Tonight I’m going “talent-spotting”. They won’t know that’s what I’m doing. I shall be a spy. A member of the audience like any other, but with a secret agenda. To find singer-songwriters to play at the July ShedSongs event. It […]
Some Work (2012) Some projects never make it out of the studio. Perhaps they are under-developed and abandoned before they get the chance to become work. Other projects are over-developed, banged out of shape by an over-thinking that scares us […]
Just being with Marilyn, one of my great helps in this project. She is secretary of the “Aragon Lace Makers” and a lover for quirky historical things. We are preparing a workshop this Friday to teach “Bobbin Lace” to my […]
Just a short one mentioning a new Cardiff Art Group, BIT. They presented their first show with two of the members, Ifan Lewis Lewis & Tom Winfield. Apparently the show was a great success (I say apparently because I couldnt […]
I met with an ex-colleague- the talented Mr Gary Spencer, yesterday. The idea was to hone my ACE application into something akin to fund-atttracting gold. The reality was an interesting discussion on the limits and difficulties of applications and just […]
Last week I had a lot of progress within my work. I needed to build some boxes to house my wax pieces, which are to be illuminated by torch light and viewed by a keyhole sized gap in the box […]
From today’s journal: Laura’s image holds up a mirror to my own to reveal what is outside the frame, namely me, the photographer. For me, seen together, the diptych asks, “Where are you?” What is your position within the photographs […]
Clearing up the office for our imminent move to the Toffee Factory revealed the archives of an early version of our website (August 2003) – then with the url www.anweb.co.uk. Safely stored with all the other archive zip disks and […]
Posting this a week after I completed the run. It’s been a strange old time with mixed feelings and emotions: exhaustion, part relief that it’s over, amazement that I managed it, and a feeling that there’s something missing. After having […]
Today I learnt how to do stone lithography. It is one of the most tiresome processes I have come across and is very labour intensive, not for the faint hearted! I think you definitely have to be a die hard […]
With the rest of the flexi-ply prepared and ready to be put on the final structure, tomorrow I am all set with bleach and wire brushes to scrub clean the studio floor. This is because once the structure is up […]
Process, process, process From Saturday the 17th we have been taking part in a collaborative workshop here at Tokyo Wonder Site. Split into 3 groups of 8 people – each group consisting of some UK-based artists (British, Irish and Portugese) […]
I think it’s safe to say I’m not the most verbal blogger…! But I will endeavour to do better, as this is my last 6 weeks in Pietrasanta. To be honest my silence is largely due to finding one piece […]
The Value of Art after March 11? Or perhaps ‘The Value of Art in a disaster?’ One of the questions that has been reverberating around the On Site Lab as we think about New Community Design in the context of […]
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. Cool, damp marble. Tracing rusted veins that run along the surface. […]
Forgetting and remembering. I am fascinated by Sam Firth’s current project as discussed here at anwww.a-n.co.uk/p/2069921/ www.a-n.co.uk/p/2069921/ and reading her blog http://staythesamefilm.com/ led to some interesting reading on memory and related contemporary practices. For this I am most greatful. I […]
I am very excited about the self portrait image dialogue I have undertaken with Becka Viau at Nova Scotia College of Art and Design in Canada. Among other things, I enjoy seeing how the same project can feed into completely […]
Images from recent weeklong project in cooperation with Buren College of Art, Ireland. Solarplate workshop and ‘time and location’ exploration organized by David Ferry and Laura Lillie, Cardiff School of Art and Design.
I received the book ‘Magic Power Presence’ by Iris Books today in the post. It includes a video still taken from my video ‘Path’ and a short description. In their foreword Iris (an artists’ book collective based in Dumfries) writes: […]
Just returned from a long weekend at my sister’s shiny new home in south Devon. I’ve been planning to go since September, but with open studios, The Case and bronchitis it has been difficult to find a weekend which suited […]
Uploaded: Latest Work: Heaven Have Mercy (Unedited) Performance: www.youtube.com/watch?v=FMxOZj3h0kc Filming again on Wednesday the twenty first of March, public performances and screenings are in the pipeline. Hello nose ring, my old friend, I’ve come to wear you once again. I’m […]
Reporting back from a very constructive meeting with representatives from AIR. 1. AIR to have its own public facing pages under the www.air-artists.org domain 2. a-n to similarly have its own public facing pages under the www.a-n.co.uk domain. 4. These […]
Took my dad out to Margate on Sunday for his upcoming birthday and enjoyed cupcakes in the sun, followed by a visit to Turner Contemporary. The irony of it being Mothering Sunday is not lost on me! Today I’ve been […]
Kathleen Watkins and St Ives. What a weekend! Went to St Ives, Cornwall, to leave in a new sculpture for the spring exhibition at the Penwith Galleries (the gallery of the Penwith Society of Arts). This gallery is very important […]
So, fist day of bloging. Just saying Hello. Will upate soon. Had a 2 hour meeting with Lyndall, my project manager and Jennie, curator producer of Bedford Creative Arts. lots to tell about. xa