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 […]
‘Too many things squashed into a small space.’ I’ve spent an enormous amount of time trying to work out what is the right Question to ask. I feel like I need a clear line of enquiry, to really distil what […]
ABSCESS Been away, absent, from the University Residency with a tooth abscess. I looked abscess up: from the latin for going away, separating. Absent is also from latin but from a dfferent root: to be away, not present. Looked up […]
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2 October 2007 – 21 February 2008
Nina Madden gives an overview of some of the visual art prizes selected from open submission competitions.
Since returning to the studio I have been casting some of the objects collected from my time in India as well as casting new forms found back in the UK. India has the highest infant mortality rate in the world […]
SelectingHow do you go about selecting artists from all the applications you get? Putting yourself in the shoes of the selector, as opposed to the applicant (we’ve all had the dreaded thin rejection envelope after all) is an interesting exercise. […]
I've got that mid-week feeling – I'm absolutely knackered! Today was great though. I've finally got into a good routine and I was set up and ready to go by 11:10am. The weather was a slight improvement on yesterday, but […]
How to describe the process of revealing through concealing? Carefully working around forms like an archaeological excavation, applying pigment rather than removing traces of earth etc.
A response to the McMaster Review from the AIR Artists’ Advisory Group.
I have been continuing with the drawing part of my installation, transfering the image from the studio wall on to the boards that will be installed at the Bargehouse.The weeks seem to be flying by…
SEED NAMES Been fascinated with the names given to vegetable seeds – they speak of close relationships with growing, of history, of handing on and handing down, of people and their experience on allotments over generations. The names are so […]
Well, so much for warmer weather…it was even colder today and I woke up to snow! I had to move my set-up to a warmer part of the centre, which gave me slightly less exposure, but I think my model […]
