The departure date of 1st September is coming quickly now and there’s still plenty to prepare ; I have got myself my first camcorder so that will take some practising. I ordered a stick-on windcutter knowing how windy Capetown always […]
Liverpool JMU MA Fine Art Show This week we had a meeting about our upcoming MA show which will be happening in September. The exhibition will be different to the usual degree show were the work is separated out into […]
Culpeper Community Garden nestles behind a Sainsbury’s carpark off Liverpool Road in Islington. It has a secret, secluded aspect – once inside, amongst the tall trees and networks of raised beds, you feel a long way from the commotion of […]
“After making this up in your mind, you get there and see that perspective has tricked you. Your body has no affect. Your bones would snap if there were to be but one slip, all you have are your toes […]
My mind is a little fraught ; the gallery is taking up a huge portion of my thinking and of course time. I find myself caught between wondering more how to advance the gallery than my own career as an […]
In response to a discussion with David Minton on my post #7. Let’s look at some definitions of self, identity and obliteration; we seem to be going in circles around the meaning of these words. From Webster’s New World Dictionary: […]
Documenting a twelve-month Research Residency at Culpeper Community Garden
The Boyhood of Raleigh By Millais What’s that got to do with the price of fish? your asking me. This painting shows the young Raleigh looking into his future. The Corsair ……..or is he a tary sailair, no matter, anyway […]
…working towards an exhibition but I do not know which gallery to approach. The Salzburg gallery approached me and I think this is always the best way. So many galleries are up their own *rses…it’s a little frustrating…I have total […]
Tackling the ocean waves has been challenging enough, but for my latest commission, to be delivered on Friday, having to come up with the title is what has slowed the blogging process. ‘Sir Francis Chichester Gets The Horn’, (oops – […]
Footnotes: the emerging artist On rejection 1. I know it is an uncool subject, and no-one wants to admit it. However, it is the season to be rejected – due to the almost unseemly number of Opens one can now […]
Footnotes: the emerging artist Francis Alys 1. On Tuesday I went to see the Francis Alys exhibition at the Tate Modern, and it was all I hoped for, and more. Thoughtful, provocative, intelligent, and both funny and moving in places. […]
Wi-Fi networks are popular in metropolitans around the world. Besides the infrastructures, Wi-Fi connection is available in blooming personal devices, including mobile phones, laptops, cameras and walkmans. Ubiquitous Wi-Fi machines construct peculiar urban landscapes. In the one hand, Wi-Fi access […]
I have now officially ordered the resin for my first set of castings. As it costs so much for not a lot (£15 for 1kg of resin) I think I am going to have to adapt my ideas a little […]
Wi-Fi networks are popular in metropolitans around the world. Besides the infrastructures, Wi-Fi connection is available in blooming personal devices, including mobile phones, laptops, cameras and walkmans. Ubiquitous Wi-Fi machines construct peculiar urban landscapes. In the one hand, Wi-Fi access […]
We own the 99yr lease for the ground floor too. The intention has always been to let it on a commercial basis but for various complicated reasons it has remained empty for 2 yrs. We have now been given the […]
