Continuing our series of articles on the Coventry Biennial, which each of the eight participants on the programme submitted following the November workshop, here’s Isaac Nugent’s 1,000-word feature. 7. Coventry Biennial by Isaac Nugent “It could have gone horribly wrong.” […]
As a task following on from the first workshop in Coventry, each of the writers on the programme was asked to produce a 1000-word feature on the Coventry Biennial. After feedback and a light edit, this is India Nielsen’s article. 6. […]
Our regular selection of shows to see around the UK, including a major retrospective of Bridget Riley at the Southbank Centre, London and a new video installation by the ZouZou Group at Ikon, Birmingham.
Daily log
Daily log
Flask conversation / dialogue diagram
A pint glass half full (or half empty) with (euro) “slummy”. As in – “This machine only takes coins. Got any (euro) slummy, mate…?”[1] Non-denominational; a stretched cling-film ceiling (or floor) between myself and you – “slummy”. Cling-film, a temporary […]
Some time ago, during November, I tried making some prints at home, first making monoprints on a gelatin plate, then small screenprints. I had all the necessary tools and materials in a cupboard. The amazing thing was that it was […]
Now you know I love to work to music and with music… but some days are best served silent. Yesterday and today are such days. I used to say to students “trust the process, something will happen to make a […]
‘Keep faith in love, friendship and democracy & never surrender your human light to the darkness of demagogues.’ The above quote was taken from a new year’s tweet by the late Harry Leslie Smith, an activist for the poor and […]
Some fresh tasty vegetables [talent], a dash of hot sauce [ideas], knob of butter [agency], a glug of ageing wine [experience], a crumble of stock [collaboration]? Then there is the cooking … time, space and don’t get me started on […]
These days I mainly work small: restrictions of having to work in a chemo chair; working at home when the weather is miserable and I don’t want to risk catching a cold… But as well as these practical reasons working […]
Blueberry tea conversations.
10 years ago. Still on with Blah Blah Blah. Installation at South Square Centre, Thornton, January 2010.
Flask conversations…
I making a contribution to FLASK publication inviting people for conversations with their flask of favourite beverage. Conversations about flasks, art, life, etc. If you’re up for a chat (Huddersfield/surrounding areas) get in touch!
Dwell Time picked up the keys to 9 Market Avenue in Huddersfield today. This will be Dwell Time Central and a base for us to run the project from. Plans are still in progress but dialogue will feature large…
Talking rubbish… I borrowed The Literature of Waste: Material Ecopoetics and Ethical Matter by Susan Signe from the library and a previous reader had pencilled in a kind of index or glossary of terms into the back pages.
I met with a friend for a coffee and in the aftermath of the elections and doom and gloom of more austerity, he showed me this book he’s reading. Published in 1941, Orwellian dystopia is now.
The science of analyzing conversations, second by second | Elizabeth Stokoe | TEDxBermuda https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MtOG5PK8xDA&feature=share&fbclid=IwAR201x6O4mHhX23FlZn4242cCK2bwzg12b8bIrsX49Kd6ov23EIWAUcSelU Analysing the silences seems a big part of it. Intonation also but silences speak volumes.
