Blea Tarn Back to the centre – the compass point. This belatedly added entry marks the end of the project and my reluctance to let it go. Writing the blog signals an ending but the thoughts and memories persist and […]
TALLO Peta and I started and finished our sessions with Tallo, the Somali young people’s group, within a week. Our sessions were part of their Summer University at Acton College and there were a lot of other courses going on […]
The Heuristics Laboratory is Pete McPartlan, Ruth Scott and Georgie Park. We were commissioned by Sideshow (the Nottingham Fringe to the British Art Show) to present our first project: a 3 week exhibition this winter in a space in NTU. […]
Reading Benjamin Buchloh is like taking a hit to the solar plexus. He doesn’t pull any punches, nor should he. I recently read ‘Figures of authority, Ciphers of Regression: Notes on the Return of Representation in European Painting’ published in […]
DOWN •n. soft fine feathers forming the covering of a young birdDOWN •adj. 1 moving towards a lower place or positionDOWN •adj. 2 unhappy The premise behind the collaboration I have undertaken with Ailis is to make a link between […]
Just Lost Talking on my phone I was following paths running along the sides of some fields, I knew where I was ..ish. When I finished talking I realised the ‘ish’ was woefully inadequate. I walked in the direction I […]
FAFF2010 artists: Kevin Boniface (UK), Alice Bradshaw (UK), Adam Brandon (UK), Sara Brannan (UK), Sarah Buckius (USA), Jane & Mike Chavez-Dawson (UK), Çağlar Çetin (TR), David Cochrane (UK), Robert Crosse (UK), Keren Cytter (DE), eddie d (NL), John Deller (UK), […]
DIGPreview: FAFF2010 http://www.digyorkshire.com/HighlightDetails.aspx?… DIG Yorkshire > Home > Art > Fundada Film Festival 06/08/10 “This not-for-profit, artist-led art festival will be taking place in the beautiful setting of the Square Chapel Centre for the Arts, as part of the wider […]
Event Culture My intervention work is a reaction to large-scale organised events, which this country is saturated with particularly art events such as the Liverpool Biennial, Manchester International Art Festival, and Frieze Art Fair. Such events predominantly show established high […]
Len had my laughter Flash film lens camera axiom action location difference description words and conversation. An autobiographical fiction… I remember then match sticks making a composition of a house and a lane and a tree in the background and […]
Francis Alys It is always a delight and a surprise to discover an artist for the first time- so it was with Francis Alys’ current exhibition at Tate Modern. Born in Belgian and now living in Mexico his work resonates […]
Im trying to develop the content for the July Challenge. The outline of what I am planning is to take un-challenging activities and by increasing their quantity, time, pleasure etc to turn them full circle into challenging activities. One example […]
my legs ache and i feel irritable. a good day ! (i arrived this morning to another opportunity to document work made at the studio. we discussed and arranged the adaptive space and somehow the flow of the shoot was […]
Still unable to update posts regularly enough. I have placed a few snapshots below. I am frustrated with my lack of dedication and/ability to concentrate on multiple activities. I am waiting for a visit from Mr Bracey. He has sent […]
As someone who is very sensitive to criticism one person’s negativity can completely plummet me into doubt about what we are striving to do in the gallery rather than actually looking at the other many many people who are completely […]
Naked Woman in Shower Spent the morning strangling Mr Moisander with a long blue rope. Mr Bracey and Miss Dover took pictures. Mr Moisander survived and dashed off to the attic wearing a long black wig. http://www.juhanamoisander.com/ We are over […]
It was supposed to be a studio day today but I had to hang on for the electrician which proved to be a lucky change of plan. I chased up the local paper about advertising children’s book illustration classes which […]
Cornelia Parker Perpetual Canon I went to Gateshead today, walked to the now-being-demolished World Famous Car Park in Gateshead, then across the Big Green Bridge into Newcastle, had a coffee and sandwich and made my way to the Baltic. Top […]
