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The nice thing about this village was the unpretentious and down to earth range of small shops and the friendliness of the place.. also these gates.. I met with Luciana, a teacher in the village who had spent her whole […]

Five Conversations. one half of a performative lecture which took place 16 03 12 at the Harris Museum, Preston. Based on field notes from February visit to Florence. 1. Here we are in front of the cast copy of the […]

It’s a beautiful day. My entire body is aching. I don’t feel well. I have the curtains closed. I can hear construction workers outside. I emailed my tutor two reviews, a commentary and this blog as part of a module […]

MY TELEPHONE ROMANCE Eurovision and singing with Bob Hope and Julie Andrews are some of the highlights of Marion Keene’s career. She began singing at the age of 14 with dance bands and before that danced and sang, lit by […]

Today I am feeling very business-like. Some days you pither about getting nothing done. Other days you have Bees in Bonnets and set about the day like a Headless Chicken, a Whirling Dervish, or a Cliche on Caffeine. Today is […]

Many are the means by which happiness is delivered to the human soul. For me, I like finding money in the washing machine. It’s like an accidental, imaginary savings fund. An ominous clink revealing itself to be the joyful chime […]

I have been watching, as if from afar, how my various environments have changed over the past few months(nearly 6 months-eek!) since I have relocated from London to the North West. Living very near the city centre, my partner says […]

I’ve just seen the PULSE festival proof before it goes off to the printers, and am now scared. For some reason, I had blithely misread the previous emails telling me where I was performing, and assumed it was the nice […]

The exploratory work on the lighting of the vitrine is now concluded at this stage. The final lighting states will be set once the tanks are filled and the haze levels set. The ‘sublime’ tank is now side-lit with 4 […]

It has to be said that this year has been by turns eventful, inspiring, fun and hopelessly steeped in obstacles for me but by jove, there is light at the end of the tunnel …and boy is it approaching fast!!! […]

Day 4 Calmed down a little from yesterday’s fabulous news. Today I’ve been working on some of my own ideas along with being the eyes and ears of the POST artists back in Liverpool. It’s been a really interesting process […]

Six For Gold

10am -7pm. Spent the day clearing my big studio space to move to another, smaller studio in the same block. Just can’t justify the extra expense anymore. So – have spent the day slashing and burning ……..and still no discernible […]

Bit worried about the art critic aka my little feline companion. She needs to have an operation tomorrow and a general anaesthetic :( Currently she’s stalking around mewling and looking rather upset she’s not allowed to go outside or have […]

Yesterday(Monday 26th March)- My latest deadline- Collaborative Project. Our brief was to create a piece of work in a partnership,we were given around 6 weeks to create the work and after pulling names out of a hat my partner and […]

Hello fellow artists and final year students who, like me and my college friends, are getting ready for our ‘Degree Shows’. With the pressure of art history dissertations and professional practice units our of the way, the fun really begins…the […]

Day 3 I think I’m too giddy to write – just skyped into a meeting in Liverpool from Istanbul. Various artists studios, collectives and organisations were meeting to talk about Liverpool Art Month, which we’ll be part of in May, […]

The Museum of Domestic Art and Architecture has proven to be a wonderful resource http://www.modamuseum.blogspot.co.uk/ The collection includes a number of publications that will help to describe the Me Then Now home and studio to those who may be interested. […]