The Home Stretch (or grasping at something) The MFA Thesis show installation begins in 9 days. Suddenly the studios are a hive of activity. Across the way my neighbour Ivan is putting the finishing touches to his sculptural works and […]
Do you remember this space…..? One of non-movement; stillness….. the strength in retreat? The heart is strong and it burns with passion and rage. Never again to encounter the passing now. There, writes me…. Is there a poet near? Beloved […]
They were impressed, it was a difficult decision but they don’t want to put me through the stress of a huge arts event and concluding my MA. I went all the way to Dorchester today. I passed the teddy museum […]
A record of my two-year residency at Lime, an arts and health organisation. The residency gives me and three other artists free studio space and access to equipment and resources, in exchange for working for Lime one day a month.
Ten studio days over the next couple of months to find a rhythm. Daily exercises as a discipline and as a structure to build on. Time to experiment.
Day two tomorrow when the second half of the year group (150 children) go out onto Dartmoor to investigate the landscape and decided if it is a ‘theme park’, or wilderness. There has been an interesting resistance for people to […]
The battery operated eraser pens arrived in the post today. Marvellous. They alllow you to draw into charcoal with clean lines and sharp edges. Just one of the tools we’ll be using on Art on Armitage. My Moo cards arrived […]
So, I had my assessment for my PGDip phase. Now, i’m my own worst critic, but I don’t feel that it went well. However, last month I collaborated with Video artist Lucy Cheung to create a video for an exhibition […]
Studio Swap Residency – Days 3 and 4 Nature is perhaps the most complex word in the languageRaymond Williams, Keywords A personal ban on accessing the internet during my days at CAC has been fantastic for my concentration: I’ve been […]
I had a really good meeting with my supervisor today. She was really positive about my current body of work and how I’ve developed it so far. The question now is what so I present for my assessment. Next week […]
23 March – 30 April 2011
I received some pictures of the performance and exhibition. I’ll post them here. Below is my artist’s statement on the works in the exhibition: The Olympic Conspiracy (2009) Video. Duration 2:53 The Olympic Conspiracy is monologue that ironically adopts the […]
Studio Swap Residency – Day 2 These fragments I have shored against my ruins.T.S. Eliot, “The Wasteland” The piece is made of five parts. Each part is a visual representation of the shifting interplay between Nature and Culture. Colours (grey, […]
the good intention of updating this blog at least every week fell at the first hurdle, but i’m back at least. Since last writing I have been put in charge of organising our MA show. A brilliant opportunity to brush […]
This week Ania and I met in London for the second installment of our five Socially Engaged Adventures. We visited the Womens Library to see the exhibition: Handmade Tales: Women and Domestic Crafts. The exhibition had some fantastic examples to […]
My current work with Howe has been selected for presentation at The Second Mad Artists’ Tea Party to be held in Bedford this Saturday! The event is billed as ‘An afternoon of meeting, eating and performing for artists based in […]
