If truth be told, it’s quite a task not to dwell on what I can’t do. There’s a daily list of what draws me/needs to be done/requires urgent attention and choices need to be made, not only in art-related matters. […]
Went over to Chorlton for the Arts festival last week and delivered a couple of workshops/events…the second one was a bit experimental to say the least, people were invited to come and meditate on Chorlton green. Initially i intended asking […]
A couple of days on and two of the stones have the background plants painted loosely in. Since the insects are the key point of the illustrations the plants do not need detail. Time on this project is limited so […]
Monday We had an interesting lecture that gave an overview of the art world from Matt. It was really useful to have all the information compiled and laid out methodically, felt I gained a better understanding of how things connect […]
Joseph Young, Vice Chair of AIR, to conduct research into artists’ pensions.
… spaces are to be explored spaces lacks bounded by somethings not-beings becoming events surrounded by their silence shadows exist in wide open spaces (if some attention is paid) traverse re-travel map ignore overlook re-discover it is not possible to […]
Well, all settled in at a great value place, anyone in need of a place to stay for a residency would do well to check out the Wimdu site! Had time to go to the British Museum yesterday, checked out […]
For all those who are planning to come to the private view on 5th July here is a link to the “First Thursday” event that sees loads of galleries openings happening on one night: http://www.firstthursdays.co.uk/ Great place to plan a […]
Ready for assessement…
Sophia Burns gives us a peep at her diary as she watches Paul Scott’s sign poem for the first time….. My first impressions after watching Paul’s poem Three Queens for the first time…. movement in space…I like the way Paul […]
DIAMONDS AREN’T FOREVER Age is a funny thing. The Hartlepool Mail did a follow up article on the project’s progress. I obliged , mentioning the singer Marion Davies and ex Mayoress Betty Brotherston. On the one hand it’s good to […]
Spent much of today stripping the tatty bits of fabric off, giving the shed a brush up, then removing the fabric that isn’t vaguely red, white or blue. I haven’t got my usual crew with me… Briony and Elaine have […]
Myth and Homage: Merz in the field Merz spent a day in a field, drawing just one image of the grass. I’ve re-enacted this with a view to create a personal ritual and homage. Merz fell upon a personal discovery […]
Site Gallery, Sheffield
2 March – 14 April 2012
Running up to the performance last week, I wasn’t listening to anything else but the sound of my own voice, and the sound of my recorded sounds. Whenever I did, I found that I forgot what I was trying to […]
hours: unknown, but I’ve renewed this book eleven times. Reading is research, everything is evidence. From a conversation started through Un sou pour vos pensees (2012) came a rough quote attributed to Einstein along the lines of ‘What does a […]
Look out for the series of free workshops being run as part of the Comma Project for the New Ferry Butterfly Park. These are being run by the six artists in residence up until mid September. To-day I ran a […]
more photographs from todays workshop
Photographs documenting my work from 3rd Year.
Braved the rain today running a workshop as part of the Big Lunch in Dover making pom poms for DAD’s “Olympic Arch” project. Was good fun as well as slightly chaotic when 66 French schoolchildren all wanted to take part […]
Tomorrow I travel I have new pants for a new project – so I am ready!
