Stand facing another body Take one photo. Turn around. Take a second photo. Walk 10 steps, glance back to where you came from. Take another photo. Continue to walk in the direction you began moving, and every ten steps glance […]
This week’s selection features a film installation exploring queer intergenerational relationships, an exhibition charting the emergence of contemporary art in China, and a glimpse into how, for a short period during the 1950s, St Ives challenged the then contemporary art capitals of Paris and New York.
The little chinks of light that have appeared since project ‘Mark Carr as Artist’ began in 2012 have at times only just been enough to sustain this ‘living art form’. So after the 20 watt bulb inclusion in a small […]
I though now would be as good a time as any to finally start a blog “regarding the bursary I was awarded last year. The aim of my research is to develop new skills in the art pulp printing and lithography.
I went to Copenhagen for the show of artist Adam Fenton. Adam, who often paints landscapes had constructed a tearoom as an all-encompassing ‘Victorian’ experience. The serious nature of a crafted traditional painting staple was expertly contrasted by Adam’s performance […]
I think many people would ask this , is it about belief or emotion ……. I think both are neccesary to, create
I’ve a lot to say about today’s events but it’s a long drive back to Reykjavik tomorrow and I need to go to bed, so will fill in the details when I am back from Iceland and for now, here […]
Remember those; Not here today; And those unwell; Or far away; Or those who never lived to see; The end of war in victory; And every friend who passed our way; Rememembered as of yesterday; Its absent friends you miss […]
I found The Tee Sharps busking in Newcastle town centre, beautiful voices, especially when they harmonise, and a little more rare to see girls busking, (only really just realised that) The busking scene is amazing here, every corner you turn […]
AUDIOBLOG – Please click here “Right then” I said……. Nine Women is up and running, work complete and installed. Yes of course there will be follow on issues and admin and trying to get it into other spaces, but this […]
I was just about to leave the hostel this morning, when the owner knocked on my door and said that I had a visitor, which turned out to be Ineke! She said she’d been last night also with May and […]
AUDIOBLOG – Please click here Words and images are starting to appear in reaction to nine women now… My friend and huge inspiration, Heather Wastie wrote a poem inspired by her trip to Dudley. Heather is the newly appointed Poet […]
100615 Wedding last weekend, Inter-communities Volleyball Championship this weekend; it is hard to get art work done in between. Not that I am intending to play volleyball, just cheer from the sidelines. I am just the concierge for the tent […]
The public are invited behind the scenes of the burgeoning Bermondsey Street art scene as galleries, studios and project spaces open their doors for the Bermondsey Art Trail this Saturday.
Following an introduction by Manchester International Festival Director Alex Poots and its Artistic advisor Hans Ulrich Obrist in 2013, artist Gerhard Richter and composer Arvo Pärt were inspired to make new work dedicated to each other. Bob Dickinson attended the premiére of this new collaboration at Mancheter’s renovated Whitworth, and discovered one of the highlights so far of MIF 2015.
George Osborne’s benefit cuts set to make 13 million families ‘significantly worse off.’ Independent, July 9th 2015. ‘Bread and Roses’ is showing increasing signs of neglect, mirroring the harsh austerity measures imposed by the Tory government since the General Election. These […]
Digital archive to preserve over 1000 works of art charting history of disability arts from the 1970s to present day.
Despite sending my work down to London for the exhibition, 1st class and recorded, early Wednesday morning, it still hadn’t arrived by this morning (Friday) Considering I spend a large amount of my work time with Art Handlers and couriers, […]
Event and exhibition highlights for the week ahead, selected from our busy Events section and featuring events and exhibitions posted by a-n members.
So I made it to Djupivogur in one piece, almost without my suitcase. When I arrived at the luggage collection, everyone else picked up theirs one by one until there was just me and another guy left standing. I told […]
A creative seminar linked to the IN-SITE project, arranged by Francis Knight at the University of Kent, Chatham Historic Dockyard, 8th July 2015 I found the discussion about the role the artist has to offer in public projects particularly intriguing. […]
This is an extention to my ‘studio’ area on my website viviennerackett.co.uk. The ‘studio’ takes the form of my digital sketchbook, I hope this will be a regular space to share my processes, thoughts and workings.
