Saturday and Sunday 12th Finished my shoe and box for the Global shoe project, have a look athttp://www.globalshoeproject.page.tl/ Orange box with torn words. why torn words and an orange centre? i was abused badly and bullied at school so i […]
Tuesday 14th Head out in evening for a fellow dyslexic artists birthday party (R) in a Local bar, get soaked walking there, but loads turn up and catch up with some friends I haven't seen for ages. meet some more […]
Wednesday 15th Catch train to London for informal chat with a potential funder for AP. Meet another artist who invites me to collaborate and screen some of my films on his Internet TV station. Will do that..more later. Catch quite […]
Friday 17th Momentous day – actually get into workshops and start making…………….. Spend evening out till very late plotting intervention event in London later in the year
Tuesday 21st Sad day. Intervention 'cut book, cutting words for a dyslexic' no 1 is 'taken' from foyer of the Art College…….. This leaves only 3 of the six left in place arround the country.
Wednesday 22nd People start to 'miss' the 'book' as its become to be known and ask me to put it back. I have to explain that is not been moved but taken and an official inquiry is started!. I suggest […]
Thursday 23rd Spend morning running round tying up loose ends. Then work with 'K' to make some jewelery in the workshops. We then both head to the ARC event at aspex. 'Book' still missing…………………. foyer very empty
Friday 24th Take a look at a 'studio' for rent in the morning with some friends who may take it. Then spend rest of day sorting applications. Get V tired. Invited by SD to 'perform' a piece I wrote, recorded […]
Saturday 25th Catch train to London to visit Tate Modern with C for the day. Good day. In one of the rooms much to my pleasure I find 2 pictures I hadn't seen for over 25 years , ones I […]
Sunday26th Can't seem get going as am very tired so have a 'sofa' day and watch films.
Monday 27th Make boxes for applications from card, tear up books to cover them…………and don't feel guilty anymore about doing so
Sunday 2nd September Take part in A lot Ment for aspes Explore. ‘Tree of the knowledge of good and evil’ Hang 12 ‘fruit’ stories of life changing moments given to me.Alotment holders warm to this and invite me to hang […]
AirVideo 31st August Preview (invite only) 7pm -9pm 31st August – 7th September open to public ‘Alternative Possible Worlds' involves 17 international video artists who have gained recognition as emerging talents. The work has been selected based around concerns about […]
Window Projects The window of Number 4 Broad Street has become a taster for artists to show their work to the passers by of Hanley City Centre. Past work includes the fading memories of Katie Shipley's ‘A Place to Forget […]
Chris Simcox-airspace studio artist Some things that Chris has been up to… Architecture week "A Fuller Space" This was an event that intended to demonstrate the need within town centres for use of space to be explored in different ways, […]
Laurens had his opening at Imagine Gallery, Bei Gao, yesterday [Sunday]. Interesting, highly polished work that looks at toys and gaming and global influences on local culture. For this show, he has done some work in 3d software inspired by […]
Shilihe Market, cricket section Wow, hit the singing insect jackpot today [Tues], which was great. Kelly, the Red Gate translator came with me to Shilihe Market [which I had not been able to find on my own] and here amongst […]
For some reason I can’t fathom my Apple Mac wont allow me to put links in so have to put them in on a PC. Anyway, my on-line photographic exhibition is now up and running – complete with short film!- […]
Contents include: ‘Making Artists Visible’ focuses on open studio events while in ‘Workspace for Artists’ studios and workshops are in the spotlight. In reviews Alex Hetherington at Edinburgh Sculpture Workshop, Dr Stephen Riley reflects on insightful videos by Thust and Raban in the exhibition ‘North and South’. PDF version [size 11.3MB]. Requires pdf reader.
Lee Simmons on Sue Cohen’s practice as an artist/curator and her focus on bringing art into the public sphere.
Trade off draws on intelligence gathered at the NAN Roadshow events focused on themes around the art market. Emilia Telese’s opening essay offers analysis of the markets for art in the UK and introduces the set of newly commissioned articles […]
Sara Haq on Indra Khanna, curator at Autograph, her career progress and independent projects.
Lee Simmons talks to Emily Druiff about her curatorial practice, partnership working and her shift from artist to curator.