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Books to order directly to my address in Berlin: Theodor W. Adorno – Aesthetic Theory David Morgan – With Love and Rage: A friendship with Iris Murdoch.

a good day today got a message from sweden with another “yes please can i join, sounds interesting”. i was near there a couple of weeks ago on a residency and was momentarily tempted to go and capture it myself, […]

Out running today gave me the space to think. I’ve been wondering lately about this blogging business. What is it? Why do I do it? It could be seen as a kind of diary or journal for the outpouring of […]

I think there’s a need for some critical discourse to move my art on. At the moment, the people who see my work say all the right things, nod their heads, ‘it’s nice’. But they are not really engaging with […]

I’ve finalised my flight, booked my bed in a hostel, and practiced my per favore and grazie and needless to say I am getting rather excited about this residency. With a couple of weeks left before I start my journey, […]

THE CUMBRIA ENERGY CENTRE “We’re now exposed to the maintenance tracks. Such observations would be impossible if there were but a break in the clouds in the sky for the sun: now more houses, more settlements and more trees and […]

several more weeks have passed – still no new work made. other opportunities pursued. application made for internship. curation is difficult. art video submissions mighty mediocre. bit gloomy.

The ritual thing I dont understand. I have continued with wrapping wool around sticks as a colour summery of the month. So I have four sticks with a lot less mauve in this time, but still green with yellow creeping […]

Today I need to take a brief detour to examine the term ‘curate.’ I am writing with reference to the thoughts that I noted here on 15th August about a conventional gallery exhibition and how this may not be the […]

oooh it’s getting exciting. switzerland & new jersey films are in the post to the processing lab, might be a couple of weeks before they get to me tho. now anticipating what they look like. is the film too expred […]

Pores for Thought statement Britain’s native trees will be wiped out if we are not careful. Although they are usually replaced when they are chopped down the replacements are often non-native faster growing species. Our trees are beautiful and nature’s […]

Dwelling in the art of conversation! J. Graefe (1935) comments on The Dwelling and the lack of cohesion between work, living and space. That intellectual tools require care and protection in leisure. Observing the prolific outpouring of artistic writing via […]

A good meeting this morning with a Tarmac man. It is starting to turn towards autumn and I couldn’t figure out how to put the heating on in the studio, so the meeting was held with coats still on!! However, […]

So… didn’t manage to post anything more in July – I had to take the ‘month’ away with me, which was interesting – first of all all the logistics of getting knitting needles onto flights (i.e. had to pay for […]