“Thank you for your recent application for an a-n Re:view bursary. We would like to info rm you that your application was successful” Now that’s a pretty good email to get on a Wednesday morning! Especially in our current climate […]
Guardian Culture Professionals recently hosted a live chat on the subject of selling art. Art world figures were joined by artists, collectors and creative entrepreneurs to discuss the role of gallerist as negotiator, the Internet versus face-to-face sales and ways to make it easier to start a collection.
Lauren Healey talks to Northern Art Prize 2011 winner Leo Fitzmaurice about objectness, appropriation and his time-intensive research process.
Since beginning this project in February until now, I have applied for a few residencies and exhibitions, and in doing so, I have taken the time to reflect on the development of my practice. I am returning to my practice […]
Working again in our bookable space, this time with a longer period of three days, I spent the time creating a large scale installation – a bit more ambitious than the previous attempts. The longer period of time allowed me […]
I went to see some more exhibitions in London this weekend (after helping install a show at the Waterfront Gallery, which was a really good opportunity to learn how to hang work/ what it is like to have a show […]
This morning brings confirmation of the inclusion of our gift circle proposal in the upcoming conference ‘Just Do(ing) It, Again: The Politics of DIY and Self-Organised Culture’ which is a ‘day of presentations, workshops, films and discussion about DIY culture […]
New work! Several story-lines led me to making this piece and I’ve been thinking about titles: for now it is simply Hand me down, as I thought I’d wait to see what people make of the work, what kind of […]
It’s been a busy couple of weeks with various projects progressing – lots of meetings, events and communications going on, andin the middle of it, the death of my laptop (r.i.p G4 ibook) so I haven’t had much time or […]
Edited by Catherine Morris and Vincent Bonin, MIT Press
14 September 2012 – 17 February 2014
This is late. Not a good sign. Today is the post performance entry. I performed the Book of Essays both last night and the previous Friday, to different audiences with a few changes in both. My lovely assistants, partners in […]
Professional Practice – Done! Dissertation – Done (well, almost)! Now I can really go for the final big unit – at last. I am so happy to be creating again. A trip to the V&A’s cast halls offered a visual […]
Feeling a bit better today about Book of Essays, it is a difficult thing to perform, a book. Never had the chance to develop something so considered in performance before. My aspirations are to create something with perhaps more ambition […]
Bringing a fragmented art education together I started with drawing, not realising at the time how helpful that would turn out to be. “Drawing for Non-Artists” – my neighbour brought the adult education brochure round to show me the class […]
The artist seeks the truth within surrounding elemental situations. A period of extended positive image projection residing in the cerebral cavity challenges this practice. Connectivity in motion. 1: Reality and perception of time limitations leads to the Confused mind causing […]
Working in reverse I followed up on my previous conversation with Paul Sermon at Media City and discussed the pros and con’s of live streaming. It was really good to get an outside view of the work without him actually […]
The Rythm factory, London
8 March – 3 April 2013
A new report from public art think tank ixia highlights a significant fall in the size and value of the sector in England.
‘synaesthesia and the arts of cooking’ Portsmouth: March 5th awake at 4am – dreams cling like anti Vandal paint – stain – liquid – held in place by memory faders at 0 DBL radio comfort 209 – voices in the […]
Modern Edinburgh Film School brings together practitioners in visual art, poetry, performance and film to explore alternative approaches to the screen. Project founder Alex Hetherington talks about community, social sculpture and his search for a sense of ‘elsewhere-ness’ in a very traditional city.
Week 23: 18th – 24th FebruaryI’ve been thinking a lot about impact and sharing my research outside of the university, so I decided to join a number of online groups to find out about others in a similar situation. Perhaps […]
ART13 – London’s latest art fair has just launched and is jostling for attention in a crowded market.
I am starting to get that ‘itchy’ feeling that I get when it has been too long without getting my hands dirty with the actual making of art. I thought that this week, being half term at my language school, […]
Many events have happened recently, mainly positive. I visited Downstairs Gallery at Great Brampton House in Herefordshire to see Matt Brown’s exhibition, Force Quit. The work was beautifully produced and quite complex, visually. There were a number of pieces there […]
Studio space is ready now for the second part of my studio practice. Everything is clear and organised now, making everything handy and ready to go. Pictures from Tesco have arrived so I can spend the day tomorrow in the […]
