CRAFT at Top Drawer Autumn 2016
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Archive
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Venue:
Olympia -
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September 11, 2016 -
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September 13, 2016 -
Location:
London
I am still pondering movement and how to make it visible on paper. I am fascinated by the process, by the things which lie on the peripheries of our consciousness and experience; background noises such as the noise made […]
More ballerina shots from inside the music boxes. Thanks to photographer, John McCormick. August 2016.
During my time at Tempting Failure, as well as performing I was fortunate enough to be invited to write about the performances alongside other artists and also David LaGaccia of Incident Magazine. I wrote my responses to the work of […]
The Flower Seller of Aleppo, courtesy of Channel 4 news. Things sometimes get lost, so I’m posting this remarkable piece of footage here, keeping it safe. It’s highly pertinent to the theme of a show, still in its early stages […]
A new installation by Hampshire-based disabled artist Beth Davis-Hofbauer aims to reduce the stigma associated with mental health issues, particularly anxiety.
This week’s selection includes vegetable sculptures in Leeds, film works in London and in Newcastle a group show exploring figurative and conceptual art.
I took a taxi and my new book ‘Silent Poetry’, Deafness, Sign, And Visual Culture in Modern France by Nicholas Mirzoeff to the SOFITEL Jardin Des Roses. I found out that you can relax in the Andalusian gardens for free […]
Three more … Here are images of the three remaining music boxes from the seven that I selected for the making of a short film, ‘I Always Wanted To Be …’ The film is currently in the process of being […]
After a few weeks of time off from the internship due to a house move, holidays, e.t.c. I was back at Glen Finglas to finalise the audio interpretation work for the internship project. The blackbox device had been sent off […]
Art Adventures and Explorations on an a-n Travel Bursary
‘I Always Wanted To Be ..’ A new body of work and the documenting of it has taken up my time and moved my focus away from this blog, to another. I have been busy documenting the process of […]
Photo by Philip King. It’s been a very long time since I blogged in this space as I’m currently working on an ACE funded project which I write about on Through An Artist’s Eye. What has brought me back here […]
AUDIOBLOG – Please click here I think my brain has a special filter that keeps things from me sometimes. It squirrels away on something, keeping it guarded behind materials and stitches until a piece is completed. Then when it’s been […]
A couple of weeks ago I carried out my second residency day this time visiting Nelson, a neighbouring town of Colne and home of The Shop. I’ve previously mentioned The Shop, a creative space ran by In Situ, and the support […]
Thanks to Rob for making my letters and for this snap taken to celebrate their successful installation. These last few weeks have been taken up with preparing a space – I have learned that the more you make a black-out […]
The LOST LIBRARY Phase I feels to me like it could carry on and evolve in response to different locations, taking on a book from the area of another library/festival…I also feel that Phase I needs physical movement in the […]
SUNDAY, 28 AUGUST 2016 Happily, given that the deadline is fast approaching the hot weather has speeded up the drying of my surfaces (at least to a workable dry) and I have been able to work on this piece […]
I’m looking for a mailing/contact list for small venues that I can approach for potential exhibitions. Does anybody know if such lists exist and, if so, do they cost? Thanks, in anticipation.
The PV or rather first meet the artist’s event for Plastic Propaganda’s latest show, Sugar and Spice, was on Tuesday 23 August and I was pleased to see my two pieces had been installed close to each other so that they could […]