
Urban Retreat
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Archive
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Venue:
Close and Remote -
From:
September 13, 2010 -
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October 03, 2010 -
Location:
North West England
SETTING UP AT DEPARTURE GALLERY THIS WEEKEND 4th and 5th….. UNIT 8. TRIDENT WAY,THE INTERNATIONAL TRADING ESTATE,SOUTHALL, LONDON UB2 5LF The project ‘ADD TO MY LIBRARY’ is being transported to the Gallery this morning. We are ready for setting up! […]
A week at work without students has created a horrible inertia in me. It is a strange sort of torture being trapped in a grey empty building waiting for something to happen. It is a cliché to suggest one’s workplace […]
Deja-vu/Contradictions By now I am more or less used to the feeling of cold. It never goes away, even in a warm room I get shivers as if my body doesn’t remember how to be warm and is constantly fighting […]
I feel quite distant from the text I just wrote, and distant is a positive description in my case. I have always stayed away from making autobiographic work and will continue to do so. Each time I tried to ‘inject’ […]
Just grabbing a minute to do this blog between feeding and bathing grumpy children! Managed to clear a little bit of space in the shed whilst the younger one had a nap – I am expecting a visit from a […]
A quick call out: A mixed show of contemporary art work from 20 Powys artist. The Andrew Lamont Gallery Theatr Brycheiniog Canol Wharf Brecon LD3 7DS 10th September – 3rd October 2010 I will be showing three of my residue […]
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I thought I was finished with the making of the work for the fellowship show but I think I need more for ‘Pores for Thought’, making 5-6 more. I also need more ‘Illegal Logging’ pieces. I’m sending three for an […]
Saturday 4 September. Day six.
I don’t know what to paint/draw. Need to live/read more. Good time to get on with one of those commissions. They have pretty distinct briefs, specifications.
FLAG I, II, III – (My Emblem) ADD TO MY LIBRARY Hand pulled, Acrylic Screen Prints on hand made paper/book covers. Each of the images has been printed on a unique handmade paper derived from my Library/ book collection. 60x80cm […]
Anyone else grappling with titles? to title or not to title and if titles then how to find them? i have found myself turning to and reading Seamus Heaney’s poems and dipping into translations of Chinese poetry – Poems of […]
THE HARSH WINTER OF THE GLOBAL ECONOMY I discovered several days ago, that unfortunately the British Antarctic Survey can no longer currently offer their residency program to writers and artists despite it’s importance. The cause of course is government cut-backs […]