
Playful Order: artist Jeni McConnell explores Halton’s Collections
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Back soon photo shoot On Friday I had a mini photo shoot in my living room to produce an image to go onto my cardboard cut-out. Originally my husband tried to do the photography but it just wasn’t working, luckily […]
With reference to Jane Boyer’s comment below. Essentially I think that the merely tasteful is not Art, but Art objects can be tasteful. Taste objects are class based tribal totems. Art objects can take any form. The distinction between the […]
Opening on the 180th Anniversary of the Liverpool and Manchester Railway, inside the buildings of the oldest existing passenger railway station still in use, “Dream Machine” will celebrate the first journey taken between two cities through a series of large-scale […]
I’ve been feeling a bit shy about writing on here of late. Its because I know that I’m struggling a bit with my emotions at the moment and although this is supposed to be a blog where its okay for […]
The difficulty with working with materials not traditionally combined in art production is that they have a habit of going spectacularly wrong. Sometimes of course, that produces something really promising but mostly it means going back to the drawing board […]
Okay so the Internet isn’t morphing our brains into weird malfunctioning humanoid organs. Phew http://tiny.cc/6tyis
I’ve been thinking a lot about my text works over the last week or so and particually how they will be seen or precived by a wider audiance when installed. This made me think about the most contemporary form of […]
Just under a week ago I attended a symposium at University of Bolton called “Performing Arts and Health.” The day long event celebrated a new research lab opening at the university which looks at the wider role of the arts […]
Search Party took Lincoln on in a marathon game of ping pong. The Bristol duo, a performance company, specialise in participatory work that looks to actively engage the audience in actions that often involve sport, and competition. Over the course […]
I am actually struggling with the amount of time I now have on my hands. Having spent the past 3 years working during the day and editing photos in the evenings and at weekends it is disorientating to have all […]
right, my knowledgebale film photographer friend has diagnosed the problem. the swiss photographers camera has tiny holes in the fabric of the shutter material, hence holes in the image, the more pronounced the holes, the longer the lens cap had […]
THE SHOW OPENS ON THE 13TH BY APPONTMENT. PRIVATE VIEWING ON FRIDAY THE 17TH SEPTEMBER. PROJECT IS ALMOST READY- CHAOTIC COLLOSAL GALLERY SPACE / INSTALLING THE WORKS WAS FANTASTIC EXPERIENCE . WORKING WITH THE CURATOR LOUISE ASCHROFT HAD BEEN UNIQUE.
i won a bursary, i am so chuffed for so many reasons. the money is an obvious help, £200 is going towards accomodation and travel, but i am also excited about the filming. i have made several films in galleries […]