A project by filmmaker Sam Firth is causing a stir following reports in The Telegraph and Scottish editions of The Daily Mail and The Sun that the artist is being paid £160 an hour of public funding for standing still next to a loch.
ICA: Institute of Contemporary Arts, London
25 January 2012 to 25 March 2012
where was I.. passing through Antwerp, a curious place… whilst there I was struck by how it would be the perfect city for a novelist to live and write, it has all the elements, a hugely diverse population, a notorious […]
I am in the final year of a BA degree at City & Guilds of London Art School. Painting is my main activity, but I also enjoy printmaking and drawing. Our degree show will be in June, and I will […]
Knitting the sky – Knitted Week I’ve taken a photo of the sky every morning since Monday with the intention of recreating the mood and colour of the sky through the medium of knitting. I’m not a knitter but it’s […]
Today has gone by in a flash. Only two cups of tea for example. I’ve been synchronizing the videos: an alarmingly slow process of overlaying them semiopaque in Final Cut then editing them piece by piece while I wait for […]
I keep another blog through tumblr which up until now has been about the issues I have faced with my practice and what I am doing leading up to our degree show. I find blog writing a really useful way […]
Inside the gallery we are comfortable to put ourselves in situations that we might otherwise avoid. If we were approached in the street to go and see someone’s apartment or a space some had made would we do it? The […]
I have visited the new studios in Portobello road a few times and made myself familiar with the area, the refurbishments are still ongoing and our first goal is to set up the group show for the 21st Febuary. At […]
The sliding scale for art and craft could tilt so much that there’s so little craft that, it is so very fuller of art that it makes you wonder; how did this appear in the world? How did it arrive […]
Tapies is dead. It was with a profound loss I heard today of the death of Antoni Tapies. I still remember that ‘shock of recognition’ when I first saw Tapies’ work back in the 60s. Very few artists have ever […]
Waiting…… the frustrating part of ACE funding ( well, one of several frustrating things!) . There are a few bits we need to sign off, but need the money to come through to do it. For all out there who […]
Following a meeting with those kind official folks that are helping me set this thing up, I’m now knee deep in information on organisational stuctures and sample constitutions. Have decided to ring round a few folks I know who are […]
Passive aggressive posting shall be kept to a minimum from now on. I suppose it’s bound to happen whilst blogging, sharing both frustration and inspiration. I think a lot of it has to do with feeling undervalued, when people aren’t […]
(BA) Fine Art Sculpture and Time Based media at Manchester School of Art.
BA Fine Art (Painting)
I had a wonderful studio day yesterday. I really like being surprised by my own work and I was. I also received a mention on twitter yesterday from Donnalee Downs, which sent me to her blog, Gone Postal. I had […]
This walk is the least stimulating walk I do. I have several walks and the golf course is the most boring. I never meet anyone……except once I did see a guy with a set of clubs practicing his golf, this […]
