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I finally took the step and put myself on the world wide web (www.bethbarlow.com) I have done lots of projects about the internet even writing a whole novel about it. The novel "Whatever" looked at whether internet social networking can […]

In some ways it has been a frustrating week. Haven't really managed to get into a rythm. Couldn't get in to the Uni versity for three continuous days due to other commitments, and my focus and train of thought has […]

Had a really good mentoring session today with Steven. Useful initially in that it gave me something to pull things together for, to stand back from what I'm doing – I printed, photocopied bits of stuff I've been working on […]

PUBLIC SPACE, PRIVATE SPACE, SHARED SPACE After the earlier frustrations of foot-print-making this week I decided to leave that line of enquiry for a little while & focus on something new. For some time now we have been thinking about […]

I am amused and it is quite interesting how just because I have started a project on Sisyphus I somehow am finding myself researching clay pits in England… I am currently writing the first budget for the project. Compared to […]

Well, it's all over and I'm shattered but happy! I had worried that the residency would just fizzle out at the end of today, but it was a frenzy of excitement! Giuseppe came to do another shoot and people got […]

Right – I am angry with myself. Firstly it is ages since I tentavely started this blog. Secondly I am diffident about doing it. Every artists exposes themselves simply by making art. I guess to my shame that I don't […]

Layers & networks… connections across time & (s)p(l)aces… Playing around in my head, researching, some really good conversations with other artists… but also beginning to play with materials, drawing, layering with photoshop, lots of beginnings – bit like a rabbit […]

Hot Chip The electo pop-ish band Hot chip have an intriguing cover to their latest single. It looks like a lumpy marquetry mass. Their album covers have been good in the past so I was pleased to see this and […]

EXPERIMENTS AND RESEARCH OR JUST MESSING AROUND? 27/12/07 So I finally started working. I've strung several lengths of twine from one side of the studio to the other. I had to mark them with luminous electrical tape after an accident […]

Snow Bound 9/1/08 Battling tentatively through the snow with a boot load of exciting booty to mess around with when i got to the studio i was a bit ahead of myself. Unlike those days when you wake up slightly […]

Floored I tend to make things on the fly or in a spontaneous manner. I don't dwell on what it is i am going to make – it just comes into my head and i make it. I am not […]

FITTING IT ALL IN 11/02/08 It's that old thing. You either have the time or the money, rarely both. When this residency was first mooted the year was looking like a desert road – long and empty. Now, in the […]

CHEAP PAINT-SHIELDS ROAD When i lived in Bristol they used to say you could get anything on the Gloucester Road, and in my experience that was pretty much true. It used to be a similar story for Shields Road when […]

Today I worked on the painting on my own. The day seemed longer without Elaine to chat to, but I managed to get all the background painted in and I'm ready to finish it tomorrow. I've noticed from today and […]

A mid winter day up on the top of Galva, far removed from the hint of Spring we've been used to. Spending an hour or so up there taking photos and drawing, it is easy to see why people who […]

21/02/08Weather mild and dull, it starts to rain as we approach Bedford. The journey to Bedford is beginning to feel a little dull; I may vary my approach from now on. The driver was in a bad mood; he gave […]