Aung San Sui Kyi, this quote is from her in Saturday’s Guardian ‘”This word ‘free’,” she says of herself and the other prisoners, “we all think that we are freer than the people outside because we don’t have to compromise […]
These are the prints I was making on Friday, when I posted I was in the studio. any feedback, critical or otherwise, is welcome!
I listened to a man this week. He told me a story of stories. He said, if he had a book, an autobiography and he asked the writer the story of that book, they would tell him a story of […]
I wrote this in draft form a few days ago and forgot about it. Life takes over… or rather – work… proposals, fixing and painting broken fencing while the sun is out… you know how it is. Rather aptly though, […]
I knew this would happen, without the facility to blog from my phone I would leave it too long and be faced with writing a novel to get up to date. I spend a great deal of my time on […]
SOCIAL NETWORKING… Just set up our Blue Monkey Network Facebook page. Really looking forward to getting some feedback & hoping for some “likes”! www.facebook.com/pages/Blue-Monkey-Network/216305941729120#!
Sometimes there simply don’t seem to be enough hours in the day to be able to do half of what you want. This whole week has been somewhat full of days like that. Upon getting back to the UK I […]
The collage show is up and running and we did the film screening last night. While not all of my selectons met with approval by the audience, in general the films were well received, especially (of course) the brilliant film […]
I am becoming a human mill. Masticating the pulp in my mouth and forming the sheets with my hands. All the documenting is done by hand also with a homemade pinhole camera which I operate manually of course. What can […]
The deadline for my dissertation project is looming near (4 May) and I am getting anxious!! I will try to post more frequently now and show you the progress of the Failure project.The book/catalogue cover is finished and awaiting its […]
STARTED PLANNING SOME EVENTS… This week’s milestones: promo card ready to go to print as soon as I get the NAN logo for it set a date for the launch party – SAVE THE DATE! 16 June, 6 – 8pm […]
The Sporting League: Game 28 Bayerns won the game of the day as they came back from a goal down to virtually eliminate pretenders Athletico from the main race with still ten games remaining….Universokept Colbreck defectors Yop Lane quiet with […]
Sue Platt, 'Miracle Man', Found Objects, 2011. Photo: Sue Platt.
Turner Contemporary, Margate
16 April – 4 September 2011
Exeter Phoenix Galleries, Exeter
1 April – 15 May 2011
Angela Jane Kennedy, 'CELL', mixed media, 01/05/11. Photo: Angela Jane Kennedy. Suspended muslin with sound/text
I think I’m to have a bit of a moan about money in this blog. I’m sure that it’s quite a blogged about subject especially the lack of it but that’s not the main reason for this though, it’s the […]
RiverText: I have been here before (Bookman Old Style) by Jacqueline Wylie For the Chorlton Arts Festival in 2006 I positioned 3 text pieces in various sites around Chorlton Ees. For one piece I placed bricks with letters painted on […]
Today I am in the print workshop (Double Elephant, Exeter) working on monotype drawing prints. Its going ok. I started with four. I think 2 or possibly 3 may work out. I am overlaying images of boys running, their silhouettes, […]