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i’m in the last few days of the christmas holidays now and am really looking forward to getting back into the studio…to this end i’ve been planning how to spend the next few weeks/months the dissertations finally due on the […]

Getting going – Anna Francis We have just had our second meeting now to discuss progress of the QR project. I don’t think we have a name for the project yet – I am quite sure that one was mooted […]

well i was right, america is a long way off & i was fine. the flying bit took ages and after my second flight i decided to sleep instead of driving. which was the right decision, it allowed me to […]

Stills from my new animation sequences. I’ve found myself zooming into tiny portions of the frames – to exaggerate the soft, grainy texture of the projections and to abstract the imagery as much as possible. I think of Karl Blossfeldt’s […]

For a week I have been mainly horizontal on a diet of paracetamol and hot 7Up, but now I’m back ready to take on 2011. A few things to work on first – my library books which are due back […]

Walked through the centre of Beijing, around the forbidden palace. Haven’t done this since 1997 when I was first in China. It has, on the face of it, changed less here, at least in terms of architecture. What has changed […]

Imagine the noise if social media was spoken, rather than written.

Arrived in Xiamen yesterday. The flight with Hainan Airlines down here was slightly late but uneventful. They are apparently much improved these days, but still have the look and feel of a budget airline, though not in the same way […]

I move into the studio on 10 January, just in time to get some serious work done for my MA which I am picking up again after a year out next week.

I have started on my new years resolution of making sure January is one of my most productive months yet. I have recently been made redundant so have a lot of time to sort things out and prepare for my […]

Guess the most sort after present this Christmas? my iPad! everyone from six month old baby to academics wanted to get their hands on it. Why? because of the apps. Here are some of the favourites: Brushes,(painting) Angry Birds ( […]

I flew from Chongqing to Hong Kong on the 11th December and after a weekend of tourism I returned to Manchester on the 13th December. As our residency in China is now over, this blog will now be paused. It […]

Happy new year! This is the first post, and definitely a beginning, but also this project has been in development now for nearly 2 years… researching, planning, testing our ideas and fundraising. We ran a pilot programme in 2010 for […]

All has been quiet over Christmas due to flu and the fact that college closed early due to snow meaning I couldn’t access my work, I had started a series of drawings which I had hoped to continue; now all […]

I have started about half a dozen posts since the end of last year, all of which have remained in a folder. Some even said ‘Merry Christmas’ and ‘Happy New Year!’ My blog to, date has maybe come to an […]

HMS have been invited to exhibit in Seoul, S Korea in April 2012 by Professor Lim who showed work in the Exhibition Space last year. I’m hoping make it to the PV. better start saving.

Here’s a short video intended to be seen as a loop running alongside the Gimme Shelter material. It’s based on a childhood experience of suddenly seeing my bedroom upside down. It may or may not represent the psychological landscape inside […]