A moorhen. Drawing with Bert Jansch and then Little Richard. I thought that I would make some observational studies, but as soon as I began, I found that I could work in only one way, hurried and gestural. Inappropriate music […]
Started the day sortng out the house ready for the arrival of Mary Ellen, Midday spent at the Caunton Beck making the final arrangements for Jem’s parent’s diamond wedding celebration. An afternoon updating the website and emailing the open studio/Plastic […]
Six cuts so far. Not that bad for a week’s wood carving as a complete novice, and they’re no worse than paper cuts. Starting from scratch in a new medium has been terrifying, frankly, and I’ve started to recognise a […]
Some strange sort of reputation as a UFO spotter? This was forwarded to me….
The flimsy-posters arrived today, ready for sending to Aid & Abet, or taking out to our Tour tomorrow when we think about Operation Charlie. There are 3 of each – one for the UFO Tour archive to take to the […]
Open Skies When Dave Evans (the artist from Royal Standard) sent an email expressing an interest in our Touring Territories project he mentioned his initial curiosity ” to see if an area with a reputation for flatness looked to the […]
We took down the Play Nice, Now! show yesterday. Anticlimactic, innit? Only just about recovered from all the wine I drank at the PV Friday. It’s now Wednesday. I’m getting old. It felt not unlike moving house. Had help from […]
From Leeds Student, 12 October 2011: Next to Nothing: An Exhibition on the Price of Nothing and the Value of Everything “Interested in a ‘Diploma in Artwank’? Or just looking for something anti-commercial? The latest exhibition by Black Dogs, as […]
This morning the postman bought me a parcel – with a box wrapped in the old fashioned way with strong brown paper and string in it. Inside – a beatiful nut brown wooden ‘Collection’ plate, the kind used to take […]
META-LIBRARY as part of Add To My Library Vol.III In addition to the public installation-Emblem Billboard, the interior gallery space hosts a participatory floor-based installation in which Mitrentse collaborated with local booksellers to create an ephemeral Meta-Library where the audience […]
Critically engaged practice based research is not occurring today. What felt yesterday like a clear concept, process and outcome feels quite insignificant today. Perhaps that means that it is occurring? Whatever it is, it doesn’t feel good so I may […]
Working away, developing ideas, rewards at home In the period since I returned from Schiedam I’ve been busily responding to open calls for residencies and exhibitions. The realisation of Motus:Immotus in Schiedam has brought me to the realisation that this […]
Homework Done!
i’m one of the four artists at nottingham trent university in the aa2a scheme. i didn’t realise there was so much support alongside the use of the facilities. i’m looking forward to wandering around the libary and researching in the […]
My experimental print was still drying, maybe I should have used normal acrylic instead of the golden open brand. Because I’d taped it to the glass printing sheet it meant I couldn’t produce any new prints so it forced me […]
Eternal present. It is Monday morning, I am tired and handing out tea and chocolate biscuits to Annie and David. I took the precaution of buying three packets of biscuits yesterday so that one might remain, packet not biscuit. They […]
SLUICE I have very wide feet. In order to order some new shoes from an online company based in Derby I took a pre prandial trip to Clarks for measuring. Incidentally I have just heard that all the art spaces […]
I’ve printed the black and white images taken of details of Rendlesham Forest that caught our attention and even, perhaps, seemed significant at that time in that place. I’ve called them ‘traces’ , of what? Context is paramount, it seems. […]
MULTIPLE OCCUPANCY Harriet Hill and Jenny Steele 19th– 29th October 2011, Open Wed- Sun12-6pm Open Day Event – Saturday 22nd October 2011, 12pm -6pm South London Art Map Last Fridays – Friday 28th October 2011, 6-9pm ‘MULTIPLE OCCUPANCY’ is a […]
I’ve had a really productive day. Been working on We’ve been Re-distrubuted a lot, the digital prints are now made and I have decided that they are going to be printed at A3 on to A2 newsprint paper to create […]
I am still painting my moth wings, snatching time from other things and occasionally getting a few consecutive hours to work. It’s so intense that to be honest I can only work well for a few hours anyway. For some […]
