The first video piece combines digital imagining with light reflections and manipulated sound to create a haunting experience of the past inhabitants reawakening and escaping. This was created working with live doves. The second piece shows the images of live […]
The first video piece combines digital imagining with light reflections and manipulated sound to create a haunting experience of the past inhabitants reawakening and escaping. This was created working with live doves. The second piece shows the images of live […]
Friday 13th May Private-view at Oksasenkatu11 Gallery This evening we visited the Private view of Silent Wishes at Oksasenkatu 11, an Art exhibition and silent auction in aid of disaster relief fundraising for Japan. Oksasenkatu 11 are an artists run […]
The processes at the moment seem to be involve lots of talking and not much doing. I’m finding it frustrating at one level, but enjoying on the other. The frustration comes from being taken away from my own practice and […]
I can’t believe it is nearly three weeks since I returned from my trip to London and only now am I getting to my neglected blog! How is it a change in physical location causes such a disruption to work […]
I am just back from a weekend in Brighton performing the Customer in the Artist’s Open House Festival with the assistance of Permanent Gallery. The performance took place in Spiral Charity Shop a warm and cluttered old fashioned charity shop. […]
Friday 13th We have a short but sweet meeting with artist Mikko Kuorinki before we arrive at Oksasenkatu11. Mikko rented Antti’s studio during his residency in Bristol last year. Mikko was leaving for Denmark in the morning but is kindly […]
Finally got in to see the potential space for the exhibition. Dating back to the 1700’s it is steeped in history with various ancient officials looking down from gold framed portraits above the exhibition floor. Discussing with the curator, it […]
Richard: Experimenting more today as putting together images for upcoming submission. collating images for proposals and stripping relevancies down to five or so ‘representations’ of your work, is an interesting process! Found some good corrollations between images I might never […]
Ross: Watching Richard collating his images for proposal has given me food for thought. Although we are not strictly working collaboratively, we have a need to learn from each others work. We must adjust to accommodate. Not only does this […]
the white cube has been delivered, so very exciting. lots to sort out and do – my list is getting bigger & Bigger. time seems to be going quickly so far. the boat tour people have their boat sailable this […]
My head is still everywhere. I know what I am doing within my research and studio practice but still feel out of sorts with everything. This week I had the use of the Centre for Drawing again (no one else […]
FIFTH MONDAY I selected readings on silence and solitude for the Artist Retreat Day I am running at St. George’s Arts, Esher, this Wednesday. Noticed the importance of nature to artists and writers. Simplicity. Went down to the sea to […]
I catch myself wishing that my January trip to India would not just feel like a long distant memory. I gathered there a lot of material for thought and for practice but most of all, I learnt that managing the […]
Progress I had a call from Carla Moss today who is curating an exhibition at Greenbelt Festival this year. The theme of the show is text because it is the 400th Anniversary of the King James Version Bible. She called […]
Time of our Lives…challenging perceptions of older people We were just about to start filming the soft rock group Steamer Lane on Saturday in the middle of Stirling when they started: the South American pan pipers with all their amplifiers […]
Whilst halfway through a year long residency project at a secondary school in Wrexham, I began a second, year long residency at a Hospital in Bangor. Having just finished the school project i am now half-way through the project in […]
Beth Shapeero – Hanging Gloss Westgate Studios Project Space55 Westgate, Wakefield, WF1 1BS, UK Saturday 21st May 2011, 12-6pmSunday 22nd May 2011, 12-4pm The Prince Albert in Studio A6 will be open from 6pm on Saturday 21st May 2011 (buzzer […]
Temporary Art Show 3 Part 2 Wednesday 25th May 2011, 5-9pm Westgate Studios Project SpacePrudential Building55 WestgateWakefieldWest YorkshireWF1 1BW http://aliceandbobcurate.wordpress.com/ For the second installment of Temporary Art Show 3, selected artists and collectives present diverse works of sculpture, installation, drawing, […]
PROSPERO’S LIBRARY EXHIBITION For the London exhibition of Prospero’s Library, the artists involved included: Books: Les Bicknell, Tracey Tofield, Theresa Easton, Nicholas Wright, Annabelle Moreau, Evelina Schatz, Mikhail Pogarsky, Evgeny Strelkov, Nazir Tanbouli, The Point and Place Collective (Julie Brixey-Williams, […]
Studio Shed | Update I have been working on several canvases for an upcoming group show curated by my fellow student at Bucks, Danielle Teper. The exhibition will be at Wolfson College, Oxford, June 12th-July 1, 2011. I do have […]
We’ve all been really busy lately, with our own individual projects and practices, but here is our itinerary for the SAM WEST visit to Helsinki and Tallinn Thursday Travel from Bristol to Helsinki Arrival – meet with Antti (at the […]
Friday 13th May Arrived in Helsinki late last night, a much more pleasant flight experience than the usual Ryan Air cattle shed. After an all too brief night’s sleep we were up again at 7:30 to get to our first […]
Barbara Walker, 'Same Difference (after Lorna)', Charoal on paper, 2009. Photo: Barbara Walker. Courtesy: Barbara Walker.