Starting to gear up for a small show – installation – here in Melbourne at Austral Avenue, an artist run initiative, during the month before I leave for Beijing [July]. A timely show in many ways, but stressful too – […]
This guide by Jonathan Waring covers the process of establishing a studio group: from having the initial idea, bringing together a likeminded group of artists and getting hold of a space, to running the studios effectively on a day-to-day basis.
I owe David Barrett a great deal. Since we met on Stuart Brisley's Fine Art Media MA at the Slade in 1995 David has continued to take a proactive interest in me and my practice -even when I was doubtful! […]
THE PRIVATE VIEW FOR MY EXHIBITION IS TODAY:WEDNESDAY 23rd of May / (Cup Final day…!)IN THE ANGLICAN CATHEDRAL LIVERPOOL AT 18:30h (The performance will start at 18:45h..)"Devotional Choreography"a 5-screen cine-film-projection installationSteve Boyland, Jonathan Raisin and Ray Dickaty will perform music […]
I have been in touch with a lot of new acquaintances through eLists with which I am registered [such as Sonic Arts Network, Phonography.org, Rhizome, Fibreculture etc]. I mentioned this project and I have had a lot of interesting responses […]
Since November 2006, Arts Council England has been asking all across the land to add their views on the public value of the arts.
This was the first time I've been to Ackerstrasse which is surprising as it is just one street over parallel to Kastienallee that I go up and down all the time. It is funny how one sticks to the known […]
ok, I am going to cut out the laboured optimism… Here it is, straight and honest: …now I feel refreshed and human again (after a bath and short rest). But I don’t think that I did a very god job […]
Since graduating in 1993 I have made outdoor sculpture in my studio located on a farm in Kent.
(ORIGIN of Choreography: from Greek khoreia ‘dancing in unison’ (from khoros ‘chorus’ ) + -graphy ) The catalyst for this installation is the divisive force with which I observe a great number of people responding to cultural identities that differ […]
On returning home: My first week has been largely occupied by language studies and settling in. The downside to residencies in unfamiliar places is the time spent lost, seeking that which would be easily to hand at home. The upside […]
Cultural diversity is a term that has pervaded our language and thinking across all sectors of life and institutions, and its latest manifestation of citizenship is perhaps the most coercive strategy being employed by government.
Bloody hell!… What has happened to me? I used to be so good with deadlines. I would get set the work and then would get it done asap usually within that week. But now…now when it actually counts.. bloody writers […]
Finnish artist Tea Mäkipää’s work confronts her viewpoint of impending ecological catastrophe through interventions and installations positing an alternative vision of existence. By Manick Govinda.
“The process of social change is in desperate need of creativity and imagination, and the aesthetic process in urgent need of social engagement”
Started on some new work today which I have been planning for a while but have just not had the opportunity to actually put into practice. It was wonderful to make a start. When I am planning work I think […]
I took time off work last week and spent it in the studio – I'm not sure if I've ever had three consecutive days there before, which is quite an admission. Although I think of myself an artist I realise […]
THE TOUCH THIS PRESS I suppose, in order to understand what I am working towards with my degree show, I should explain what I am doing. I am wondering whether it is a good idea to publish my intentions online […]
Plymouth Arts Centre, Plymouth
20 January – 19 March
One of the main tendencies in public space has been to minimise risk – providing mini-cities in which risk has been all but removed.
International Project Space, Birmingham
16 November – 16 December
Debra Savage’s case study-based research into the realities of professional artistic practice.
Chinese Arts Centre, Manchester
2-5 November
Every age rewrites its history in its own image. Each age produces art that reflects that image, whether consciously or not.
The Biennial age is the age of the illusion of free flowing global movement of thought and capital, when the success of an artist could be measured in airmiles.
