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Artist Talk

I will be speaking at CCAD, Hartlepool on 7th June 2016 about this project; you can book a free place here!

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Digital-oriented practice: two-year initiative explores new models of working

The Office for Art, Design and Technology is a new two-year programme of residencies, events, exhibitions and professional development for new and more established artists with digital practices. Anneka French talks to the artist leading the programme as well as artists and mentors involved in Post-Modern Plant Life 2, the recently completed first stage of the initiative.

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Editing text in physical space.

Postit notes play a major role in my editing process, their sticky strips being the perfect place to line up the words that will later become diagram poems. I arrange the words thematically or by mood, with a different colour for […]

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Further visual experiments

Since following an online course on ‘machine learning’ I have been able to use some of what I have learned to manipulate Kinect and Leap Motion data to create visuals that respond to an environment through the 3d depth data […]

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Establishing a printmaking routine

Early days in the print studio at KALA were all about familiarising myself with the lovely staff members, observing  how the studio works and getting to know some of the fellow artists in residence and printmakers that use KALA regularly […]

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Hi Ho!

We would like you to meet the seven new family members soon to be taking up residence in the Chateau gardens: Doc, Grumpy, Happy, Sleepy, Dopey, Bashful and Sneezy. It was strange because we had discussed only the day before […]

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Exhibition frames

As my work is documented I am using photographs (along with a projection) in my exhibition they are black and brown in order to add to the elemental nature of my work

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Exhibition ice sculpture

There will be ice balls suspended in the centre of my exhibition so I got a black bucket to catch the drips of water in for health and safety’s peace of mind

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Exhibition Lighting Test

a quick test to see the effectiveness of my floor lights behind the planks. I like this effect and will continue to prepare the planks to disguise them with black paint

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Exhibition Lighting

Six of these small but powerful led lights will be placed on the floor next to the walls to illuminate the pieces of work in my space, a trip to wicks and I purchased wooden planks to hide the lights […]

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Exhibition Space

a shot of the dark space I have for my exhibition. Still needs to be cleared out but still good to be able to visualise the space

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More Creative Writings and Voice Recordings

Saturday saw my first session for voice recordings with my trusty helpers – Islay High School’s art and gaelic teachers Neil Galligan and Jason Bond. We began by using the art department as a location to record voices as it […]

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Detained

I hate public transport back home but Swedish public transport is on the next level…I digress onto next episode “Detained” Today it was quiet at Råfilm HQ so I managed to catch up with one of its members Anna Klara […]

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Pyrosis

Using orange and yellow contact lenses and make up this photo shoot denotes the use of fire in contrast to the use of ice in Sub Zero Transfusion

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Blocked

Can’t add any more as not allowed to upload any more pictures……so i will attempt to continue on a second blog “Tough Love”

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Sainsbury’s ‘opportunity’: ludicrous, misguided and all too common

A recent advert by Sainsbury’s in Camden asked for an artist to ‘volunteer their skills’ to refurbish the branch’s staff canteen, with the resulting social media storm prompting press articles and an apology from the supermarket. a-n Executive Director Jeanie Scott considers what the incident says about the barriers and misconceptions artists face.

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Residency Buzz

I have seen lots of really interesting and experimental residencies popping up on my social media feeds over the past few weeks and this is helping me reflect on what We Are Resident residency could be. Idle women launched an […]

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and out of the blue…

Last November, and out of the blue, came an invitation by Pat Naldi, Associate Editor of Philosophy of Photography (Intellect Books), for me to contribute ‘A Film in my Purse…’ to the forthcoming spring volume. Such an unexpected but wonderful […]

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