The penultimate day we installed the vinyl leaving just labels for the day of the opening though things ran close to the wire. One of the more unusual aspects of the install was having students playing the grand piano in […]
I had work today, so not much time for anything else but I’ve completed quite a few ‘inner beauty’ pieces. It’s strange how different these pieces are from each other, probably not noticable to anyone else but over time my […]
A Project Space trip out to view St Margaret’s Church, Cley. This was to provide a context for the inaugural Queen of Hungary talk on the 24th. Isabel Vasseur will, amongst other things, discuss her vision and approach to curating […]
As the visual arts officer in Halton, based at the Brindley Arts Centre in Runcorn, I manage a wide variety of projects, curate exhibitions and work with many interesting artists. There’s always so much going on that it’s difficult to […]
A space for review and reflection of my own practice and others.
Hidden Landscapes Project is an Arts Council funded research and development project. Focusing on the fringes of the town Letchworth Garden City in North Hertfordshire, the project will involve individual research, collaborative engagement and a discourse with the town, its […]
My next performance will be concerned with the seemingly opposite actions, drawing and running. I will over a week run between 5 venues, some arts based and some non-arts based whilst drawing. This is planned for May in 2012 the […]
Nicola Smith Response #6 Hello Michael, It was really good to meet you last night I know you must be really busy. Struggling to find 11 11 11 on twitter could you forward me the name and the host site […]
A lot has happened over the past week or so, and most of it, but not all, has been good. I won’t dwell on some of the not-so-good parts. Having said that, at the time of writing this the internet […]
Slightly warily I’m going to start blogging again, after quite a long time off for me. I’m not wary because I doubt the value of it but more because I doubt where I’m actually going with it and fear that […]
So today is a dissertation day…which means tackling my introduction. I’ve been avoiding it so far…not being sure what bits to include. Is now the time to make the connection between colour and femininity, not to mention all other aspects […]
Richard: Very much a matter of fact? The mad rush towards opening ‘Ipso Facto’, was in the end not so much of a mad rush – Ross had his wall drawing to do and, in and out of other jobs, […]
Yesterday was the start of a new integrated practice for me, and it seemed to go well. Combining art and running is something I should have done a long time ago. I hope that art will help my running and […]
Round two? The 5 days have now dragged on to 10 days and I’m still no further down the line. I don’t want to give anyone the impression that I’ve been working on a funding application flat out for 10 […]
Sporting League 2010 – 2011 Game 11 Pointeso continued their rise through the Sporting ranks with a goal to nil win over bottom of the table Drakens. Sporting Radio Pundit L: ‘I think I witnessed a goal out there today […]
I was hoping that as I will only be posting on this blog for about a month I would post something every day, but already I’ve missed one. I’ve been ill for a few days and yesterday when I got […]
Well, things have improved a bit since my last post. Though I’m still struggling slightly with loosening up my painting, I’m becoming more comfortable with it and am keen to get these paintings finished and move onto some new work. […]
I’ve recently been creating collages of photos I’ve taken, mainly of Tinside Lido but also of other non-places. I’ve found that collaging the photos and then painting over the top of them can create some really interesting effects, and this […]
I am in the “quiet zone” or the “angry coach” as I like to call it. The man next to me is typing noisily on his laptop and I, usually a very forgiving person, am ready to rend him limb […]
Yesterday I was thinking and discussing intellect, emotion and instinct. I was asked where does instinct come from and does it evolve? I’ve started to do a bit of research into this. I’ve re-checked out Performing the Body, Performing the […]
