Wunderbar is “a dynamic new festival of contemporary performances, visual art, and extraordinary happenings for North East England that places the audience at the heart of the experience”.
Profiling studios and facilities around the UK.
Contents include: UK studio organisations profiled in Creative places; Rona Smith’s North Elevation architectural collaboration in Collaborative relationships; state of higher education debates; plus Reviews from UK and Ireland. PDF version [size 5.4 MB]. Requires PDF reader.
Regents Park, London
15 – 18 October 2009
Sandfield Theatre, Nottingham
21 October 2009
I’ve just been trying to reflect on my recent works in progress this last week. I tried a few more things out, notably collaging bits of drawings onto the plastic film and then using glue and pigment to draw onto […]
Open Studio & Presentation The studio is getting emptier as I prepare for the Open Studio evening. It’s only now that I’m really seeing the absence of colour – and the presence of light – in what I’ve been doing. […]
The grey surfaces. I have been painting them. I have been trying to think about ‘theory’. I don’t have one/any. I just do it. It keeps bothering me that I just do it and cannot justify it. I keep wittering […]
Five guineas Twelve Pearls Twelve diamonds One Folly Twelve Noon Ten girls Two Widows One fiddler Three Trustees
It has been a month of sudden invitations and travelling. I have spoken in Bedford, Cardiff and Bath (facts altered for narrative convenience) I have been invited to show work in Basel, Kansas, Southend, the Hague and Valencia. I have […]
I feel like a bit of a con-artist at the moment. I’m presenting the world with a convincing impression of an artist, when in reality I haven’t really engaged with my practice for weeks. I feel really disengaged from it […]
24 Oct – The opening of Pierre-Yves Brest’s photographs in Dover – a lovely afteroon event consisting of art, chat, and lovely cream teas provided by Mandy. The sense of undisclosed longing created through being able to view the subject, […]
Creating a fiction and transposing the form of an idea Recent goings on in the church spire, bell tower communications, television rooms, clock-services/maintenance and the FINAL DELIVERY: I expose the words final delivery as the television, wrapped in its cloth […]
Le Chéile at Nant Gwrtheyrn, part one. Our three day stay at Y Nant has been a great success, generating a huge amount of enthusiasm and a remarkable amount of work. We created a working print studio from scratch, relying […]
When I graduated from college, my grandfather insisted I have a briefcase. His gift was incredibly sweet and thoughtful but I never had much use for a briefcase, especially such a traditional style. I kept the briefcase for a few […]
Le Chéile at Nant Gwrtheyrn, part two. As well as the exhilarating creative atmosphere we experienced at Nant Gwrtheyrn, one of the best things (I thought) was the saline sulphate etch, kindly provided by Don B. With a little ingenuity, […]
Last week both the flyers and posters arrived for Feng-Ru Lee’s forthcoming performance. So we’re distributing those at the moment as well as sending out e-flyers left, right and centre. Have sent some lovely cotton bags to print with one […]
The blogger interview was well worth taking part in. It is interesting to be pushed to approach your art practice from a different perspective. My aim this week is to bury myself in work. Why do I always feel like […]
I went to hear Pete Clarke talk about his work at Liverpool University VG&M yesterday. Such a nice guy and so interesting to listen to. I was especially interested to see how he manages to keep his printmaking markings and […]
Open Studios is now closed. A fantastic turnout . The PV on Friday was full and food was wiped out. Well almost. A giant sponge provided by Jess wasn’t cut until 8 o’clock – so it was cake for Saturday […]
ICA, London
21 October 2009
