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In the March 2000 issue of [a-n] MAGAZINE, Lee Valley Regional Park Authority advertised for a digital artist, working in sound and image, to participate in the development of a new park on the old Royal Ordnance Site in Essex. Simon Honey, an artist in east London, was one of over 100 applicants.

Academy Schloss Solitude is located at the edge of a forest in the grounds of a baroque castle on the outskirts of Stuttgart. It is completely isolated with no shops, bars, etc within the near vicinity, and with access to […]

‘Perceiving the Invisible’ is a series of interactive works that result from my six-month Year of the Artist residency in the physics department of University of Cambridge. The Cavendish Laboratory has been host to cutting-edge discoveries since 1874, including the […]

In July 2000 I had the opportunity to work with artist Huw Davies, on a bronze sculpture and series of bronze panels for the Abertridwr village square regeneration scheme near Caerphilli, South Wales. The project was commissioned by Groundwork Trust […]

In July 2000, on the generously wooded estate of the Thomson’s in Blackridge, Scotland, the matchstick hearth-rug (pictured on the cover of the December issue of [a-n] MAGAZINE) was ignited via a fifty-metre fuse-line constructed of left-over matches, with both […]

‘Home (Between 8 and 10pm)’ was an exhibition curated by MASS, that began by looking at aspects of taste and home-ownership. However, this was not about unfathomable DIY assembly packs from Sweden, nor Sir Terrance Conran’s call for cool austerity […]

In Spring 2000 I responded to an advert in [a-n] MAGAZINE for a solo exhibition at The Pearoom, Heckington. To my delight, I was selected and began to develop a new body of work. I love walking and decided to […]

In the June 2000 issue of [a-n] MAGAZINE, Birmingham Institute of Art and Design advertised the Wheatley Bequest Fine Art Fellowship in Painting. From 40 applications received, artist John Russell was appointed. Head of School Mike Holland talks about the two fellowship schemes currently being run by the university.

My six-month residency started in September 2000 at the Wellcome Trust headquarters in London. I was immediately interested in this new programme which is open solely to postgraduate students, and offers time and space for research and the development of […]

Turning our heads to view something that has caught our attention is a subconscious reflex. When doing so, we tend not to get the full picture and leave it up to our imagination to fill in any missing elements. Our […]

Since completing my degree I have been involved in a series of workshops aimed at improving people’s self esteem and confidence through acquiring a new skill. The experience has allowed me invaluable time to contemplate myself and the relationships built […]

Since July 1999 I have been on a North West Arts Board placement at Chester Zoological Gardens, producing monoprints from sketchbook studies of the zoo’s varied collections of plant and animal species. For the past few months, I have been […]

Being commissioned to provide two light installations for the Shine project in South Cambridgeshire gave me the excuse I needed to visit the Cambridge Observatory and speak to scientists working on the European Space Agency programmes. Their enthusiasm about interpretation […]

For a year I experimented with painting minimal stripes, focusing entirely on intense colour relationships. I learnt a great deal from this but after a while I needed to ‘break out’. So my recent paintings have come full circle characterised […]

In the September 2000 issue of [a-n] MAGAZINE Tyne and Wear Museums Service advertised for an Assistant Art Exhibitions Officer at the Laing Art Gallery in Newcastle upon Tyne. The post, working on exhibition and outreach projects with community groups, artists and art groups, received ninety applications. The successful candidate was Dominic Smith – an artist based in Newcastle.

The Lighting Stabile was my proposal for the MA by Independent Project course at Brighton University. I had been a designer-maker of contemporary jewellery for eight years prior to embarking on the course and had regularly participated in Chelsea Crafts […]

To mark the opening of Greenfield Community and Arts Centre in Newton Aycliffe, County Durham, I was commissioned to produce a permanent artwork. As part of this commission, I spent a residency period running design workshops in schools and colleges […]

‘Naturalized’ is a re-mapping of one location and a perspective on nature, artifice and convention. The three installations were the culmination of a residency at Ambleside Youth Hostel, Windermere, during August 2000. The first used dirt and dry pigment to […]

Claylines was an installation of predominantly unfired clay structures, sited within the landscape of Errol Brickworks, the oldest surviving industrial site in Scotland. The installation took the form of a circular sculpture trail constructed around a disused claypit. This is […]

I was appointed as artist-in-residence to carve ten brickwork sculptures for the newly established Buckley Heritage Trail at Etna in Flintshire. Buckley has a rich heritage as a centre for the manufacture of bricks and rustic pots which dates back […]

Can eight artists, working under threat of severe gales and the worst floods for forty years produce any substantial work? Last November provided just such a challenge for Phase two of ‘Genius Loci’, a Year of the Artist project at […]

In the May 2000 issue of [a-n] MAGAZINE Norfolk Museums Services advertised for a project artist and five associate artists to work on a public art project for Norwich Castle Museum. Over 100 applications were received and Sue Ridge was one of the successful candidates.

I’d had the idea for 25 Pyramids in 1998. I’ve always been fascinated by the spaciousness, at low water, of Porthmeor Beach, St Ives, and wanted to try and come up with something that, if possible, could describe, or add […]

I have recently completed a series of site-specific artworks at the new North Wales Cancer Centre in Bodelwyddan, near Rhyl. The £200,000 arts project was the initiative of Steve Brake, County Arts Officer for Denbighshire County Council and the project […]

The River Lune Millennium Park occupies five miles or so upstream from Lancaster. It is a lovely salmon river, flowing through beautiful countryside. The project has involved improving footpaths and cycleways, installing lighting (very controversial with some locals), and commissioning […]