Much clucking in the coop……….an engagement in the family…how about this for my son’s proposal to his girlfriend? I wonder where he gets that creative gene from?! I spent yesterday at the Olympic Park…great events and an extraordinary venue .. […]
Since my last post I have been in a few group exhibitions, including ‘Beaten Black Blue Red Green and Gold’ in Cardiff and ‘Idiot Joy Showland’ in Bristol. I also had some new work at the Motorcycle Showroom Open Studio […]
I’ve spent several days calculating circumferences and diameters for my work at Melbourne Festival next week. No room for any margins of error as the base board has been made smaller than I anticipated. In this case, the margins divide […]
Disassembling all the work made me feel very uncertain. And time away concentrating on the research folio added to a feeling of displacement which took some time to shake off. However I got there in the end the secret being […]
Last night there was an opening in the gallery here at the studios – a painting show. It was very nice to find myself speaking with one of artists (a Finn living in Berlin) and realising that we know some […]
Here’s the piece about Watermark that I mentioned a few days ago. Taken from my personal blog:Watermark, how an idea became a piece of work. I’m currently out in Istanbul working as part of a residency for POST Liverpool. It’s […]
This blog tracks the development of a commission based around a residency at the Norfolk Record Office (NRO) in Norwich and the Parliamentary Archives (PA) in London. The project links the parliamentary outreach project People and Parliament: Connecting with Communities […]
Chair of English National Opera and former Creative Director of Endemol Peter Bazalgette has been announced as new Chair of Arts Council England. Artists and arts professionals have been sharing their thoughts about the news via Twitter.
Four photographers have been shortlisted for this year’s Taylor Wessing Photographic Portrait Prize, organised by The National Portrait Gallery.
For his Cultural Olympiad commission, Alex Hartley created Nowhereisland and embarked on an epic journey. As that journey draws to an end, we catch up with the artist.
About to start a couple of projects revolving Memorabilia and memories. With each, the idea is to revisit the past from a personal perspective to either celebrate it, recreate it or reposition it.
No idea where the time has gone to….I do seem to be arted out after the solo show….my inclination is to just do something else; so at the moment I am just doing that. Lots of reading and going to […]
I’ve returned to this blog after a 5 month gap, as I’ve also returned to Istanbul after a 5 month gap. I’m here for 2 weeks so thought I’d post a quick update. Since I left Istanbul in March, POST […]
After 3 gruelling days in court the Judge has managed to make sense of a badly drafted lease. He has also accepted the Factory Company have been charging for items which cannot be recovered through the service charge. This includes […]
Ah! Back to it. School holidays are over and much has happend since I last posted. I have had a week long residency at the Library which was interesting and revealing. Unlike the other residencies I have held for this […]
The new show Augmentationality at Vacinsoft Artspace this weekend features the infamous Lucas Haverstone and his fictional Chalker Plantation. Vacinsoft curator Harlow Hoskington: ‘We’re all about the DIY ethic over here and we’re excited about the addition of Lucas to […]
I don’t want this to sound like one huge trumpet blowing exercise, but I’m having a really good week. The purpose of this blog is not just to tell you readers what I’m up to, what and how I’m thinking, […]
A recent article featured in The Rozenbolk Times of Pointeso Zone 35. The mystery surrounding the Masel Gallery continued earlier this week when there were complaints from the public about a chemical effluence emanating from the building. Kyle Johasson: ‘I […]
Why is an event like Sluice Art Fair so important? We find out from artists and the project’s organisers.
