cultural Bricolage and Garbology Whiteley briefly outlines history of trash in art through the twentieth century from objet trouvé (surrealists), assemblage (mid-50s) to […]
Currently reading: Gillian Whiteley – JUNK: Art and the Politics of Trash (Part 2) Chapter 1: Rehabilitating Rubbish: Histories, Value and Aesthetics “This chapter considers some of the histories, definitions and shifting values of detritus in its diverse forms and […]
