Went to get my husband joggers, shoes with velcro closings and new slippers which are not so worn that another fall down the stairs is highly likely ….. Starting to think about my talk with Joanna Jones for the Sevenoaks […]
Probably the last entry for this project blog: Although a faceless person at the University cancelled the Anatomy and Art SSC for 2012, student demand was such that the life classes took place anyway. I was not involved personally, as […]
The Mail Art exhibition started to pick up some momentum last week, on Thursday I was pleased there was a steady trickle of visitors. Not loads, but enough to mean people came in and left some positive comments. And I […]
Orange! Pair. Trousers! Orange! Pair! Orange… Trousers! Orange! Pair… Trousers. Orange! Trousers. It was coming from one of the teaching rooms, so there was no point in complaining; although it wasn’t the kind of thing one would expect from a […]
BA (Hon) Fine Art
BA (Hons) Fine Art
What’s in an artist statement? I think this question is essential to answer – how can one talk effectively about one’s practice without this as a basis from which to work? Artquest says: An artist statement is a short piece […]
I seem to remember Daniel and Sophie, that someone did some maths about where people sit when they get onto a bus… I’d like to say I read it in some complicated mathematical paper, but I fear it might have […]
Sock B(5) has now arrived back from Julie Dodd (Sockateer J) complete with bubbly embroidery. Lovely, thanks Julie. It weighs 16g now, length is the same. The package weighed 48g unopened.
More than a year on, I have begun to reconsider my wardrobe. Another time of transition in my life and the wardrobe has again become a focus for a period of time where I will be ‘in residence’ – this […]
CAREW ANEW Spoke to my mother the other day. It turns out a photo exists of me tugging at my sisters hair in Seaton Carew. A bizarre detail perhaps, in itself of little obvious interest, but please bear with me. […]
Last week I ‘attended’ a PechaKucha night in Wakefield where the subject of the evening was ‘Drawing Lines’ and included many interesting presentations including several which concerned drawing. One of the speakers Gill Newton (see here at: www.a-n.co.uk/p/1266395 included a […]
The Missing Link Nearly 3 years has passed since I started this blog. Initially I was meant to write about Body Talks, a performance piece which was looking at age and the male body. I wasn’t sure of how I’d […]
Thanks Jean for your comment, I have ordered a copy of the book already, sounds interesting. Seen an interesting reference on Claire Manning’s blog too, so post MA progress is about more research, but that is good I am thinking. […]
A simple case of re-interpretation? (1/2) I’ve never redone before a piece of work that has already been showed. I had restaged an existing production months after its debut and even if some changes were made, some new ideas explored […]
A Simple Case of Re-Interpretation? (2/2) That I tried for almost an hour to become a woman only to miserably fail as soon as my nude body was unveiled. Needless to say that, as the performance was seen as a […]
Pace Gallery, London
4 October – 17 November 2012
A very successful opening evening indeed. The day didn’t go without glitches, technical difficulties aged me a couple of years yesterday, but it was all worth it as the work functioned according to plans. Finally I achieved my goal: people […]
How distracting the moors are as you go towards Manchester on the M62! The road’s high and fast, and rises and falls around you like a roiling ocean. I was on my way there last weekend to take part in […]
Decided to have a sketchbook/blog/painting day today and then a Dissertation day tomorrow. Started a new sketchbook today with a few pages on Damien Hirst and some initial rough sketches of some paintings I’m planning to create over the next […]
Currently Reading: Tim Noble & Sue Webster – Wasted Youth (2006, Rizzoli, New York) I borrowed this book from the University library this acquaint myself with Noble & Webster’s back catalogue and find more about how they source their rubbish. […]
Currently Reading: Rachel Buchanan – Recycling Doctoral Waste The offcuts, outtakes, remnants, scraps, dust and all the other intellectual waste products generated by a PhD or any other large research project. http://journals.publishing.monash.edu/ojs/index.php/ha/article/view/ha100011/87 Buchanan references Klaus Neumann’s ‘the subversive potential of […]
