AUDIOBLOG – Please click here Going over old ground. I’m boring myself now! I look at the sketch book I’m working in and it all looks stupidly familiar. I dig out the books I worked in when Bo and I […]
It was with some degree of trepidation that I put forward an idea for a drop-in drawing workshop quite some time ago inspired by a drawing by Anthony Gross, done in 1941, at the time when the recently uncovered Fan […]
(post by Kay) This evening we were lucky enough to witness magic in the making. Shetland’s traditional fiddle festival, Fiddle Frenzy, happens to be on this week, impeccable timing considering we have just arrived! So we went to see a […]
Yet more problems with technology, and yet, the advanced ? common world ? persists into a digital/ unaccountable era.., I deal, face to face first, and virtual world can follow gradually as i learn about it. the lack of face […]
The Precarious Workers Pageant in Venice aims to highlight the conditions faced by migrant workers involved in the construction of the new Frank Gehry-designed Guggenheim Museum in Abu Dhabi.
Darren and I have talked about possibilities for the exhibition but as he is in London and and I’m in Suffolk, and we both have other commitments, we are creating a ‘mood and movement board’ and pooling references on Pinterest […]
It was good to get feedback from the curator, Kaavous: I have been carrying around the proposals you sent and trying to work out which feels more relevant in terms of other works in the show. I wonder if it […]
Artist Nicola Saunderson and I have been chatting about our different approaches to surveying a site. Hers is organised and disciplined – pseudo scientific – whereas mine is instinctive and based around visual moments that intrigue me. Inspired by her […]
Anish Kapoor has invited fellow artist Carsten Höller to create a new addition to his Orbit sculpture in the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park, London.
Realising that I was interested in movement in relation to the spaces at The Minories and other work in the show, I asked Darren Ellis if he would be interested in collaborating on developing work for this exhibition. In discussion […]
Visiting The Minories and talking to Kaavous he was interested in how the work I had been doing with Darren with a web of elastic disrupted a space and determined movement. We talked more broadly about how people respond to […]
This week’s selection includes a sound installation in Birmingham, photography and film in east London and a ten year anniversary exhibition at Newcastle upon Tyne-based gallery Vane.
So I will be soon going in to day 3 of the residency and I’m feeling tired but buzzing! The ideas have been multiplying and have kept me awake for the last 2 nights – good and bad news! To […]
Artist in residence at Lancaster West Estate working on a community film and mural
From Bread and Roses to Bread and Jam … From Bread and Roses, an ongoing personal project created in response to the 2015 election result, to a group show, Bread and Jam in a private, soon to be renovated home […]
Oil lamps tonight whilst we work and talk. We arrived with supplies and took in the surroundings of this old farmhouse. Only remedial work has been done to preserve the integrity of the structure and provide some limited comfort like […]
Day 2 (post by Kay) Mousa. Five years ago I tried to get to the island of Mousa, famous for the most well preserved Iron Age broch tower in the world. It was a glorious sunny day (each one is golden […]
(post by Kay) A bit of background to how we ended up here: Five years ago I was commissioned to deliver a participatory public art commission by Shetland Schools Service for Olnafirth Primary School in Shetland. I spent several months […]
Jolene, model for motorbike wear, is currently on loan to artist Catriona Stamp. Though initially excited by this new opportunity, Jolene is now expressing doubt and concern. ‘I thought an artist would have more appreciation for my face and figure, […]
That moment when you are sat down and asked about your work suddenly becomes the moment you actually think about it. In my case anyway. At really short notice (a cancellation) we were offered an exhibition space. Thus followed a […]
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