been finalising the schools ‘deep learning day’, where children will be undertaken some field research. They will then be taking this back to school to compile and place in their specially created containers. The crucial question I’d like them to […]
It was necessary to start another blog. This sister blog if you like, charts the progress of the project I’m pushing forward in Salisbury. In short I am juggling two blogs. Try as I might, my juggling skills are seriously […]
It’s been a fixture list brimming with injuries, namely to Novia’s no1 player as they went down 2-1 at home to a bruising Dons side…Red Star narrowed the gap at the top to just 2 points after dispatching a fatigued […]
Back to civilisation (well, connectivity), central heating and my family – ah lovely – after a bit of a cold wet stay in Italy. I was back in Pietrasanta to finish a bronze. It was great seeing lots of friends […]
I have been meddling with some moving image as part of L/B/P. An element of the project has enabled us to identify our needs in terms of support and CPD, and working with digital media was something we all needed […]
to o p e n three women, three countries, three labouring intense, concentrated and meditative durational works. Helena Hamilton (NI), Maria Dos Milagres (PT) and Stephanie Hurst (USA), each transfixed in solitary repetition committed to their actions. These bodies opened […]
I had a little test read of a short ‘googlized’ text with Jia and it does indeed sound quite funny when the two of us read it. For Saturday we will try it out as an introduction to the main […]
Assessments are all completed and the results are in! With a 64% achieved in Theory and a 60% in practice I can safely say I’m a happy bunny … I think I need to back track here slightly as I’ve […]
Spent part of Monday researching textiles and other materials. This involved going round shops including Matalan, Primark, and Wilkinson’s. I realise I must have looked highly suspicious studying various odd articles in minute detail, not least because I came away […]
Socially engaged / shared / participatory / collaborative practices – these are some of the areas that we are looking into as part of our research and co-mentoring. We are interested in artists/artist-led projects / organisations working with people and […]
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 […]
