on washing windows i developed a special technique for this task: soak and scrub :) and it is as hard as i thought it will be… i was washing windows today in alistair kendry's studio. because the windows are very […]
I am writing this from Zagreb, from a friend of mines computer. We met each other today after more then fifteen years. I cant believe it…such a long time…He left, like myself at the beginning of the war, in 1992. […]
Sculptor Andrew Sabin is presenting new work in an exhibition now showing at Canary Wharf’s Jubilee Park. Previous public realm projects include being lead artist on the Sustrans’ Wandle Trail in Surrey and commissioned artist in Canterbury City Council’s Horsebridge […]
The £83 million Arts Council England fund for Grants for the Arts (G4A) has been cut by 35% to £54 million for 2007/08 with falling lottery ticket sales and the first of the Olympics raids on these funds blamed. With […]
Royal Scottish Academy
3 March 2007 to 4 April 2007
Having spoken to my local Arts Council England officer several times on the phone, and attended a workshop I submitted my Arts Council England proposal and also called up Leeds Council to talk through my requirements with the roaming Parks […]
AvatarsSomewhere in deep cyberspace I have an avatar . Well, actually its lodged in Second Life and I am one of the 5million who have registered since last July. At that time there were only 330,000 there.However, my avatar lies […]
Brian Eno recently had an exhibition of ‘One Million Paintings.' He wisely leaves them as light images on a screen or printouts. Painting is difficult and can't be done with the click of a wrist. What painting does is bring […]
Artnaos has started its tour and is now in Artium 2 of Guy's Hospital.
I've noticed that contemporary art often seems to highlight gritty urban themes, while rurally-based work seems to fall into a few well-worn areas like agriculture/science, nature/culture or botany/sex. I guess one of my aims for Festial is to do something […]
Tactile BOSCH
10 October 2006 to 10 October 2006
Chintan Upadhyay and Bose Krishnamachari have been voicing their concerns about Indian curatorial practice through their art projects for the last few years. Considering their arguments, JohnyML says that Indian curatorial practice is going through a phase of crisis; a phase of identity crisis.
As a follow-up to his article in March a-n Magazine Terry Anderson, President of the Scottish Artists Union presents his case for a re-appraisal of the proposed Culture (Scotland) Bill.
Leeds Metropolitan University Gallery
3 March 2007 to 4 April 2007
Projects unedited blog by Imogen Bardwell
I'm preparing for my first feast day in St Andrew's church, Wood Dalling. Before that, I think a small launch party will be in order after all the work that's gone into planning the project and securing Grants for the […]
email teaser is out: this week one opened eye, next week one closed eye, the week after that full invite and then a day before the private view a reminder… oh, have just heard some publications are going to write […]
I am struck by the way women keep their pieces of clothing, wrapped in a sheet, or in travel bags, plastic bags, suitcases… One of the women, Jovana, who is 97 years old, pulled out a dusty old suitcase from […]
very exiting day today! the invitations have just arrived! seeing them printed out it's really rewarding! I just like the idea of sending out to people and handing them in hand…it's seems very official once you have something printed that you can show […]
Astonished to find that my seahorse web movie has got 17 ratings on YouTube, and for the first couple of weeks it hardly moved. www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z5arlAweuzg Suddenly its taken off. This is part of what is known as the "long tail" […]
Taking a break from the studio, I wandered along Danziger Strasse, at the U-Bahn station where it looks rough and run down with graffiti everywhere, glorious freedom after the wall came down, until I came across Dunckerstrasse with little shops […]
I'm catching up with the events of the last few days at the moment. The schools exhibition is up and is being visited by proud children bringing parents and grandparents and reasonably large numbers of other people. I am working […]
errr, just wrote everything i had on my mind for this entry and then i did not upload it :( and it's lost. well, next time copy and paste into text editor as this media is super unstable… so, i […]
Some works by the o-collective artists. Some of these will be featured in our show Grockles at Sea.
Various locations, Cardiff
14-17 March
