I have arrived in Rome I have arrived in Rome on September 27th.and will be in Rome for a few months and so will have time to do the project as planned in the time after this Kickstarter project ends. […]
Plotted Numbers I have done 3 walks over the Golf Course now, specifically to plot the layout of the numbers put down by someone. marking what?……Who knows? Was this related to the mysterious 4×4 visit; as they appeared pretty soon […]
The inspiration behind this exhibition came directly from the images derived from my mothers storytelling of her time in WW2 as a displaced person, the conditions she faced, the perilous journey, her innocence and naivety, her ultimate survival. e.g. The […]
What can a new publication from the National Endowment for the Arts in the USA tell us about how art works?
New Work Network programme an after-hours event at Tate Britain to explore the role of memory in creating artistic legacy.
Peckham Space, London
11 September – 18 November 2012
MOUNTAIN WHISPERS Mountain Whispers is a story that reveals the intense impression that the Banff Mountains made on an idealistic young woman from industrial Victorian England. Arriving on the transcontinental railway in 1888, she was overawed by an explosion of […]
Pre-residency. I was lucky to visit Banff back in March and so had the opportunity to visit and asked questions about the residency before applying. After applying (unsuccessfully) for other international residencies recently, I think that it made all the […]
During the residency I got involved with the organisation of Sound and Vision events It started with building the stageset/installation that gave the backdrop for the musicians. Later involving me in a performance with Edge Effects Andy Preston. Sound and […]
The Boat quilt I made for The Voyagers was the first textile piece I’ve ever really done and the folded boats, though, in my head, more easily doable came out much better than I thought. Through the whole project I […]
Ha! a sock arrived in the post today. Small size childs sock With dinasours And an added crochet top. I love the bright green/red colour clash in it But now I have to do something to it.. I hold it […]
I love researching, really love it. I love finding out about things and making connections between that new information and the things that I already know. I enjoy stepping back and looking at the big picture. That in itself should […]
Just realised that to answer my own question in the last posting, I just needed to join up the dots from earlier posts – Isn’t the answer always there, you know it all along, but just can’t SEE! The key […]
Day 8 – Visit to Deutsche Kinemathek’s Museum fur Film und Fernsehen/German Museum of Film On Tuesday a small group of us set off to review the German Museum of Film at Potsdammer Platz. I was excited as I’m a […]
Resident Curator Profile: Periodically I am going to post a profile of one of my fellow resident curators at Node. First up we have Gabriela Acha. Gabi is a Spanish curator/musician who has been based in Berlin for a few […]
It’s been a busy weekend in Oslo, finally fulfilling my lucky all expenses paid trip; tusen takk to Headhunters / Momentum / Norwegian Embassy. I went to several galleries, went to the National Library of Norway, where “Move To Oslo”, […]
Velta is my mother who was forced to leave her homeland Latvia because of the fighting just before the end of WW2. From the moment she walked out of her country she became a displaced person. At the tender age […]
Sarah McCrory, formerly of Frieze Projects, has been announced as the new director of Glasgow International Festival of Visual Art.
The fifth annual Great Northern Contemporary Craft Fair runs from 4-7 October and features over 150 exhibitors plus, for the first time, a talks series.
The Old School Room, West Coker
15 – 30 September 2012
