Water Calligraphy Met a young woman called Xie Chun Mei in Tuanjiehu Park. She was eager to practice her English which she had a pretty good grasp of I thought. I learnt some numbers and a few taxi directions – […]
TOUR OF EASTBOURNE CULTURAL CENTRE, ARTISTS' PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT AND NETWORKING EVENTOn Saturday we donned yellow waistcoats, hard hats and boots for our tour of the Cultural Centre. This is due to be ready in Spring 2008. The event was organised […]
I feel like I need to laugh, I am worrying too much. I have noticed in this period of evaluation that humour, in its many guises, seems to rise up consistently within my work. It is surprising in a way, […]
Since my last entry I have started a traditional Indian painting course on which I am learning how to make a devotional painting, depicting one of the many Hindu gods. My teacher has a good 20 years experience, he studied […]
Guoguo’er Kelly came to help me search out scientists for identification of the insects in my recordings. It seems that most people are away as this is the summer vacation here in China. May have to wait till early Sept. […]
I have just spent a week at the edge of Bodmin Moor. The weather was a bit rubbish but the break has helped me to reboot. No internet and no mobile phone. Lori and Sheila fielded the phonecalls and emails […]
One of the things I had to do before leaving Berlin was to get a haircut by the same stylist as the elegant blonde from Café Kakao, that specialist hot chocolate place. This was "Herr Hasel", Harald, on Kopenhagener Strasse, […]
I’m playing that waiting game now. I’m waiting for the Trustees’ portrait to arrive in time to get it to the framers so it can be framed in time for collection to be taken to the museum. I’m waiting […]
BED – the live work I’m making for the Day of Intimacy (Signals 5’s day of live and performance art) – will be my first live piece in about five years. The task I’ve set myself is to chalk out […]
Ken Pratt gives an overview of the international art market from a curator’s point of view.
Guyan Porter talks about the socio-economic dynamics of art markets and deconstructs notions of the art market in the UK.
Dong Yue Temple and Museum of Folk Customs Went to the Museum of Folk Customs behind Dong Yue Temple with Laurens and Yam, and also met Christophe and Ise [filmmakers from Paris] and two of their students from Tianjin. Lots […]
North West of the Forbidden City Having checked out the Gulou or Drum Tower from the 15th century Ming period [though not the original building] north of the Forbidden City [the original time keeping device], I wandered around the hutong […]
798 Dashanzi Art DistrictWent to 798 again with Julie and Yam yesterday and some openings were on. Saw the Long March space plus Platform China’s 798 branch. We are all starting to talk about group shows/collaborations and the viability of […]
One part of the waiting is over. I received my letter from the AHRC this morning and was sent the small, thin envelope instead of the large one! Unfortunately, despite being graded as "high priority for an award" (grade 4) […]
Notes on veneer I have been thinking about the qualities of veneer. As a metaphor it signifies a surface, a cover up, hidden depth under a fine layer. I like these associations and find it is interesting to think about […]
Edinburgh Printmakers
7 July 2007 to 9 September 2007
The Church of St Bartholomew the Great
7 July 2007 to 8 August 2007
I have started to reflect back on my work of the past 12 months, in part as I would normally through self-critique but also with the aim of reassessing work that could be taken further, possibly into the MA. Due […]
This entry relates to Skegness on the 11th and 12th August. Weather: Glorious. Outlook for today: Brilliant. Location: Skegness. Today's Figures: Comments log entries 58, People photographed in the work 312, estimated viewers 6000. When the weather is good there […]
Our exhibition is now installed and open to view. We have been documenting the work and installation, so that we can make entries on our blog and to collate resouce to promote the project It has given us a chance […]
Projects unedited blog by Mark Selby
Since applying, and being accepted on an MA Fine Art course, commencing at the end of September, there has been a feeling of being "on hold". The desire to create new work has become an increasingly tentative process to the […]
Pondering the themes that introduced via questions as part of my Source Artist process….Freedom was one that led to some interesting explorations. The definition of freedom that resonnates with me is "to be free from external cause". From this perspective […]
Office PPE, week 24
