Austmarka | 3 degrees | fog before getting up there was the world of Norwegian writer (Karl Ove Knausgaard) autobiographical exact, descriptive he is moved by Constable’s sketches of clouds and fears his responses to art are not appropriate emotional […]
Tactics: take 30 seconds of film either side of the still. Play it at normal speed, freezing it every 1 second to draw the skyline. I don’t like the mark-making in this – too controlled – lacks expression More […]
After a guest lecture by artist Lol Sargent I went over to the drawing studio to work with first and second year BA (Hons) Fine Art students to construct a Lens Based Media installation. Each artist had brought different LBM […]
The findings of a recent survey into social mobility in the arts reveal that it is becoming increasingly difficult for those without financial support to break into the sector.
Da Lasses……Agnes Kay, Joan Sutherland, Elisha Simpson, Ruby Williamson, 1957. The herring gutters from Whalsay, the crew of 4, worked together, lived together, 3 to gut and 1 to pack, still friends. Today at Mareel, the arts centre in Lerwick, […]
Similar tactics as before: use a new still shot, take 30 seconds of film either side of it, play this at 25% speed and draw the results. Repeat this four times, quickly, one after the other. These are the results: […]
In our previous meeting together, back in September, some of the artists mentioned their own experiences of being part of other peer groups or crit groups and possible formats that could be adapted for this group. Some individuals spoke of […]
He told me the story of hiding from his father in his bedroom. He told me of the fear he felt when he heard the bee come into the flat attracted by the fish his father was frying, unexpected as […]
Darren and I will turn up on Sunday next and occupy The Minories. Mirroring the research we’ve been doing over the last few months and the images installed in the show Making Space, we will endeavour to fit in to the […]
Austmarka | minus 8 degrees | sunny + dry getting out of the village is not easy bus leaves at 6.45 am one returns at 3.45 if your lucky question is – what to do on arriving at 7.20 am […]
This year’s engage International Conference in Glasgow focused on young people working with art and artists, with a remit to explore the gallery as a school, the importance of cross-disciplinary engagement, and the ethics of peer-led practice. But, as Moira Jeffrey reports, much of the lively and challenging discussion was wide-ranging and off script.
Austmarka | minus 5 degrees | extra sunny sunday morning – slept well reading Karl Ove Knausgaard till late perfecting the art of making toast in the oven raspberry jam, tart against the crunchy toast it’s extra sunny outside and […]
The third event in Artquest’s System Failure series, co-organised by a-n and AUE, discussed artists’ low pay and featured Paying Artists Regional Advocate Mark Gubb on the panel. Joseph Young reports.
The beginning of the week proved to be a difficult start; I felt stuck and frustrated by my work. I think that I’m over thinking and over analysing every aspect, which is important and crucial to my practice; however it […]
8.15am waiting at Laxo for my ferry to Whalsay, it arrived on time, calm crossing. A workshop with the secondary school this morning, 6 S1 pupils made sculptures, all had family members who were fishermen, such is Whalsay, a fishing […]
What printing works have I chosen to exhibit in Pretty’s? Print 1 – By The Waters 8 Now the reason why I wanted to include this image as my first choice, is because I have had so many moments by […]
My research into mug shots has led me to look at the Victorian baby farmer Amelia Dyer. A baby farmer was a woman who would take in infants for a fee. She would then arrange for the infant to be […]
Re-mastering of 26 year old film for the University of Warwick 50th anniversary celebrations
