Bird Diary Coburg Front Room 7.45am Sun 24th ‘Weh, weh; woh woh woh’ Then again ‘Weh, weh; woh woh woh’ A crow (Corvus mellori) calls loudly. Ambient doves; odd wattlebird; odd car. Then, faint carolling of magpies down along the […]
Wi-Fi in Taipei Taipei has high density of Wi-Fi access points, private or public, in most areas. WiFly is the most popular commercial Wi-Fi hotspot in Taipei and users can access them in cafes, fast food restaurants, metro station and […]
Round table discussion at the Chinese Arts Centre I attended the round table discussion at the Chinese Arts Centre, which involved some of the current exhibiting artists in the Negotiable Values exhibition Rachel Goodyear and one half of Conroy/Sanderson, Yan […]
Right, need to get brain in gear. I think I had too much sleep last night and I am now feeling extremely weary and watery eyed this morning. Today’s mission is to attempt writing my first 500 words on my […]
It’s two Days since I done my Installation on the Crosby Beach. i am just about warming up. It went really well, just rained alday, I am getting us to that now. It as not put me off doing my […]
The photographs, dating from the 1940s, feature a glamorous Audrey Hepburn-lookalike travelling the world on cruise liners and attending weddings and parties. Airmail love letters from a mysterious ‘Xavier’ are addressed to a Miss Anna Paton – presumed to be […]
A real romantic puzzle eh? Carlotti in Spain lay off the Sangria because you sound rather detached from reality. Pray tell, where is the filth that you see in this story? – Doreen, London, 09/12/2009 09:23 Click to rate Rating […]
A shame to publish such private and personal letter contents without permission of the writer/recipient. – Adam, Hong Kong, 9/12/2009 1:08 Click to rate Rating 79 Maybe it was the SAS dude with all the medals? – Thud McGuffin, Newtownards, […]
Most of the books can sit flat to the floor unassisted but I think I may have to blue tack the others to make sure they don’t close. I’ve got to take a trip to the charity shop to buy […]
Missed my Friday deadline due to dissertation angst. Now on the cusp of completion, just bibliography and images to go….I am writing on Bill Viola’ The Passions series, particularly interested in the kind of spiritual transformation he seems to be […]
Meeting this morning at St Annes with the Church Man. he let me into the church for a proper look around, which included the Crypt, fascinating and very crumbly. we talked some more about my idea. The passing of time […]
Following on from the previous post, the downside of working out in the sticks is that it makes it very difficult to attend openings and screenings – I could spend a lot of time travelling to screenings and shows across […]
Monday 25th Jan 2010 Alan Painting 2, Well I am currently struggling with the ear! Already scraped it back once, and redone it. It now looks he has got a cauliflower ear and will probably do it again. He is […]
Over the past three months we have contacted over 400 organisations from across Wales including archers & astronomical societies; motorcycle, merchant navy, mensa, medieval re-enactment & model railway clubs; Societies of bonsai growers, bowmen, bat watchers & badminton players and […]
A cheeky wee update..Some recent artwork from Gary Bolam.
Something about me and what I am doing. The venue for the exhibition is booked with a ‘get in’ date 15th June 2010. I’m feeling comfortable about the amount of time I have to produce the work as I am […]
Chris Baker, 'One Dark Night XVII', Oil, 2009.
Charlotte McClelland, 'Overdrawn', Paper installation, January 2010. A knitted organic form using shredded used documents.