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Like a Woman – The ball finished with me.
My performance today was shorter than I had expected – I was engrossed and settled as I worked with the ball – I was able to play with intensity and speed – and worked outside where I had been before […]
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Almost There
Thanks to Rob for making my letters and for this snap taken to celebrate their successful installation. These last few weeks have been taken up with preparing a space – I have learned that the more you make a black-out […]
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Workshop with Marega Pulsar
July 24th I spent a day moving and marking with groundwork pro Cardiff – facilitated by Marega Pulsar. Her energy and generosity was infectious – everyone collaborated to make the day exciting challenging and rewarding. Participants were mainly either most […]
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Evolution of a Performance
The process began with experiments with moving and not marking – first in a day light lit studio space – then in a domestic space – then in a lit AV studio. I was experimenting with extension in standing – […]
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Good News From The Future
Thinking about the experience we bring with our ‘time travelled heads’ and being ‘comfortable in our own skin’ as we get older is the central thesis of the work that this group is doing together. We worked with Mike at […]
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An Alexander Lesson on Performance
As my performance comes closer I took the time today to have an Alexander Lesson focusing on the first few minutes. The performance is improvised so this is not about planning what I will do – but rather how I […]
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Realisation
Moving into ‘realisation’ means a change of gear. Last term for me was all about process and play – and now there is outcome to consider. This has meant clarifying and re-clarifying the key themes that I want to be […]
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Exhibiting at Vegetable Agenda
I was invited along with fellow MFA student Jodie Nicholson to contribute to an exhibition at Vegetable Agenda. These images are taken from the web site – the work is by Mita Solanky, Colin Shaw and myself – and […]
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Full Extension
My first experiences of making and moving in a large space evoked a sense of full extension. It took me back to many different life’s moments. I remembered Iris Young’s feminist essay on Throwing like a Girl – I remembered […]
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Material Reflections and Beyond
I was excited to be introduced to the book Hyperdrawing at the start of the term. Reading more about performance and drawing indulged my long standing love of lines and gestural marking and I hoped might give me the […]
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Research Week in The Lake District
Id been walking and drawing through most of February making marks while going back and for between home and Cardiff Met – about a 15 minute walk. I had used 4 concertina sketch books and filled them with different kind […]
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Smash it Up – Gets us Moving
I had the opportunity to go to a workshop run by the Clarks after their Smash It Up show at Chapter Arts centre Cardiff. Now on tour from 17th February. If you have the chance – go and see it […]