I’m sick of irony. “It’s the hardest addiction of all,’ said Patrick.“Forget heroin. Just try giving up irony, that deep down need to mean two things at once, to be in two places at once, not to be there for […]
Short post… as I’ve posted it three times now and each time it has fallen down a hole and not published. Grrrr….. Same Jiffy bag from Sockateer F (Franny Swann) returned. Weighs 38g unopened – lost 3g? Sock now weighs […]
We are sorting out the residency details for the end of October. The project has been called ‘Here is Where We Meet’ by Bev Broadhead, Natalie Odile Lang and Trish Addison. They’ve been meeting to talk about their practice for […]
Approximatly two weeks to go: It’s time to put everything in motion and, get down to the actual work. It is the period when one can get little break from the thinking process and delves into measuring and building. Bring […]
Choosing a dolls house: Last Saturday, I went to the V&A Museum of Childhood in Bethnal Green to see their dolls house collection. It’s hard to know which dolls house would best convey my ideas and–somehow mesh with the photographs […]
What is the relationship between I and we?
How can creativity connect and empower us?
Exploring these questions via a socially engaged art practice to try to effect change
On Tuesday I met with my psychotherapist for our first official appointment. Having thought it through I opted for someone who was male and based close to home so that I could coordinate my therapy around work and other commitments. […]
M.E. has sewn me into its tired skin and lately I’ve come close to despair about it, yearning to go places, do things, see people, and envious of anybody who can. Too often my brain is as dim and dour […]
Around and about In historical and archive circles there is an accepted convention that researchers must place themselves within the era and context of the document being explored. This probably helps to mitigate against feelings of shock and horror about […]
The days move quickly. It’s now two weeks since the 10×10 exchange day took place in Hastings. Objects are very much at the forefront of my mind and I seem to have developed a sharpened awareness of the things around […]
I’ve been burning the candle at both ends this week. And now I’m paying the price, so having a lie in with a cup of tea. Yesterday was spent at an open day for university, with my youngest son. Too […]
‘Mind the Map’ day turned out to be excellent – a seminar day linked with a fascinating exhibition at the Transport Museum in Covent Garden. Talks and interviews with several artists doing interesting things with maps. Simon Patterson giving an […]
Currently watching: The Shock of the New Episode 5: The Threshold of Liberty, BBC 1980 Robert Hughes explores surrealism, which he thinks of as more of a religion than an arts movement. With the help of works by artists such […]
A long intermission. The recent group exhibition ‘Airspace Studio Show 12’ at Airspace Gallery (21 September-6 October 2012) went off successfully, introducing new work and the inaugural graduate artists-in-residence (also the curators) and creating a lasting impression. A trip up […]
Airspace gallery In the Window Proposal Background information Raised in London, England; Holland, the Netherlands; Warsaw, Poland; Surrey, England Current practice Adam Kelly is enthused to explore the potential of self-identity, developing work across themes such as history and ideologies, […]
Mail Art Exhibition I’ve offered to share my Oslo adventures with Apparatjik for a Pecha Kucha event at The Collection next Thursday. In amidst the Mail Art Exhibition, which I’ve offered to curate at the Empty Shop space for Marie […]
Currently reading: Susan Strasser – Waste and Want: The Other Side of Consumption (Berg Publishers 1992) with comments by Gunther Barth and Wolfgang Erz http://www.ghi-dc.org/publications/ghipubs/annual/al05.pdf (This paper preceded Susan Strasser’s book Waste and Want: A Social History of Trash, Owl […]
Ideas for the content of my video installation: Actually, when I started the Matt Roberts ALAS residency, I came with more than one idea for the exhibition. One was to make a new video (which I hope to do after […]
What brings you to Liverpool? asks the man in the cafe to the two students that have been staying with me. ‘We’re here to get some work experience with the Biennial’. ‘What’s that?’ asks the man. ….and that, so it […]
Back to Hastings this afternoon for our artists talks in the gallery. We were going to film it but for various reasons that didn’t happen. Probably a good thing as these things sometimes are. Everyone was very relaxed, honest, and […]
First visit to the ‘Lo Studio di Luigi Pirandello’ Today I spent some of today with Lucia and Dina of ‘Lo Studio di Luigi Pirandello’, which is fostered by the remaining Pirandello family. They were very nice to me and […]