Been Writing about Olafur Elliasson for my Dissertation He his so inspiring His Conversation with Robert Irwin ‘Take Your Time’ is worth a read.. This are been the best bit of my research so far…. http://www.olafureliasson.net/publications/download_texts/Take_your_time.pdf
19th January Project Space 17th – 19th January YES, I have myself a (cheap) laptop, so I can get back on top of my blogging, and blog from the studio, and the gallery space which is where I am now. […]
How many artists does it take to change a light bulb? I am proud to announce that we now have the definitive answer. It is four: one to change the bulb, one to hold the spare, one to hold the […]
Standpoint Futures – Confirmed Residency Program 6th – 20th February 2011 Anthony Schrag (first stage of residency – 2 week research visit) 21st February 2011 – 25th March 2011 Leo Fitzmaurice Public presentation of work 24th – 25th March 2011 […]
A Stop-Frame Animation I made a few months ago. It was the first time I used this media. I found it fitting as a narrative can be created very easily but effectively. The work explores the use of simple lines […]
I can’t even remember today it’s been so stressful, having no money is not fun. Even though I’d spent two weeks on the BIG application I found this morning that my printer was out of ink. I resolved to get […]
Yesterday my 14-year-old son rushed in from school and told me he had heard the most amazing idea that day. He said Mum, Mum listen – “If a tree falls in a forest and no one is around to hear […]
I’ve Started working in my studio So, after a midwife appointment on monday morning, I spent the afternoon retouching/chasing some small wax sculptures in my new workshop. This was the first time I’d actually sat down to some work in […]
Our dissertation and semester A feedback has been…feeded back…and I’m pretty happy with my marks. Not amazingly spectacular but a little better than I’d estimated, so I can start the final semester with a smile (hoorah!). We’ve recently had a […]
I think I’m in danger of taking my life for granted. I’ve been living in Amsterdam for three months now and I worry I’m becoming complacent about my surroundings. There is so much beauty around me, and yet it gets […]
So, it has been a while. My life is underwhelmingly the same although slightly more lacking in dissertation. Is it weird to say that I miss my dissertation? The more I thought about it, the more ideas I had. The […]
Yesterday I did a few translation experiments with different software, both that from English language websites and Chinese translation websites. So, first off was this simple instruction booklet type of sentence that distorts as it is bounced forwards and back […]
Some bad, but not altogether unexpected news with regard to funding for Art Space yesterday. I am quite sure that none of us had envisaged that it would be quite as extreme. I have been reading through the proposed budget […]
I am delighted to have been interviewed by Chantelle Purcell in one of our in house interviews: you can read it here http://coregalleryinterviews.blogspot.com/2011/01/… Below as well a taster “In this interview we look to the past and survey Core Gallery’s […]
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this blog begins in february 2011, a point in my life when i am feeling connected with the feelings of professional development, something i have not felt this strong for many years. these feelings are associated with two applications i […]
I’ve been busy doing some new drawings over the last month. They’re obviously very sculptural and mentioned in a previous blog I’m getting urges to start to make things again. I’ve been debating how I could make these, whether I […]
I’ve just spent an hour and a half shortening and shortening an email to get it into a 500-character contact form. It was an introductory email trying to describe this project and ask for advice all at the same time, […]
Today I’ve been looking through the BSL Poetry Anthology website, an ongoing research project at the University of Bristol. You can watch videos of BSL poems and click on links to download translations and linguistic analyses of each one in […]
Today is the first day of NEWMEDIA DAET FESTIVAL 2011 it runs until sunday and theres plenty of content online as well as there being installations in Daet, Camarines Norte, Philippines… My work for the festival is changing daily and […]
As puerile fantasy and adult longing grease against one another in their attempt to assimilate, they slip in-between, leaving a gap in which I have come to inhabit. One of the many things that cajole within its confines is the […]
[continued from previous post….] Anyway, the other dream I had was last night; huge engulfing, destructive waves – hmmm, there’s a pattern here, my dreams are quite destructive! – well, this time the dream was slightly different, the waves were […]
Just read a few of my past posts and know I’ve been wasting my time…maybe the exercise has been cathartic and important for me to keep this online diary of trivia going occasionally…but where on earth did I find the […]
The website is up for the degree show. Website is my job while others are busy with writing to sponsors, fliers, posters, invites, facebook pages, catering etc. We are a good team. With the website i wanted to make it […]
Time management, not easy when your part-time everything. I was up at six this morning. Made the breakfasts, and pack lunches. Then over my cuppa I was working on some designs for a gift for one of my close friends. […]