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A Q&A with… George Barber, video artist
Best known for his ‘scratch video’ work in the 1980s, in his recent films the video artist George Barber uses dark humour to tackle topical issues such as military drones and the global refugee crisis. With shows currently taking place in London and Cardiff, Chris Sharratt talks to him about absurdity, politics and life on board a nuclear submarine.
Fitting in across space
Day 5
As I navigate my way through this time in Shetland and the project, I feel like a driftnet, gathering everything that is coming to me while at the same time trying to put some shape into it, however it is […]
September Trip to Tate Modern and Royal Academy: Agnes Martin and Joseph Cornell
AGNES MARTIN My tutor, Jane Watt had suggested I take a look at this exhibition at Tate Modern. Before my visit I’d read a little about Agnes Martin, and was not sure her work would be particularly relevant to my […]
Today’s Task
Throw your dummy out of the pram Today I have been given the task from my lecturer Sean Edwards to take ten photos of things related to my work I then must print them on 6×4 C-Type Prints and exhibit […]
Pippa Koszerek – articles and reviews
All my articles and reviews in one place!

Plymouth Art Weekender
The inaugural Plymouth Art Weekender took place in a range of venues and public locations throughout the ocean city between 25-27 September 2015. Pippa Koszerek considers projects from the Crafts Council, Karst, The Alamo Project, Plymouth Arts Centre and Royal William Yard.
Photography Styles
Documentary Photography Above you can see images of my process of making the head, Its paper mache, I got hold of a Giant red balloon Blew it up to the size I wanted it and placed it on a surface […]
Fitting in across space
Developing work at a distance
Since meeting at The Minories to discuss how our work might develop for the show in Nov/Dec Darren and I have been separately taking photographs of ourselves fitting, or trying to fit, into new environments. We have both spent some […]

Hilary Jack and the ‘The Late Great Planet Earth’
Hilary Jack crates a world that is both familiar in the physical sense yet also goes deeper into the subconscious of the mentality of the artist recluse.
burning with pleasure – artists’ books exhibition
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Curious Duke Gallery -
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London
20/254
Settling into quite a routine now. The grids and lines have fallen by the wayside in the last few days, at least for now. I was feeling that I couldn’t get into the word (enough) that is my starting point […]
Workshop 1: Jerwood Space, London
As part of the first workshop in the new a-n Writer Development Programme, the five participants each produced a piece of writing in response to the Jerwood Drawing Prize 2015, now available as an A5 printed booklet, a downloadable pdf, […]
The Loss
The digital age sells the message ‘complex personal, creative, and cultural collaborations’ can be replaced by the right skill sets coming together in virtual conjunction. Solnit suggests this results in a loss. From her perspective something like art shown in […]

The alternative gallery
A speculation on alternative ways to show art work
The Big Memory Draw[er]
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Gainsborough [art]works -
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West Midlands
Untitled blog post from "We Are Resident"

Journey to self
An artistic and historical response to the European refugee crisis
Notes taken from Ryan Gander
Footnotes to You’re LoOking for Something That’s Already Found You – Ryan Gander. 1. To take anything from the outside world you a. Must be interested b. It must grab your imagination c. How can you change this in terms of […]

Acme announces 2015/16 Graduate Studio Awardees
The London-based studio provider enables 16 art college graduates to take up studios at its Warton House premises in Stratford from October 2016.

NOW SHOWING #118: The week’s top exhibitions
This week’s selection includes an innovative way of exploring Cambridge’s more intriguing locations, multi-disciplinary work in Liverpool and a mind-blowing example of painting technique in Edinburgh.

Just Imagine
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Damage
During the summer holidays, I spent time sorting out the damaged frames from the good ones in my ciné film collection. It is slow-going. I’m trying to collate them in order. I will add to it as I find time […]