Pa-Pa-Pa-Pa-PAPAPAPA-Pa-chin-kooooo! One of the things I most wanted to do before I arrived in Tokyo was go to a Pachinko Parlour (‘Tokyo-GA’ – Wim Wender’s film again -has a truly beautiful sequence shot in one – watch here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rur5k3BCSI8 ) […]
Stephanie Douet is in her studio working long days at the moment, finishing several sculptural works for a deadline in a few weeks time for Sinopticon. She’s been researching chinoiserie and making the work for what must be 2 years […]
Just a passing thought. Today is a ‘sorting out finances’ day, so nothing of creative merit is happening. However I do feel compelled to mention how great it was to have some creative discourse outside of university at the weekend, […]
I have just been asked whether the new website will allow co-authoring of blogs. The simple answer is yes we intend to build this in. We are thinking that one or more subscribers can adopt a shared profile under which […]
the roads in Wales were like this when I left for my journey.. the technique with the black line is supposed to represent some sort of film strip..
Leg1: Premier Inn Thurrock West to Brentwood Holiday Inn (10.5 miles approx.) Writing this from my room at the Brentwood Holiday Inn, which indicates that I have managed to complete the first leg of ‘The Great Orbital Ultra Run’ in […]
I’ve been designing a few different gallery spaces based around our studios which will become our gallery in the degree show. I’ve been struggling to decide what I want to achieve from a space and so have created a few […]
It is five years since I was researching studios. I was given some sound advise from studio managers in Leeds, Nottingham and Southwell Artspace. I was told to ensure the structure and paperwork was in place from the start.. This […]
I’ve been suffering from an extreme case of ‘overload’ today – with the resultant symptoms of ‘headless chicken’ and ‘rabbit in headlights’ lack of productivity. Keen prioritiser that I am, I decided to do a bit of therapeutic/meditative label sewing […]
Anna took a video of the space so that we could show our friends that weren’t there. It is good to get a feel of the space. Video of the Rag Factory
The book man came along today with a large array of shiny new books. I found a couple on animation which I snaffled and will hopefully give me some ideas on how to film my next project :D Yay for […]
FORM, FUNCTION AND FATALISM Playing catch-up with this blog – but I think it is worth outlining the background before moving on to a more conventional day to day blogging approach. Just before Christmas I was told there were a […]
(…continues from previous post) And so? well … once I had pressed the online ‘send’ button there was no going back. Once it had gone I started thinking of all the ways I could have made it more persuasive. I […]
Nottingham Contemporary, Nottingham
28 January – 15 April 2012
I saw two really interesting shows this week – Hanne Darboven at Camden Arts and IC-98 at Beaconsfiled, Vauxhall. Both of which I have reflected on in my entry ‘Marking Time’ http://lisamuten.wordpress.com/2012/03/04/marking-… It was my first visit to Beaconfield. I […]
I’ve hit the ground running at my studio these past two days, achieving a lot. I have yet more to achieve for the work to really animate the space, but that is exciting. I was lucky enough to have an […]
