The final instruction page. Landscape! The brilliant people at Book Works have suggested redesigning the coverslip so it opens up to reveal the instructions inside, rather than having them as a page of the book. I was uneasy about including […]
Working on a site/context specific piece of work for a solo show as part of the ‘in the window’ program @ AirSpace in Stoke-on-Trent. I think I may have discussed Firewall before (and have even posted video) but the work […]
Knackered. All hung. I took too much work and had to bring some back. Some of my work is quite powerful – in the sense that it appears quiet but deals with difficult stuff. I always think it needs plenty […]
Fisherton Residency – Weeks 9, 10 & 11, Final Workshops and Preparing for the Exhibition. During my last weeks at Fisherton Primary School I have been focused on preparations for the exhibition to mark the culmination of the residency. I […]
Pattern Language In March and April I took up residence in August Art, a gallery on Shoreditch High Street. I had researched the history of the area, investigating the Huguenot silk trade and lace-making, and visited the national archives at […]
The detective – Black mass
These conversations with Iris opened my eyes to the fact that, even within the constraints of an office based performance, there were seemingly endless ways of taking the project forward. Would the performance be with or without sound? Would it […]
The ‘BIG DAY’ has gone… the band played, people danced, everyone seemed happy. There was a lot of nostalgia in the room – predominantly 40’s meets 50’s. That was inevitable given the Bigband theme and subsequent emphasis on ballroom dancing. […]
Multimedia Artist Ali Gracie’s work will appear in the Art Takes Times Square, New York June 18 2012. A Massive Video projection exhibition in Times Square , New York http://alianradh.artistswanted.org/atts2012 •Ali Gracie in Art Takes Times Square | Save the […]
Surface Gallery, Nottingham
6 – 10 March 2012
The irony in all of this. I started this blog to cover a long period of time where I thought I would be working on a series of 7 mosaics. I thought I might be in the cooler for 6-7 […]
What I really want to do is get on with practical, creative work for the final show. What I have to do first feels like an army assault course. I have this lovely pink cotton dress with slightly conical/comical bust-darting […]
Off to the Market Square again to make pompoms. The project has moved on a bit and we are now aiming to make 15 giant ones to create an impact. As part of the whole project we have succeeded in […]
Its been a busy time since last I blogged, reading, reading, looking, making reading. Showing, selling, marketing and working. And the conculsion I have reached is to do an MA in fine art. I have considered it many times over […]
It has been a while since I blogged. Life has been in flux and at busy times it is hard to make time to gather thoughts into written words. Things are settling and I have had time to make work […]
Threadneedle Prize Exhibition We are surrounded by success!Amanda Rae is now exhibiting in the Threadneedle Prize Exhibition, London. Her accepted piece of work “Leaving the nest” Is probably the most personal piece that Amanda has worked on. “Leaving the nest” […]
Sat 16th… Took a whistle-stop trip up to Birmingham to visit a friend of mine who’s a bit of a whizz when it comes to electrics: Wanted to put my mind at rest over possible issues with speaker cables, sound […]
Pretending to stencil. It’s not part of olololo or the MAO residency, but it fits in somewhere. Tamarin Norwood: pretending to stencil
