In her latest short film, Marianna Simnett – one of two filmmakers selected for the 2014-15 Jerwood/FVU Awards – focuses on a surgical procedure and ‘biobot’ cockroaches. Chris Sharratt overcomes his squeamishness to ask some questions about her work.
I draw is a slippery term. In isolation it’s imprecise and needs context to confer meaning. It could be about air, attention, carriage, comparison, conclusion, curtains, game, gas, lots, liquid, money, move, picture, pull, reaction, smoke, talk, or weapons. It […]
Threads is a 1984 television drama which focuses on the medical, economic, social, and environmental consequences of a nuclear war spanning over a 13 year period. This clip shows a child of one of the survivors who is educationally stunted […]
A short film made by the V&A Museum Community Artist in residence and screening at the Portobello Film Festival on 5th Sep 2015
This week I attended an interdisciplinary conference on the histories of weaving and coding. The aim of the conference was to present practice based research in progress and to discuss anthropological links to the project as a whole. As my […]
The inaugural North festival of contemporary art opens in Warrington in October with a series of city pavilions and an exhibition that invites artists’ responses to Ikea. Laura Robertson speaks to some of the artists involved and the London-based gallerist behind the event.
For my new piece about Richard Arkwright I wanted to use the same techniques as for the other more narrative works in the Tangled Yarns show: painting on patterned fabric. So the search for a fabric began – ideally the […]
Selected resources and blogs from the a-n website that collectively suggest good practices and provide practical insight to artists seeking to work through residencies, and organisers and hosts offering residencies.
AUDIOBLOG – Please click here The plan had been to spend another afternoon and evening in the studio. When I woke up, the slight snuffle I had assumed to be allergy related turned out to be a cold. I […]
As I reach the end of my residency the last few days have been very productive, including lots of studio time and a climb up Cadair Idris. In previous blogs I mention man made interventions and this seems to have […]
This week, I’ve been concentrating on filling in my work roster for the next three months, and figuring out how I can make the ten days leave I have left, stretch to the end of February. To most people, ten […]
(Joseph) My memento mori for the trip – recorded out of the window late last night at high tide. I’ve applied a lo-cut filter to minimise the sound of the nearby harbour boats and the constant generator hum that comes from them. Goodbye Shetland […]
It started with an invitation to a Studio Soirée, followed a month later with a visit to talk in more depth. It’s no overstatement to say that walking into Chris Jackson’s studio is like walking into Aladdin’s cave. Its hard […]
Reading articles like this in The Guardian over the Bank Holiday weekend remind me, that while people like Moira Drury continue to be treated in the way her daughter writes about here, then there will always be room for getting angry: […]
This week’s selection includes a timely exploration of migration in London, surreal storytelling in Manchester and a homely exhibition in Cambridge.
(Joseph) Almost done and definitely half a mind (most of the time) on going home now… It felt like the Open Studio was the last proper day of the residency. Today was taken up with admin at the booth, followed […]
