Planning
On my second day Antonio and I sat down and made a plan for my stay, which days I would visit the university, when I would make a public presentation of my work, visit to Xilitla and Mexico City. We […]
On my second day Antonio and I sat down and made a plan for my stay, which days I would visit the university, when I would make a public presentation of my work, visit to Xilitla and Mexico City. We […]
My first day at the Museo Leonora Carrington de San Luis Potosí I met the Director Antonio Garcia Acosta where he gave me a tour of the Museo and the Centro de las Artes. The Museo and Centro de las […]
A research trip to Mexico to visit the Museo Leonora Carrington de San Luis Potosí, Las Pozas in Xilitla and Mexico City, followed by research dissemination and engagement activity in Margate.
Supported by a bursary from a-n The Artists Information Company.
I’m 15 days away from departing on my development bursary and it’s a time of R&D, confirming tickets and sorting out commitments at home. For those involved in the last ten years of Open Engagement it’s been a time of reflection. […]
The Wiki definition of sustainability talks of a biological entities ability to ‘remain diverse and productive indefinitely.’ Having just completed my 2017 – 2018 tax return (& subsequently reviewed the previous ten years of accounting records) this notion of ‘indefinite […]
So I have until 22nd to finish some new work and photograph it for inclusion in a proposal….. This is what I have so far… I don’t want to jinx things by saying too much other than that there […]
A new study, Panic! Social Class, Taste and Inequalities in the Creative Industries, shows the sector to be lacking in diversity with much more needing to be done to address endemic issues around social mobility.
During May I shall be traveling to New York as part of a Professional Development Bursary to attend: Open Engagement 2018, Queens Museum. Keynotes: Lucy Lippard and Mel Chin
Bruce Asbestos is no stranger to social media, blurring the lines between documentation, comment and artwork. For the second in our ongoing series, Richard Taylor takes a look at the artist’s use of Instagram as Asbestos gets his shoes together for a new clothing project inspired by Hansel and Gretel.
George Bowling, the protagonist in George Orwell’s Coming Up For Air, looks back on his youth with a fetishized false reality, my interpretation is that this is partly due to the realistion that he succumbed to the western capitalist ideology […]
Whilst in Budapest, I was able to indulge my obsession with public bathing, and an exploration of saunas in particular as democratic spaces. I use this term in the Arendtian sense: that is, as spaces that allow individuals to come […]
There’s been a bit a of a gap since the last post whilst I’ve been settling into a rhythm of working and continuing knowledge of the area. The next few posts will be an attempt to catch up. I had […]
The highs, lows, ins and outs of the online art market.
News briefing with national and international stories, including: Chris Dercon and Volksbühne theatre part ways following protests; BP Portrait Award 2018 announces shortlisted artists; IXIA seeks views from public art sector.
Exploring postmodernism using the story of the Chinese Community of Liverpool as a springboard of ideas.
This is what I learned this weekend: Selling art is watching people fall in love. I watched people fall in love with work, the first person did it quietly and didn’t even want me to notice, a little relationship building […]
On Wednesday March 21st a dinner was held at the apartment with the stone steps. The guests at this event were the poet and artist, Marton Koppany and his wife Gyongyi. During the dinner an idea emerged from the conversation around the table. The […]
“GRAFT in FLUX” is an exploration of continuous transformation of the behaviours, environment, and partnerships within our prison system.”
The London-based artist is the seventh winner of the award, a collaboration between Whitechapel Gallery and the Max Mara Fashion Group.
We’ve just finished our first day shooting the first film for the Portal project. Poyners has been a clothing and milliners store for 150 years and is a Ludlow landmark for all that time. It was run by Jane Goodall, […]
The urn continues to be of great interest at present. I have been investigating numerous ways in which the object can be used in my creative practice. I have drawn, sculpted, painted and photographed various urns. Looking at statistics and […]
X was bathed in an orange hue as it loitered under a lamp outside the Innova Centre – Vaconsoft Parkway. It observed as the lights went out within the platinum enveloped building. A silhouette of a cleaner donning blue overalls […]
Kim Anno exhibition review Kim Anno is an American artist who studied at California College of the Arts, San Francisco. Anno is best known for being extremely talented in a variety of ways, ranging from painting and photography, to […]