A dialogue with artist-writer Emma Cocker. Also as a spectator. She talked about leaning as sometimes a hard thing to do, especially for women. To be independent is to be strong, as good desirable and dependent as weak. But to […]
During July I’ll be concluding my AA2A residency at York St John University with three weeks in a big space to make new work alongside fellow AA2A artist Sue Mann.
I have my back to the paper-wall [wall-paper haha]. I organise my body in different ways so the arms operate behind me, behind my back and head.
At 51 degrees north – the latitude of Hestercombe House and Gardens – the speed at which the surface of the earth is moving through space is 652mph. I know this because for his earthwork Earth Spin #2: Hestercombe, Simon […]
Sophie Hope has started a new project on Mouthing Practices “exploring the sounds, speech, utterances and un-articulated moments in project meetings.” In dialogue there’s non-verbal communication that affects the dialogue when it happens face to face or in person. Sophie’s […]
This week’s selection includes exhibitions and events in Halifax, Stroud, London and Bridport – all taken from a-n’s busy Events section featuring shows and events posted by members.
Some interesting terminology diagrams form Failure of Participation : The second diagram infers that dialogical practice overlaps with relational and is politcal (defers to criticality) and the dialogical only exists in the realms of the political and not in […]
I finally managed to arrange a day to some printmaking with Fiona DeBulat at DBA Editions in Ramsgate. I’ve been wanting to push the printmaking further for a while now and felt I needed some guidance and nudging in the right […]
The museum near Cardiff was hailed as “one of the most welcoming and engaging museums anywhere in the UK” by Art Fund director and chair of judges Stephen Deuchar.
The second year of the Film London programme will support the artists over 12 months and hopes to nurture a new generation of moving-image artists.
Making a piece of work for art/archaeology
I went over to The Arthouse in Wakefield today with my Dwell Time co-curator Lenny Szrama. We met with the other YVAN micro bursary recipients and presented/talked about each others’ practices. The format was a 10 minute overview of practice […]
The final leg of my journey took me on a visit to The Mad Museum in Stratford upon Avon. The Mad Museum has been open since 2012 and has over 80 exhibits on display at any one time, from small […]
The second leg of my bursary trip meant moving on to Hampshire and the workshop of Roger Russell. Roger has come at sculpture- making via a long career in prototype military avionics electrical/mechanical engineer. But even at work, he was […]
Rain and wind – enough to make most people want to stay indoors. Not at the Ness of Brodgar though, where both archaeologists and visitors are out in this weather to do and see the dig. Visitors are here briefly […]
Yesterday I met with one of the founders of a Cornwall-based company “TouchByte” who sell and deliver facial recognition applications for a wide range of purposes. Jeremy Sneller was very open to meeting with me, and he was friendly and […]
Some extracts, fragments from David Will’s book Dorsality: thinking back through technology and politics. I am noticing what he writes (what I think to understand) directly in my body and in my moving, as well as being able to turn […]
Sun. 19 May Start the day with breakfast in the garden and S, who runs the hostel brings us warm cheesy dough pastries straight from the bakery, greasy and salty they are ballast for the day ahead. His lovely wife […]
Eyes shift focus, soften, close, scan, blur, point, smile, see, listen. gesturing like a limb. Spinal axis and back surfaces shaping figuring sculpting – although shape never quite settling, this figure caught in a push and pull. Something drops lower, […]
The weather is a little friendlier this morning and uncovering the site continues. This is an aspect I have already drawn and recorded. So I was looking forward to moving into the Art Hut and getting organised in my space […]
As the first leg of my journey about movement, I set off from North Wales to Llanbrynmair in beautiful rural Mid Wales to meet up with Sarah Reast from Timberkits. Sarah is the daughter of the founder, Eric Williamson, who […]
This blog charts my 2019 a-n Bursary trip in The UK looking at Automata models and movements, and learning new wire skills. It’s a physical journey, but also a time of movement and change after illness and travelling towards a new artistic practice.
