Language used around socially engaged practice is what we are looking into to start with. Some of our reading: Artists and Curators Talking – Neighbourhoods and Neighbourliness
ARTFORUM / Feb 2011 / Collaboration Now Tom Holert on Joint Ventures: http://artforum.com/inprint/issue=201102&id=27403 In the same issue there is a great article by Julia Bryan – Wilson On Craft And Commerce Unfortunately not available on-line.
‘Art is a guaranty of sanity’, a quote from Louise Bourgeois, on my postcard form the Pompidou centre. Have just come back form a 24 hour visit to Paris for the press launch for the festival. All in french of […]
The sun shone today. I picked up a pencil and felt energised. The Coaltit is doing well to ‘survive’ this long. Sometimes I can happily draw with hardly a care.
The Athletico boss was furious at how his side appeared to roll over against league leaders Novia. ‘What was that out there? We just rolled over and buried our heads in the sand. I’ll tell you one thing…none of those […]
– my work is the ‘run boy run’ series of monotype drawings I am going to animate one day. It may take me all year. I’m going to be persistent. it will take some tenacity and discipline. Spoke to a […]
In November I was invited to put together an exhibition for The Studio Gallery at Pitzhanger Manor House and create an installation for the House itself. The exhibition title – Void Void ventures into the unknown, exploring the potential of […]
I am naturally an untidy person. However, one consequence of my Wednesday book illustration classes is that the house is more organised. The sessions are going well. Penny has written numerous stories for the grandchildren, but always without pictures. As […]
Last weekend I went to the Drill Hall in London for a matinee performance of four plays written and performed in BSL by Deafinitely Theatre. Particularly engaging for me was the continuous bilingualism that went on throughout. The plays all […]
Main focus still on applications at the moment. 4 down, 2 to go, 1 accepted, no rejections to date. Have been busy working on a series of traditional drypoint etchings which will form one layer of the final piece working […]
Kate V Robertson (part 1) February 10, 2011 I’m now ten days into my Creative Lab residency at the CCA, and I am getting quite accustomed to the luxury of a huge, heated studio. The views on to Sauchiehall Street […]
I was looking again at some photos I took when I arrived in Beijing and one in particular caught my attention. It shows the skyline at dawn and the moon still glowing in the early light. What struck me was […]
Jack Hutchinson reports for AIR from the second annual State of the Arts Conference, organised by the RSA and Arts Council England.
Setting up an artist led, performance action specific studio and event space; this is a place of action. What has been, what will happen, performance action NOW. ]performance s p a c e [ is formed of Associate Artists Bean, […]
Working in collaboration with Onebeech garden design, Steve Papps and writer Jackie Bennett we are creating a concept garden for the 2011 International Festival des Jardins at the Domiane de Chaumont sur Loire,France. The garden is called the takeway garden […]
