Exhausted after hanging my work for When the Walls Come Down. I now know how to use a drill – not sure how I got away with not knowing for so long but anyway …. Husband thinks I’ll be putting […]
Can’t believe I haven’t been blogging, just told our artist this month Iain Broadley on facebook that he should be blogging and realised I haven’t either haha. Pot/Kettle/Black Anyway…………….. This month has been mad. Work is crazy busy and I […]
I’ve not written on this blog for a while, what with making short but daily entries on Shedding at the moment, and having things happen with Julie and Franny on Going Public, I can see you all getting a bit […]
Filmed over three years and premiered at last week’s East London Film Festival, a new film about Bob and Roberta Smith offers a fascinating insight into the life of the artist.
Last week’s Olympic Art Review conference looked beyond the headline-grabbing Arcelor Mittal Orbit to explore the social, cultural and economic agendas behind London 2012’s Art in the Park.
On Friday I’d arranged to go up to North London at midday to pick up a newly framed piece. This was my week’s one and only, carefully planned outing. A process of mobilization is necessary which starts about 48 hours […]
Well, it is finally all over…. Or has it really just begun?? Having seen some spaces that I would really like to build a rapport with (Elevator Gallery, Centre for Recent Drawing, Sumarria Lunn) I am now ready and excited […]
New work: Self-portrait, Acrylic on mirror, 21 in x 13 in, 2012 A few people have asked if I sell prints of my work. I can document my own work – it’s the politics I am not sure about. Where, […]
JANUARY TO JUNE Ten miles there and ten miles back Revising journals from travels around the UK and over seas from the past 20 years, since that last Preston Guild. Observations conversations reflections and projections. All roads lead to Preston […]
Ideas Matter Sphere – Pattern Completion – Neuroscience meets Visual Art & Sound Elizabeth Murton, http://www.elizabethmurton.co.uk our ZAP / DIY Educate Colleague also runs http://www.ideas-matter-sphere.com a catalyst for cross disciplinary discussion. Below are my notes on the intriguing talk I […]
It was the last day of the exhibition, the last day invigilating, and the last tie left to the university and the college. She stared at Laura’s installation, streaming, insanely vivid spirals of sprinkler hose, strimmer cord and yarn, and […]
If Lost Please Return Winter turns to spring Express meetings Radio towers Chimneys in a field, the train does not stop until Coventry Lou Reed songs in your sleep Seathwaite stepping stones Barrow in Furness, Keswick, Coniston The temporary company […]
I have just had a long conversation with Hungarian filmmaker Tamas Tatai about his proposed film about “The Children of Craig-y-nos”, a book I co-authored with Carole Reeves. It seems he has a screenwriter working on a treatment who is […]
Location seeking Historical contexts 800 of the PRESTON ‘GILD’ collaboration with EXISTING information Librarys Museums and streets Souvenir programmes and catalogues, monuments and signage in the city Editing and reducing texts Planning a site specific installation Collaboration with historic Preston […]
Reflections on: ‘Pedagogy of the oppressed’. Paulo Freire (1970). Man’s vocation is to be a subject who acts upon and transforms his world, and in so doing moves towards ever new possibilities of a richer life, individually and collectively. Every […]
The Showroom: Art vs Rehab Focus Group Series http://artvsrehab.com/ A series of focus groups exploring ideas in different settings in London. Organised by Hannah Hull www.hannahhull.co.uk; www.twitter.com/hannahhull_uk 1: Criticality and Evaluation within a Culture of Optimism. 2: The Role of […]
Institute for International Visual Arts (InIVA): Social Archive Two: fluctuating economies in Shoreditch. www.iniva.org A 3-year project (Art at the intersection: art & economies) exploring critical and creative approaches to economics. Workshop (30/6/12) with Undocumentary (Shiraz Bayjoo and Jessica Harrington) […]
I keep thinking about The Lemonheads song ‘Into Your Arms’ in relation to blog writing. Not that I consciously turned to my blog when I was ‘alone’ but retrospectively I realise it was a place I turned to as a […]
My first blog ‘Keeping It Together’ came to a natural end when I moved in to my studio. ‘Keeping It Going’ picks up where that left off. Will I be able to maintain a blog at the same time as […]
