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Building a useful network
Building a useful network
As the international art world descends on London for Frieze Week – which for 2016 takes place a week earlier than previous years – we take a look at the art, craft and design fairs taking place in the capital.
during my silk mill residency i spoke to many people during the times open to the public. one of the most significant conversations was with a lady who was researching her public realm strategy development proposal for the mill. within […]
“We may start producing generations who know a great deal of “information” about the past but who have no purchase on pastness itself” Sven Birkerts, The Gutenburg Elegies
This week’s selection includes sculpture in Walsall, photography in London and Brighton, plus in Gateshead a collaborative group show including the work of learning disabled artists.
My usual camera has given up working completely after a lot of good use. My photography has been via photographers for events and in getting my finished work photographed or on my camera phone, which is ok, but I’m really […]
Create a box that describes your current practice
I have two blank canvases to paint and a few drawings to frame before the close of this project- production wise. The timing falls within the equinox change to Autumn so it seems fitting especially when the coastal feel has […]
My dad died this month 28 years ago. I was 28 at the time, so it seems an apt, even balanced moment to write about how he viewed my art and misunderstood the real reason for its creation. As a […]
Louise Bourgeois and Boris Mikhailov at Tate Modern – July 2016 Red has already featured in my work as I mentioned in my blog on 13 July. It was made even more significant when I visited Tate Modern during the summer […]
I have now begun to put the drawings and sounds together. It is slow work and will take all my time over the next few weeks. The first clip, available on Vimeo, is of archaeologists digging. If all goes well […]
Latest headline estimates of adult (16+) engagement in culture for the year October 2015 to September 2016.
In July I paid an interesting visit to The Foundling Museum, to glean ideas for my project. Definition of a foundling: orphan, waif, stray, ragamuffin, urchin, outcast Museum information: A token was left by the mother with her baby as […]
One page infographic for Museums and Galleries 2015-2016.
AUDIOBLOG – Please click here Talking about the objects: Just talking about them does something to the way I handle them. I have knitted a vest for Hans, the doll without a hand, or rather, the hand resides elsewhere… It […]
Analyses and calculates the social value created by Turner Contemporary during the gallery’s April 2015–March 2016 financial year.
This was a wonderful opportunity to research a remarkable tree, especially as it has been appreciated and held in high regard for hundreds of years here in Wales.
I have taken time out from blogging as it has been impossible to keep it up with all of my time taken up with project managing the residencies, planning a school project, developing a new performance and finalising the closing […]
Two years ago Antonie, Karin, and I set up an artists’ association* with the idea of creating opportunities for artistic research outside of Stockholm’s art institutions. Last Friday we had our AGM. It did not take long as the we […]