Started yesterday hoping to complete another work. I suppose it may seem as though they are coming thick and fast (and it will carry on that way for a while at least) but it is the final burst following a […]
This is my first post, as we opened Studio 75 last week as a space open to the public. Each of us is taking turns organising or curating events. The first show was curated by Nazir Tanbouli, with drawings by […]
Today has been a good day from a business point of view. I finally heard back from Air France Customer Care and they offered me a full refund. That was the most I could realistically hope for and I am […]
Then there was the lecture and tutorial with Fred Mann. This was extremely helpful; not only did he go into great detail about gallery systems and how to make an artwork marketable, but he also gave me a good deal […]
Well now that I have a studio there is no excuse any more for small pieces of work that are screaming to be bigger. Presented my work to fellow MA students yesterday at CSM and came across as someone with […]
I had held my ability to string three blog posts together in doubt. But here I am. Since I last wrote I have been on a dubious research trip to the dog track in Yarmouth and embarked on an Ebay […]
Today I presented the idea for my installation to the Gallery and discussed the most immediate problems it presented. The idea is great BUT… Problem 1: Pitzhanger Manor house is a grade 1 listed building so anything I make must […]
The blog came to a bit a stand still at the end of October. After a bit of a break I have missed doing the writing and will be writing again about events, research, work and future associated projects. The […]
Sporting League: Season 2007-08 Sporting Radio: ‘Well it’s another season where one has to blink at the sight of Colne at the top of the table after just one game…also interesting to see Novia beat a rather sluggish Chamber Athlete […]
Today was a total write off. I’ve done nothing except writhe and cowl in darkness.
Morning spent at the pasting table fiddling with bits of paper, which was pretty joyous. I go into some kind of trance and move things around till the placing feels right. Worked in some photographs of my mum when she […]
Eat My Hat 10 Gales Gallery in London from 8th April to 10th April 2011 Featuring the work of student artists, Eat My Hat sees the second year’s group show which brings together work that aims to challenge a wide […]
I managed to get hold of a big fish yesterday, not the plastic sort you might sea in a fish restaurant that I had envisaged, this was a soft one with more detail than is normal. I am not entirely […]
The dog that hangs around (and jellyfish that have minds) An idea that may or may not involve hanging a dog from the ceiling, which ceiling I am not so sure. Not this ceiling it is too high. Not just […]
Been an engaging and interesting experience so far with this project. Taking my experience working with this school and the last project and in that I will be working with the whole year group, which means 300 plus children, the […]
The last 3 years have been massively productive and creative, but I am still not sure what my practice ‘is’ . Am I process led, am I conceptually based, is it aesthetics that drive my decisions. Does any of this […]
i was asked yesterday what does john harris want to make work about? i started looking around the room, looking at my note book, then back around the room trying to formulate the answer i thought that summed up this […]
A pretty standard week last week. I spent most of my studio time working on the two boards that I made up and prepared the week before. I attempted to give them the feel of time passing or of time […]
I have 10 days to make an installation work for the ‘Home from Home’ show in Leeds, opening 11th March. This is my first attempt at blogging to document the process of making a particular piece of work before, and […]
Creativity and Collaboration in Times of Austerity. Biting Back Symposium on Monday 21st March 2011 in Birmingham! http://biteback.org.uk/
The book is on course and discussions are ongoing with Lily Publications,the Manx National Heritage Foundation and the Isle of Man Arts Council. Now I need to start selecting which images I want to use and also which images I […]
A video I made in the beginning of the third year, in October, which shows different household objects on a split-screen. The appliances start one after another, their sounds adding up, getting louder and creating an uncomfortable, not exactly homely […]
degree show proposal time… its due in on the 9th so i made a start today!!! I’m planning on making a group of networked architecture, basically a series of objects around the school of art which are linked via webcams […]
A few weeks ago, I ended up meeting a friend who lives locally at 3.30 am for a midnight stroll. I was up as I had been out with friends and knew that there was no way I would be […]
Novia are the champions after beating their nearest rivals Red Star comfortably on the last day of the season. Sporting radio: ‘Well, Novia couldn’t have wished for an easier way to get their 1st Sporting title….the celebrations will go on […]