introduction, part 2 Intriguingly, Pirandello sustained an enduring interest in the relationship of his plays and stories to the structures of film and in fact tried thirty-nine times to get ‘Six Characters in Search of an Author’ filmed, without success. […]
Attending a fine art exhibition like ‘Nothing Like Something Happens Anywhere’ (6 July – 2 September 2012) at Chapter Gallery, Cardiff, Wales is enough to make an abstract artist alternate their previous style, from violent brushstrokes to calming detail; from […]
Watch out for the forthcoming Frazzlement 58 event at the neo-hipster gallery bar – Hiller Space Temple in Pointeso Eastern zone. Former DJ turned foodie critic Marlon Acebridge: ‘The Hiller Space Temple oozes the Pacifica Village feel of Athletico harbour […]
I still seem to be playing catch up after the holiday; there’s a real sense that I’m clearing the decks in preparation for some hard work ahead. I feel in limbo with regards to 10 x 10 as there’s nothing […]
A blog by Anne-Marie Creamer for ‘The Treatment of Six Characters’, to begin production during residency at the British School at Rome, in Autumn 2012. ‘The Treatment of Six Characters’ refers to an unmade film Italian playwright Luigi Pirandello wanted […]
What a good surprise to find Emily Rosamond’s Choice Blog review this morning! I want to think more about the Bergson coils, which remind me of these vertiginous attempts I’ve been making to capture time in writing, when time stays […]
Different Expectations What do people expect from Open Studios? Well, we have just had back the results of our Artist and Visitor Surveys for Forth Valley Open Studios, an event now in its third year. It has thrown up some […]
Managed to catch 2 things on the radio that I enjoyed today; John Gray on Radio 4’s A point of view, talking about J G Ballard and memory and Tacita Dean on Radio 3’s Private Passions; John Gray was before […]
TWO FUNERALS, A BRIDGE, AND A DAY IN TEESSIDE What it is to be human. Life is such a weird thing and I am aware that my own personal creative drive has been fuelled by the need to make sense […]
Currently Reading: Harriet Hawkins – Visions of Excess: Michael Landy’s Break Down and the work of Georges Bataille. Published in Angelaki: Journal of Theoretical Humanities, October 2010 Hawkins talks about Landy’s work Break Down as “unbuildings” and compares to Bataille’s […]
Today was my youngest child’s birthday. 7 today and if it is as they say in ‘7 UP’ – ‘show me the child at 7 and I’ll show you the man’ then I’ll be pretty happy with the way he […]
D A I L Y S T U D I O S H O T S 31/09/12 When you are ready for your degree show, it is very good karma to lend others a hand. Here, Conor Maguire wants to […]
D A I L Y S T U D I O S H O T S 02/09/12 Interesting juxtapositions are always on offer in group shows and sometimes the results are stellar. Like two photographers side by side: one archive […]
D A I L Y S T U D I O S H O T S 03/09/12 ‘Gone Postal’, is almost a year old! Post 100 feels like a good place to stop. My degree show is mounted and I […]
Sarah Terry, 'Detail from 'Come into my Parlour, said the Spider to the Fly'', Hand embroidery on found linen, 2012. Photo: Andrew Vickery.
How brilliant was that? First night of the show, private view, posh frock, girl shoes, too much merlot! Lots of people to talk to about my work: friends, family, people I knew, people I didn’t. Flowers, presents, hugs, kisses and […]
It is the last week of August and I am working on a performance which will take place an event called The Shag, 180 Lambeth Road, London in a set of artist studios. The place is tiny, it has a […]
The Fountain art Gallery and Collection was founded in 2010 and is one of the Pointeso Scene’s first major contemporary art collections to focus on emerging artists on a global level. It opened in in 2009 and presents three major […]
Kid Vaycola – Senior deputy Art Director and CEO at design Agency and fiscal study centre Falz Co -Op discusses the Pointeso Art boom. How can you approach the Pointeso Art Scene? To learn more, I recently met in Sporting […]
D A I L Y S T U D I O S H O T S 30/08/12
D A I L Y S T U D I O S H O T S 31/08/12 http://www.jg-gallery.co.uk/
As part of the E17 Art Trail, artists at Blackhorse Lane Studios are hosting an open studio weekend and silent auction.