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Shouldn’t Throw Stones

I have been photographing and filming the inner workings, remains and archives of the old Pilkingtons Glass HQ (currently Alexandra Business Park) in St Helens, Merseyside.   The site is a vast complex structure filled with historical rooms, objects and […]

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Shipping forecast

A friend posted the shipping forecast on Facebook. No explanation just the pressure, wind direction and visibility. I realised how much more it meant to me now, as a virtual island dweller, down the pointy end of Cornwall. When the […]

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Co-Worker Commuting Interview #1

Operating alongside my in-depth look at my own commute, I am undertaking a series of interviews with my co-workers at the Barbican looking at their commutes too. In keeping with my overall approach to this period of research, these commuting […]

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Post-election breakfast: “Artists can keep the focus on the big issues”

For the Post-election breakfast session as part of a-n’s Assembly Bristol event, four speakers discussed issues that ‘can sometimes mean having to have a difficult conversation’. Prior to this, facilitator Rivca Rubin asked those assembled to spend a few minutes reflecting on the outcome of the election. Here we report some of those reflections.

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Documenta 14, Kassel: 30 recommendations from 10 artists

After launching for the first time in Athens in April, the quinquennial art exhibition Documenta 14 has just opened across 35 venues and numerous outdoor sites in its home city of Kassel, Germany. Ten a-n artist members, who visited Kassel with the support of an a-n Travel bursary, pick their top three works from the vast city-wide programme.

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Leeds – Artists’ Book Fair and Dora García

First on my research agenda was a trip over the Pennines to Leeds at the beginning of March. The Tetley hosted the 20th anniversary of the longest running artists’ book fair outside of London. Co-curated with PAGES, the fair coincided with […]

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Installation now on site

The ‘making’ stage of the project is now complete. Flock is now installed in the garden of the Alfred Crossley Memorial Institute. It is open to the public 24 hours a day. If you want to visit, you can enter […]

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