Well, I’m off painting my second response. I was quite nervous opening the package containing my sister’s first response piece. What if I hated it? What if I was annoyed by it? How would I be able to articulate my […]
Recent discussions have centred around the mixing of time and place. I’ve been thinking about all the places I’ve lived throughout my life. All the homes I’ve made in differene places and the time I’ve spent there. The passing of […]
During the first week of this residency, I carried out a number of walks, the routes of which I recorded using GPS.Collecting all these walks together, I created a map of all the walks which can be seen in two […]
Water and a sink – the studio can function…
It seems appropriate to post about explosions on bonfire night. As part of my exploration of how the stones in the quarry fracture, I’ve created a small work of fractured stones held together by the shot blast wire.
Still trying to get to grips with where ‘hills’ as a stilll-woolly concept might interface with an art project that I will feel passionately involved with for six months – and beyond. And further, of course, be engaging and thought-provoking […]
Another silent interlude. I’ve a post saved, half-written, about art fairs & gallerists, but it doesn’t seem relevant any more (& I’m sure that any readers will guess my views on the matter!). I’ve been battling bad luck at every […]
Two more possible photographs for this project in its final weeks. One shows the vast collection of fish species in jars, in a refrigerated room in the natural history museum, Berlin.
On the train yesterday I was reading the London Review of Books (having unrelatedly had a pot of tea with four words in its name at the LRB Cake Shop the very same day) (and cake). One of the articles […]
Flooded fields, early morning Germany. This is the kind of photograph that inspires painting as it has an enigmatic quality.
My Application was Successful My application to the local City Council for arts funding has been a success. I have signed and exchanged contracts and a condition is to acknowledge the support of the council on all publicity associated with […]
Take a look at the little ‘I am the shit, I am shit’ drawing on Emily Speeds blog if you haven’t seen it, that so struck a chord with me. Picked up the work from the last exhibition and was […]
Bracknell Gallery, South Hill Park Arts Centre, Bracknell
11 September – 7 November 2010
'The Heuristics Laboratory'.