June 2011 Black Isle Residency Funded by RSA Residencies for Scotland Bursary in association with Creative Scotland and the Cromarty Arts Trust As the bus made its way up the winding highland roads my face split into a grin. I […]
So… I seem to have many threads to tie together (hence the title) What started as an exploration of the balance point between comfort and constraint (think really comfy armchair you then can’t get out of)has become something different. I […]
The day before degree show. Work has been assessed. Sketchbooks and research files to be taken away, degree show to be fully set up. What is the title of my installation? Hmm… got approximately 6 hours to figure it out. […]
I’ve been working with the Chisenhale since April this year to prepare a workshop event, a schools project and a publication as part of my Live Art Residency with the gallery. The residency responds to Janice Kerbel’s exhibition KILL THE […]
Here’s a photo from the Family Day workshop back in April, with explanatory video below.. The Chisenhale press release outlines Kerbel’s work KILL THE WORKERS like this: “Following the conventions and mechanics of stage lighting and dramatic genres and forms, […]
memories of the rag trade the seagulls talk about it we dont listen still girders hold vigil
Note to self: Straws may be better – less chance of them stabbing people with the sticks. This is after a correspondence with the centre over materials needed. sigh On the plus side though …. I was interviewed over the […]
It is now Day 7, and I feel like I am starting to know my way around, and I am getting most of my materials together, research undertaken, and I now need to focus on really making work. I still […]
Apart from multiple trips to post offices in various welsh villages as I post my exhibition over to Berlin, (I’m sifting through which ones to show so it’s more complex than is at first thought), there have been some moments […]
My feet had a good time aswell!
Caroline Broadhead using clothing… www.a-n.co.uk/p/61026/ and Tilleke Schwarz using embroidered text…
Things are moving on slowly, no closed doors as yet so far. Tentative contact has been made with the artists whose work we feel will take the show where we want it to go. The proposal has been passed on […]
Sporting League: Game 9 Universo continued their free scoring top of the league form with a three goals to two win over Bombaya. Universo gaffer: ‘I’m amazed that teams like Bombaya have started to insist on financial support in the […]
Loose ends of a Live Art Residency at the Chisenhale Gallery
Cooper Summer Residency is a space for artists to reflect upon and experiment with new ideas and strategies that will extend their practice. The residency is based on a desire to investigate the means and potential of working in an […]
The Emergent Art Show went well, I think, it all happened so fast! The show was very diverse particularly liked Nathan Eastwood’s Room at the top. The text that accompanied Eastwood’s image within the catalogue spoke of the role of […]
been ages since i have managed to get on the computer and as you can see i am not alone so there will be typos if i manage to post this. Its been deleted once already. So quick summary of […]
Today has been very interesting – YanYan drove me to the New Campus of the Sichuan Fine Arts Institute which was welcome change from the hustle and bustle of the city. The new campus is on the outskirts of the […]
A truly good book teaches me better than to read it. I must soon lay it down, and commence living on its hint. What I began by reading, I must finish by acting.Thoreau This week, whilst finalising my piece for […]
JL: I’m already feeling the benefit of the trip, sitting on the train reading through notes and website pages I printed off on current projects and activities of those we will meet. I also have my copy of The Perverse […]
JL: Meeting with David Berridge Our paths have crossed with David on different occasions in the past couple of years. He was a fellow writer with me and Charlotte for the publication RITE, I personally took part in his Art […]
This summer’s DJCAD residency will feature emerging artists who work with video, audio and installation. Valentina Bonizzi, Sam Spreckly and Kim Walker are the selected artists who will be spending 4 weeks together as they transform the Cooper Gallery into […]
’ve been annoyed today, waiting for call backs about information to do with the snee snaw project. intellectually i know that i’m probably one of ten people waiting for a call back about something. it still doesn’t help me overcome […]
It was like that film Blown Away. I had two choices yesterday red or yellow. I chose yellow, and today i found out it was the wrong choice. The result was that all of the work for an idea I […]
We are getting good publicity in the Stirling Observer for our Forth Valley Open Studios which starts this weekend . They have given individual artists a half page spread in the four weeks leading up to the event. Geographically our […]
