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I’ve always liked the idea of festivals. Since a school friend absconded for a weekend for the Stonehenge free festival, returning with tales of body-painted hippies on acid, druids worshipping the sun, a peaceful gathering of alternative folk with no […]

I forgot to mention that I have a new job too :) I leave Liverpool Biennial next week after 4 fantastic years to be ‘Activity Plan and Volunteer Manager’ at a Heritage restoration site in Kensington, Liverpool. A beautiful old […]

Le Chef-d’œuvre inconnu d’Honoré de Balzac. Added by Axelle

Today i’ve been working on two drawings with the same subject in preparation for the work I will do in Schiedam. The first, which I finished today, I have been working on over the past 3 weeks, the second i […]

I was pleasantly surprised that my month long residency at the first floor at Highbridge studios and gallery – the large empty first floor, during July inspired me to write so regularly. Often the space was dark, stuffy, and dusty. […]

I have used the energy of the first meeting at the Oval House to get some things on paper, video and to make some images. The fun of trying to find the exact kind of cigarette case and lighter that […]

I’m thinking 6m x 10m or so. That’s fairly big, is it not? Ultimately the size will depend on location, but it’s not just a case of bigger is better. I have had a few thoughts on alternative placements, too. […]

Unbelievable we are over half way through 2011 and I am still finishing a project with the end date being the last day in 2010. Never the less I have completed the first stage of the November Challenge, which was […]

This week I learn about the importance of sleep! And food! Also how helpful an orderly work process is. I’ve been working on a short essay for an Artists Talking artist, that hopefully next week I can expand upon in […]

Ruminating on William Cobbett’s tour and his 1821 Norfolk and Suffolk Journal, here is a portrait of him. Found a good, informative site when thining about tours of Britain, much to read and digest about hisorical, lierary tours through Norfolk, […]

Today I have been clearing up all the bits and pieces left over and abandoned in my studio from before Edinburgh. A scene of horror and devastation unlike any other. As my work depends on lots of scrappy bits of […]

A curator’s musings towards writings. . . some informal notes regarding the Head & Whole Exhibition, August 9th – September 3rd 20II, Abbey Walk Gallery, Grimsby. Monday 22nd August – Post I Third week of the show. Alone in the […]

While I’ve been mulling over the Gynaecology project, I’ve been getting on with other projects. I’ve got two things on the go at the moment. One is a artist’s book about Hulme which I’m hoping to get ready for the […]

Myself and Peter the sound engineer for the project have met and discussed what is going to be possible to create inside the vacant shop unit that we have secured, paying close attention to the budget that we have available. […]