Well, term has started and I have a tutorial coming up. I’ve just sanded all the paint off a failed painting I’ve been working on for days, so getting some kind of ‘finished’ piece is feeling quite urgent now. I […]
Making a sourdough starter culture, using grapes from our childhood home. This starter culture will be kept alive and be used to make bread. We hope to take it to South Africa.
My mother used to say to me: A swarm of bees in May Is worth a load of hay. A swarm of bees in June Is worth a silver spoon A swarm of bees in July Is not worth a […]
It has been a week since my last post. Tonight I head for London again to witness a screening of films in the car park of Cell Project Space. The opening last week was an interesting event with quite a […]
Things sometimes move quickly. We are all of asudden handing in a (as yet unwritten) proposal for a show in November with positive responses from conversations with the gallery so far. Its based around the situation we find ourselves in, […]
FIX09 artists: Morgan O’Hara and Hugh O’Donnelldate: Tuesday 29th Septemberduration: 20 mins Unexpected was Hugh O’Donnell’s performance; with Morgan O’Hara tracing his movements onto paper, pencils in each hand. Looking into PS2, the open platform space for FIX09, the sight […]
On September 21st I met up with Anne at the Costa coffee shop in Harlow. I have no experience of either being with or working with someone who uses a wheelchair and felt a little uneasy about my inexperience, but […]
Twin Oaks Sometimes I get rather full up with art all the time. I think as an artist one does tend to try so hard, never waste a day, got to promote yourself or do something? I’m waiting for a […]
Cheese and whine I don’t like PVs much. Apart from when I was much younger and the objective of a party was to party, I never have relished certain social situations. Compound that with the effects of a life of […]
Visit to Lithuania September 2009 In September, Katy took part in “Transient Spaces – the Tourist Syndrome Summer Camp”, Palanga, Lithuania, organised by Berlin based arts organisation uqbar Going back to my roots… I arrived in Kaunas feeling dislocated, having […]
Weekly Update 28/9/09 Issue 8 will be out soon! This issue will have work from Hannah Rowlands, Elle Teague and the first works of a two-parter from Mario Kolaric!! Also we have a give away to the first half dozen […]
Making the starter culture: we took a bunch of grapes each and half a bag of flour, and made the culture at our homes in Oxford and Nottingham.
Banners are printed, my Pal t-shirt hasn’t arrived in time, so I’m gonna have to wear something else…. but otherwise I’m getting ready for my glorious hour on the plinth tomorrow!! Please watch on
Writer and editor Jane MacNamee came to visit me in my studio during September. We had the following interview for local and wider publicity about the project.. Hi Clare, are you usually based here as an artist? I’m based here […]
Quite a Sebaldian day. On a mission across town to see a friend, went into the grim building in which he works, up the lift, knocked on the door of his office. “Come in” only to be confronted by a […]
I have been at uni (technically) for three weeks and am going nuts because I missed the Health and Safety induction on the hotshop (because I didnt know when in was) so Im stuck unable to do anything. I can […]
Just to let people know I am having some issues with those little cyber gremlins that we all get from time to time. The full performance that I had writen about previously shall be online soon, In the mean time […]
experiments with drawing I love drawing. Sometimes it is a means to an end, sometimes it is an end in itself, and sometimes drawing is about making the first few tentative steps towards a new place, like learning to walk. […]
Autumn has arrived in Stockholm. Yesterday was bright and crisply chilly. The trees turned from green to gold and red overnight, and the flower stand at Slussen has changed from roses, lilies and gladiola to ornamental cabbages, potted heathers and […]
Bayerns manager believes that his side will be in the running at the end of th season after a convincing 1-0 win over Lunderbach. Olby threw away a 2 goal lead against Athletico leaving the champion’s season in disarray. The […]
This weekend there were two art book fairs in London. At the Whitechapel was the achingly official London Art Book Fair, and at Oxford House was the achingly unofficial Publish and Be Damned. I found one thing at each which […]
I love this quote by Joseph Campbell in The Power of Myth “People say what we’re all seeking is a meaning for life. I don’t think that’s what we’re really seeking. I think that what we’re seeking is an experience […]
Post by Anthony. Been up to Haden Hill House this morning, the sunlight was just strong enough, coming through the haze to give effective light inside. There are some very interesting staircase images, the ones that lead up to the […]
i have not heard from the submission yet, tho i have had a no from lux associate artist programme which is a shame, they had so many applications they didnt even view the films. my form filling needs to improve […]
I met the second year print options group today. I was quite nervous because although I met the third years last week I already knew most of them but I haven’t really met the second years before. They’re a small […]