Sometimes the case really gets to me. The trigger can be unexpected. This time it was a recent case Jem had picked up on the web – Haydon v Charlton which went before the High Court of Justice in Dec […]
A beautiful morning is a good start to the day. Sunshine, clear skies, a gentle swell to the sea, and large islands of smooth, flat sand. What is it about these pristine fields that is so appealing? I’m not sure […]
I’ve been hanging around on this website a lot lately, trying to relearn my elementary BSL in front of a mirror: http://www.bslhomework.org.uk/index.php Two years of Mandarin Chinese lessons in my teens have left me with about four words of the […]
The LAN is no longer funded at the moment, and securing more funding to continue future projects is now critical for it to continue. I’ve submitted an LAN NAN Futurific bursary proposal. I’m generally doing this while having mass panics […]
The project lurched through a tumultuous final few weeks before the exhibition was scheduled to start. The holiday period over Christmas and New Year with children and other family around cut into the time available for the final exchanges, and […]
there was a time when i just drove a car. for a production role i held, i learnt to drive a sixteen ton truck. the key to driving a commercial vehicle was the observation and planning. in real terms it […]
Market Research We just found out that our grant application for the next stage of the ‘Origination’ project was a success. We will be undertaking a residency in Brixton market this summer, working with local communities to explore Brixton’s rich […]
The Cure for the Common cold Colds: I have been talking about this with my friend across the road (Jim the plumber). Actually I feel like a plumber; always working on another job and not the one I’m suposed to […]
Can you just give up art? Apparently when the chips are down you just call it quits be thankful for the education and the experiences and then opt out and pursue another goal. You can do that. Or you can […]
This last week I have not had any language exchanges as my partners are in their home towns and with their families for the Spring Festival. So, I’ve concentrated upon the performance’s form a bit more and I’ve hit a […]
Second site visit to the Oceana today. This is one of the locations that Rednile had a Factory Night event a while back, and I put in a proposal for a project to take place there as a result of […]
This time next week I’ll be in Stockholm preparing for Supermarket Art Fair. I’m getting there a bit early (two days) because I know that I need time to settle before starting work. We start the actual setting up of […]
I worked with 30 children from South Dartmoor Community College; together we collaborated on creating on mapping their emotional landscape. Seven maps were created in all and were the product of a course – Emotion Mapping – I helped devise […]
A beautiful spot and I thank Morag Colquhoun for recommending this rural idyll. Brian and I like less curvy & aesthetically pleasing Nigella Lawsons get the dinner on a mild curry with peas, pineapple, tomatoes, olives and a sprinkling of […]
While Brian’s group get down to some weeding in the Boulder Garden my team are off to the Woods of the World. The Garden staff have obviously spotted the potential of me and my team as we stride up to […]
Interim Show at the Nunnery Now that our assessment is all out of the way, our focus has shifted to our interim show ‘Futura Bold/Futura Oblique’, which is at the Nunnery in March. We’re splitting into two shows for this […]
We leave late especially as we are heading North and today is the day of the longest drive. This was a mistake especially after having to stop for cows in the road and road works. The group must have been […]
Why I Am Not a Painter- by Frank O’Hara I am not a painter, I am a poet. Why? I think I would rather be a painter, but I am not. Well, for instance, Mike Goldberg is starting a painting. […]
As I drifted off last night, I listened to the whooing of high winds around the window. Now and again, the rise and fall of the wind played a taut wire into a gargling screech. I could imagine this sound […]
I wake on my back staring at the canvas. It feels far too early but I can’t get back to sleep. I try to read for a while, drawn to Brian’s snoring I consider various elaborate ways of waking him. […]
We feel completely lost without Christine and to think I was worried about the way the group might react to a ‘outsider’ hitching a ride then getting off. We are quite lost without her directions too and find it difficult […]
I should really try to write more often. I am after all, treating this as a report of the collaboration between the Norwegian group and ours, which will be handed in, like an assignment, at the end of our project. […]
It’s Friday and the Cerbyd ladies have that Friday feeling belting out a storming rendition of Aretha Franklin’s Respect as we travel behind a bin lorry on the winding B4366. The winding roads eventually lead us to the home of […]
Over the weekend, I went to Cheltenham to set up “Down”, ready for the Open West preview on Friday. The curators have kindly given “Down” its own dramatically dark room in which to be displayed and as I worked away […]
