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Untitled blog post from "501 Artists in Residence, Chongqing. November 2010"
I flew from Chongqing to Hong Kong on the 11th December and after a weekend of tourism I returned to Manchester on the 13th December. As our residency in China is now over, this blog will now be paused. It […]
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Untitled blog post from "501 Artists in Residence, Chongqing. November 2010"
Throughout the latter part of my time in Chongqing, I had the overwhelming urge to seek out something old and something green. With this in mind I took a mini bus into the Sichuan mountains to visit Dazu. Dazu is […]
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Untitled blog post from "501 Artists in Residence, Chongqing. November 2010"
GoodbyesI have nearly a week left in China, but today is Nina’s last day so we spent it saying good bye and thanking the people we have met along the way. Nina completed her activity at the river bank by […]
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Untitled blog post from "501 Artists in Residence, Chongqing. November 2010"
The day of the exhibitionThe work I am exhibiting is constructed from the artefacts of my endeavour – the bottles of water and bags of sand I have gathered during the residency. I have three pieces of work. The first […]
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Untitled blog post from "501 Artists in Residence, Chongqing. November 2010"
Our exhibition opens tomorrow. Over the last few days I have been trying to come to a decision about what to show. Three weeks really isn’t enough time to make and show work, especially when you’re in an environment where […]
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Untitled blog post from "501 Artists in Residence, Chongqing. November 2010"
Now in the final days of our residency we have met a German artist who is mid way through a 3 month residency in Chongqing, he is sharing a studio with a French artist who is coming to the end […]
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Untitled blog post from "501 Artists in Residence, Chongqing. November 2010"
Looking Again On several occasions I have set out to find Nina’s work. On Wednesday I got up early, armed with my camera to seek out 2 structures that I had seen Nina making in the studio. I knew she […]
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Untitled blog post from "501 Artists in Residence, Chongqing. November 2010"
A knock on the studio door and Yan Yan’s voice telling me ‘I’ve brought a friend to meet you’… Another impromptu surprise! Xiao Q! A huge longhaired dog and my companion for the remainder of the week. A really good […]
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Untitled blog post from "501 Artists in Residence, Chongqing. November 2010"
Today I had a two and a half hour studio day with Shen Hua. Shen Hua was the first artist that I have been able to discuss the work with at length and also the first to talk to me […]
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Untitled blog post from "501 Artists in Residence, Chongqing. November 2010"
A nice circularity has happened. Our exhibition will be held in the gallery at Ximalaya Bookshop. Ximalaya was my starting point, the first place I found by following an artist’s description in this case a map drawn by Sarah Sanders. […]
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Untitled blog post from "501 Artists in Residence, Chongqing. November 2010"
Chongqing is a city in flux. What we see, feel, think changes on a day to day, hour to hour basis. Each time Nina visits the river, something is different. Each time I set out to make work, the parameters […]
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Untitled blog post from "501 Artists in Residence, Chongqing. November 2010"
Saturday MorningWhile Jessica was working in Mr Bald’s studio I was in our studio trying to construct a container for water using some wood and plastic I found yesterday in a pile of building debris. I was just getting to […]