Over a 1000 artists descended on Scarborough for the Art Party Conference, instigated by the artist Bob and Roberta Smith. A day of marching, debating and discussion, a-n joined in the action with provocations and special events. Jack Hutchinson reports.
Written or spoken text became part of art practices particularly since the conceptualists. Language is used immediate and direct, as a mechanism, narrative, a mirror, statement and critique. Is text a material? Lawrence Weiner once noted, language is the medium […]
First I couldn’t wait, then I found it looming: the day before the private view my head was a meeting-place for a vociferous, foul-mouthed community of doubts, all shouting at the same time. Was my work good enough to be […]
Published by Stour Valley Arts/ The Beaney House of Art & Knowledge, Canterbury
22 June 2013 – 31 December 2014
Prologue It is almost 9 years since my mother, Parvin Azadeh Rieu, was swept away in the Asian Tsunami of 2004, an event which not only totally transformed my personal life, but my arts practice too. Why? perhaps because I […]
I wish I could scream & shout… Tonight’s rehearsal is somehow quite revelatory. This piece won’t be easy to make. I started properly to work on it last week, juggling with thoughts about its central theme, talking to friends about […]
Artists/Practitioners sharing this Loopart13 November residency (pt. 3) Matthew Goodsmith http://matthewgoodsmith.com/ http://www.squiezeshow.co.uk/index.php/artists/matthew-goodsmith/ http://matthewgoodsmith.tumblr.com/ Yi Xin Yan http://yanyixin.co.uk/ http://www.artistwaiters.com/artists/yixin-yan/ http://www.artslant.com/lon/events/show/274588-creekside-open-2013 Already you see that we are a diverse bunch, but also there are obvious connections from the word go: a lot […]
What to do/write/say after such a long break, or rather, four very full weeks? The most significant thing to note it that I finally have the template/profile that I need to make a ‘positive’ 3D form based on the shadow. […]
I moved my tools and materials into the new studio earlier on today (12/11/13), and if you’re a facebook friend, you will know from today’s updates, that: “The walls in my new studio are ever so slightly f*cked. Work left […]
Getting going again… After a run of exciting exhibitions and commissions spanning over the Summer and into the Autumn, its time to get back into making new work in my studio at Rogue. The Summer began for me in June […]
Getting going again… After a run of exciting exhibitions and commissions spanning over the Summer and into the Autumn, its time to get back into making new work in my studio at Rogue. The Summer began for me in June […]
<CP> This morning I visited the Mira Schendel exhibition at Tate Modern. I invited Eddie to join me so we could continue to discuss our project. He declined, saying that it’s a mistake to visit exhibitions while making your own […]
This year’s engage International Conference took place in Birmingham and tackled the current period of ‘extraordinary change’ in art education across the UK while also exploring what an uncertain future may hold. AIR Council member Caroline Wright, who was presenting at the conference, reports.
Having just started my two chapter residency made me instantly appreciate being in one place and reassured of focused working. More precisely, for the next couple of weeks I am concentrating on working through Business and Management related books to […]
Sutton House, London7 November – 22 December 2013
Hello, and welcome to the new blog :) I will probably return to The State of Play blog when this project is complete, but I wanted to keep a separate record of my residency collaborating in a large group with […]
As I thought about the time that lapsed between thinking about it and actually starting this blog I remembered school reports ” Joanna is a slow developer”. In terms of art practice it seems to me that speed is not […]
No new work done yet but I continue sorting and throwing. This afternoon I was at college to hear sculptor Doug White talking about his practice. I have a passion for listening to artists talk about how they work. I […]
Various venues, Istanbul
14 September – 20 October 2013
A very good day – magical, playful, a feeling of childlike excitement. Actual glee. Just home, feeling exhilarated and animated after a first day of collaboration with For The Love of People, who are artists Caroline Hick http://bobbyhick.tumblr.com/and Jez Coram […]
When it works, oh my god does it feel good. Maybe it s the time pressure now (23rd November deadline) or maybe that I ve cleared some baggage out of my life or maybe just my cheeky little star chart […]
I have my first opportunity to bid for a paid commission! It’s a chance to install work in a large foyer at Canary Wharf. What can I make that drives my practice forward whilst also meeting the brief? I visit […]
Currently listening to: Reith Lectires 2013: Playing to the Gallery by Grayson Perry. Lecture 2: Beating The Bounds Recorded at St George’s Hall, Liverpool. Broadcast 22/10/13, Radio4 http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b03dsk4d/The_Reith_Lectures_Grayson_Perry_Playing_to_the_Gallery_2013_Beating_the_Bounds/ The award-winning artist Grayson Perry asks whether it is really true that […]
Wow, I love Vasconcelos and I love the sound of her name and where she lives and her trajectory as an international artist. From the interview I posted earlier I will get something that is very interesting/important to me at […]
Artists from across the UK will benefit from a-n bursaries specifically designed to support research and development of new collaborations within or beyond the arts. We introduce the artists and projects.
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