Having crossed paths again wiith the culture of the Etruscans, in the form of a new museum display in the ‘Altes’ (Old) Museum, Berlin, which houses Greek, Roman and Etruscan art, I decided to look more closely at the Etruscan […]
We officially finished the Cockfight project today; Jon took his stuff home and we hung out in the studio talking about what we’d do next. Naz spent the day playing with cardboard, making huge colourful freaks. Starting tomorrow we’re doing […]
Craft and Art. Is there really a difference? The students from the ‘fine art’ module came to see my work the other day and continued to refer to it as ‘craft’. This irritated me as I would call it art. […]
So, its March and we are starting to panic. So much work to do and still lots of fundraising and events planning to do. We literally need thousands of pounds for the Free Range Show (little bit over priced perhaps) […]
Guinea Pigs and Art … I am currently writing this from our somewhat lively studio, as clearly panic has kicked in and people have started to fret about work and deadlines. There is what seems like a house being built […]
I’ve spent the day writing a piece for the 2011 Degrees publication. In truth most of the time was spent deleting as I had 600 words to describe the last ten years of my career. Right now I’m watching Rocky […]
Temporary Art Show 3 Part 1 Wednesday 30th March 2011, 5-9pm Westgate Studios Project Space For the first installment of Temporary Art Show 3, selected artists and collectives present diverse works of sculpture, installation, intervention, performance, drawing, sound and video […]
Anna Beam & Lois MacDonald The year is 3012. The Human race continues to thrive. Due to over population on Earth, Mars has been terra-formed, and now supports 30% of civilisation. The planets biggest export is Iron Ore. Soap Opera’s […]
Hondartza Fraga Hondartza Fraga is interested in using souvenirs and domestic objects (‘Blank Globes’, ‘Mappa’) to force a dialogue between the domestic and the remote, suggesting narrative and contradictions between seemingly unconnected subjects. In this way, a drawing of a […]
Milk, Two Sugars Society is in a mess. Enjoy your fickle pursuits whilst you can. Nothing goes on forever. We are all dust. We ought to get the maximum thrill from everything we do because one day and not as […]
Matthew Smith Matthew Smith makes projects in sculpture, drawing, photography and video, which deal with fictionalised and idealised representations of nature and place. His work explores human kind’s relationship to and philosophical distance from the natural world, rejecting the idea […]
26th March protest march yesterday. The reason I got up at the ungodly hour of 4am to take a 6 hr coach ride to the capital is that I fundamentally believe that the public sector cuts the government are imposing […]
i have taken some time from all the preparations for the Degree Shows to do some work and to rest. It has taken so much of my time and has exhausted not only me but also my fellow students. WE […]
Fine Art
BA Fine Art Set in the developing and widely establishing Waterfront Ipswich Marina docks. Just outside the town centre. Part of the School of Arts and Humanities the vision of the course is growing and enhancing the Arts in the […]
The Sporting League: game 19 Bayerns remained at the top of the tree with a hard fought 4-3 win over Delta. Delta boss: I can start to see the green shoots showing through. I think the supporters will need to […]
I want to use my beady little eyes of a laboratory mouse to stare back at my fellow mammals… what kind of livable world are we trying to build?Donna Haraway Last weekend I went to a Northern Arts and Science […]
Elsewhere There Have Been Protests Monika has contacted me again for an exciting sounding show somewhere in the heart of the east end. Such “exciting” contacts tend to send me scurrying into my basement studio to look for things I […]
