Steamer Lane, rock group of retired professional men challenging perceptions of growing old. They are the first to kick off my project “time of Our Lives” with a performance in the streets of Stirling.
My tendency is to reduce or develop everything to ‘single things’ — things which refer to nothing outside, but which at the same time possibly refer, or relate, to everything.John McCracken I am sad to hear about the death of […]
Well, the time has come to head off to Chongqing to undertake my research project there. I can say that I am very excited and a little bit nervous too. It has been a busy few weeks, getting ready, finishing […]
Its the break before the beginning of Phase Two. I’ve been struck down with inertia. I miss my sketchbooks, they are in the hands of the university for assessment as is all the research since October. Today I dragged myself […]
It appears that the relative calm I felt last week was merely delusional, as it’s full on proper stress time now. To complicate things, my boys are now on half-term from school, so the next couple of days will be […]
When I was with some artist friends recently we were looking at old photographs of when we worked and lived together and talked about the amazement of looking back over the years and the power of photography and film to […]
Phew! It looks like this crazy plan may just have worked. The installation is all but complete, needing just labels on Tuesday to have it ready for assessment on Wednesday. Once the moderators have done their stuff on Thursday it […]
I have been re reading Poetics of Space this afternoon and wanted to include some quotes from the chapter ‘drawers, chests and wardrobes’. In particular I am intrested in thinking about the wardrobe as an image of intimacy “…as also […]
With Forth Valley Open Studios less than two weeks away it is a hectic time for us all. To add to the pressure this Sunday we open our garden to the public , along with several others in our small […]
28/5/2011 I joined Sue Mulroy for a firing in her wood kiln at Blackwell Farm Life Centre above the Derbyshire Dales. Sue built a fast fire kiln from Ray Finch’s design with help from an Arts Council Grant in 2006. […]
Up to Northumberland next weekend, for an exchange project with VARC. Myself and another four artists from the NewBridge Project are involved in a project called Response: A Rural / Urban Conversation. (http://www.varc.org.uk/news/2011/05/28/response-a-…) Bascially, this involves camping there for three […]
