It strange being in the Orangery, a mixture of space for me to work and explore while feeling isolated and disconnected from the rest of the park… I’ve realised my discomfort comes from a lack of security and a fear […]
A question… would any of you artists and musicians be interested in retreating to my shed, placed in beautiful surroundings, in order to make art, think, write, play? This is a general, as well as specific query. At the moment […]
Andrew has been working incredibly hard organising trail guides, supporting artists with installation, making posters, and then just as we thought it was all done… Ta Dah! We secured The Belper River Gardens as a venue to do Andrews interactive […]
This is very important! All studio providers should check whether or not they qualify for small business rates relief. At the moment small businesses in premises with a rateable value less than £6000 per annum qualify for 100% reduction. Yes […]
INTRODUCING… 5 BY 5 Last night was the first of our monthly events. We’d invited 5 East Sussex artists to talk about their work Pecha Kucha-style. The brief was that each artist should talk for 5 minutes about their work, […]
It is interesting returning to your old and own culture, with a refreshed pair of eyes. Before I left for China, myself and my partner had decided that after I returned, we would move out of London. It has been […]
Coleg Menai, Bangor
11 June 2011
Aimed at improving the mobility of artists into the UK, published recommendations add support to the campaign for changes to the points-based visa system for visiting artists.
MK Gallery, Milton Keynes,Bucks
8 July – 18 September 2011
Haunch of Venison, London
27 May – 20 August 2011
Museum of London, London
31 October 2010 – 28 February 2011
Thoughts on taking my wardrobe to Margate… I don’t have many thoughts just yet to be honest, still a bit weary from a long but lovely day by the sea. This feels like a useful place to chew things over […]
Summary of last night’s collaboration meeting with Iain Andrews: Abstract Acrylics Ceiling Cuts Draping Environment Flayed Hands History Joins Left Masters Melting Movement Outline Plinths Right Rolled Scale Sea Sewing Sinew Skin Slimy Terminator Titian
Sporting League: Game 3 Athletico continued their one hundred percent record with a stroll in the park against Drakens…Universo Collunteen won three nil against an Olby side that look to have returned to mid table mediocrity…Green Tree bagged another three […]
We are now in the run up to the final MA show. The work will extend my research on cities, which has become focussed on subjectivities in the context of modernity, especially that of the flaneur. I submitted a text-based […]
I’ve spent the evening reading but I’ve decided to take a break courtesy of Gielen (see post #4) by making my labour invisible, being lazy and reflecting (Geilen). I’m going to save the last lesson (destroy brain with drugs) for […]
I have hit life in UK back with a bump, and although I am enjoying the food and company, I have all the job/home/studios issues to sort out as expected. I arrived back to Chongqing from Xian on the 9th […]
I’m pretty nervous about writing on the topics outlined in my blog intro. But as a young creative, struggling to make a living as a freelance art writer, I know how easy it is to peruse the sparkling, clean-lined sites […]
Had a nice day at the centre yesterday with Carolyn. With the Library being closed, it was predictably very quiet, but then, we were warned about that. I wonder how other residencies fare ? Looking through some of the blogs, […]
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generally f’d off. just annoyed, full of cold, first time in a month for childcare for art and not money work and i am panicking about being skint. i’ve had bt engineer out for phone line and probably have to […]
Please see http://standpointfutures.tumblr.com/ for invite to five sided tug of war event taking place in Hoxton Community Gardens on Saturday 23rd July, as organised by Anthony Schrag as part of his residency at Standpoint.
I have to admit to feeling rather disillusioned lately. The problem comes from an incongruence between my intellectual and emotional response to the world as a whole. I’ve started my first residency and have been feeling rather isolated. I have […]
According to the psychoanalYSL collective “Criticality’ (which is a word that doesn’t even really make grammatical sense) has become the necessary smokescreen for art’s absorption into capital” (‘The High Weiwei To Hell’ 2011) Concluding that; “Whilst the cult of Ai […]
