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Maybe visiting the Taj Mahal did provide a turning point in this residency, though the quiet, lush garden that surrounds it was perhaps more of a tonic than the architecture itself. Which isn't to deny that the building transcends the […]

Here’s Kelly working on the translation with the layout person at the printers. That evening Cath Clover and other Red Gate Residency folks were at an opening at the Pickled Art Centre, run by Li Gang. That's where I took […]

Drama Queen   The portrait turned up today (see picture). I was also at the Air event in Colchester tonight talking about my key issues with David Kefford and Caroline Wright. I overcame my nervousness by transforming into a complete […]

I love the shabbiness of allotments. Nevertheless I felt weeds and grass had got out of hand on our preparation day. Thus I took the strimmer and spade to prepare the allotment for the residency proper which starts in a […]

I have been continuing to try and integrate my use of text and writing (as refelctive critique) into my work. At the same time, my research, as I become close to the start of my MA, has brought me to […]

Friday, Saturday and today I have been at St George’s Church. It has been a combination of ‘Heritage Weekend’, Surrey Cyclists Saturday and my usual open studio on Fridays. So lots of visitors and lots of contributions towards the Elmbridge […]

Following our second preparation day, I put aside some time to go through all the photographs I’ve taken at the allotment so far, and to begin to make up a work book in which links might begin to appear. A […]

Notes about the woodworker I’ve been trying in my mind to get to grips with wood and began to read ‘Woodland Crafts in Britain’ by Herbert Eldin. Putting into context the cultural importance wood Eldin outlines how many industries have […]

Back into the normal routine now, its been several months since I left the island. I have so far managed to stick to quite a few of my resolutions, in particular the reading, drawing, looking and walking. I have made […]

The exhibition opened yesterday and we are all still reeling from the media coverage.   Thanks to the amazing press release sent out by Dr Carole Reeves from The Wellcome Trust Centre for the History of Medicine we got two […]

Lost in Peru   The lenticular was meant to turn up Friday, so I waited in all day, but no show. I finally got through to the company who sent it and they said it left Thursday for guaranteed next […]

Shilihe Market Returned to Shilihe for the insects again during Thursday afternoon. I thought the warmer time of day would bring more insect sellers and more singing from the insects – and yes, indeed it was the case. Sellers brought […]

Dr Liu, Chun-Xiang The next day I had an appointment with Dr Liu, Chun-XIang, a colleague of Prof Liang, Ai-Ping’s. She is a cricket expert and listened to a number of my cricket recordings. Both she and Ai-Ping were reluctant […]

Cameron and Jake arrive tonight, so the second phase of my residency will begin! You may notice a new blog on the list from another Red Gate artist – Cathy Busby. She is a Canadian artist and has decided to […]

Beijing t-shirts Many people here wear t-shirts with texts on them. It seems to be a trendy thing to do. These are often in English and may be expressions, or simply words, like love, or brandnames, like Nike. (Catherine Clover, […]

I am an artist / curator who works with places and people. A few years ago (2003-4) I was lucky enough to be instigating, organising, fundraising and then helping select and develop the vision for an exhibition from a national […]

I think veneer can make you think about trees in a different way, the patterns, deformaties, bug holes and knots. These qualities aren’t just potential things of beauty but say alot more about the lives of the trees they came […]

2/9 – Charging through the early morning countryside on the Shatabdi express towards Agra, a rare example in Delhi of something that works without a lot of shoving and hooting. I’m feeling particularly misanthropic at the end of a week […]

Dense inscriptions. An impromptu lecture from Anu Venugopalan on photon entanglement, and the equally tortuous labyrinth of Chawri bazar.

Hello Alex, hope you are well, how is brighton? I spoke to the guy from west end arcade today, unfortunately he said that he wouldn’t be able to rent the space for a week or few days. He said that […]