Well it’s properly over now. The babies have come home and are shoved in those big blue Ikea bags, waiting for me to find them a home. The song is over, the fat lady sang. I sang all the way […]
DO YOU KNOW GREATHAM AT ALL? erm no actually John I don’t but I’m sure I can Google it (haven’t got sat nav). It’s a bit past Hartlepool towards Middlesborough then off into the wilds of Billingham. An odd land […]
Retrospectively it’s great how keeping a blog allows you to compile your thoughts in an orderly way whilst also being able to draw out important themes, ideas or questions. Following on my from my last post I’d been thinking a […]
Ok Franny and Julie, I’m ready! MA done…. where do we start?
2 Sept What would it be if something were not in between, not standing within a political structure to be negotiated, but outside all together? Could this be a new direction for Art from China? – perhaps I’ll find out […]
3 Sept Finally back home after 12 hours and half of rehearsal/introduction training day at the Hayward gallery – fantastic day – meeting staff, press and artists working for the opening of Art of Change: New Directions from China – […]
4 Sept “I want to be beautiful therefore I want to be happy“ Li-E Chen inspired from Yingmei Duan’s Performance: Happy Yingmei at the Hayward Gallery, Southbank Centre 7 Sept – 9 Dec 2012 http://www.yingmei-art.com/en/works/wish : )
proof of life from the ground..
Yesterday I went to a very interesting talk by artist duo Annabel Tilley and Rosalind Davis at the De La Warr Pavilion. The A to Z of surviving as an artist. Annabel and Rosalind are founders of ZAP or www.ZeitgeistArtsProjects.comWhat […]
Performing the Change: focus on the process of discovering how to play the change notes from Performing in Xu Zhen’s March 6th in Art of Change: New Directions from China at the Hayward Gallery. Xu Zhen What is change? Play […]
‘Performing the Change’ | Li-E Chen Day 5 Discovered constructing time and knowing how your body work in different durational contexts action action without action 1 sec 60 sec 30mins every 60 seconds change performing the change took part in […]
Tate Modern, London
18 July – 28 October 2012
More on empty spaces Saw this pair of shoes devoid of feet at Sheffield train station yesterday, owner nearby, though I have cropped her out to protect her anonymity. Don’t expect she is an a-n reader but you never know. […]
Novia based artist Leroy Parkinsonne is known for his ambiguous and slightly odd wall paper paste murals but he has also worked with nylonica for many years, using computers to generate aleatoric compositions. In this new spoken word piece, recorded […]
Ever since I began this project for most of the summer it has rained, so I had a chance anew to get out into the landscape in the last couple of weeks. Drawing in the landscape is a special experience […]
“Why does He always try to keep at a distance from me?” It asked. “He doesn’t like you,” I replied. “You’re all the things that He doesn’t want to be. You embarrass Him, following Him around.” “But that’s pathetic, if […]
World Event Young Artists brings together 1,000 artists from 100 nations for a 10 day festival that opens in Nottingham today. We profile some of festival’s visual arts highlights.
A part-time theatrical costume maker battles for justice for Yorkshire artists, alleging that vested interests were at play in connection with a Cultural Olympiad grant.
The Whitney, New York
13 June – 28 October 2012
