Defamiliarization: an exploration of responses through text The finale of the Dialogue Box series is currently on show and we are excited about the reactions we will receive. The artist Diana Ali has given us some words on the work: […]
Strange being back here, it feels like ages (it is ages!) since I posted anything. Good day at the studio – I thought I'd be there all day, as it was I did everything I wanted to by 4.30. It […]
Arts Council England’s reputation was badly affected following announcement of its 2008-11 investment strategy for regularly funded organisations (RFOs).
Naori Priestly who graduated from the Royal College of Art last year with a MA Constructed Textiles is one of 300 makers selected to show in Origin 2008.
So now I am in the fourth week of being in Godawari. Some of the bangle sculptures have been completed by the girls and we have been making animals, clay on a metal armature, so that we can create part […]
As part of this specific phase of research we are interested in moments of slowness, stillness, obstruction and blockage. Slowness is often presented as antithetical to the velocity, mobility, speed, and freedom proposed by new technologies and the various accelerated […]
How L.I.F.T. came into beingWhilst looking for a venue in Leeds for our performance installation B.L.O.T which we wanted to enter into Leeds Light Night my colleague Eva came across a large goods lift, part of the Electric Press building […]
I'll try and make one post per week to keep track of things. I've just got back from a 3 month trip in the USA and am in the midst of organising my life for the next year. So all […]
So then let us make no mistake about the type of place this is. These are my first impressions: (not facts) Drug and alcohol abuse, at risk of re-offending, lack of teeth or people just do not bother to put […]
I'm disappointed because I haven't managed to get my materials yet – the rest of life seems to be standing in the way – but I'm not going to let that stop me.. I just had a play with my […]
My last blog entry marked the end of the Festial year in a strictly technical sense, but of course Festial hasn't finished at all. For one thing, I still have the last few copies of the Rogationtide Kalender to foist […]
Today is my day off. Next week is my week off. The management do not have the funds for all of the five artists for all of the five weeks; so a squad rotation policy is in place, kind of […]
I've been visiting artists in their studios. It is really interesting seeing how other people live and work. It's nice to see that they are scatty or uncertain or amusingly neurotic. In both cases we have been discussing putting together […]
