I’ve found this week quite challenging and mentally draining at times; the work is developing, however I feel overwhelmed by ideas and certain elements of my practice. It could be due to the fact that formative assessments are around the corner […]
Review of new work by Simon Lee Dicker in response to a residency at the Twineworks in West Coker
I have been completely inactive on this blog since returning to the studio after the Aarhus exhibition. This is down to a couple of things: first a holiday with the family after the show, then after returning to the studio, […]
Took some time out of the studio on Friday and went down to Cardiff Bay to catch the Diffusion exhibitions that were exhibited in BayArt, Cory’s Building, Third Floor Gallery, Wales Millennium Centre and Norwegian Church. The quality and concept […]
Oblique Arts is a small not for profit visual arts organisation working out of Cambridge, UK. We are currently setting up a studio centre in Southern Spain and I need to find out the legal requirements (if any) in doing […]
Botanical- Botanikos(Greek)
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noun
plural noun: botanicals
a substance obtained from a plant and used typically in medicinal or cosmetic products.
The beginning of my MFA here at Cardiff has felt odd, as it started for me with an exhibition. I missed my first taught week to exhibit at FloatArt. The work I was exhibiting was the work I had developed […]
Most people can pinpoint one experience of art – a piece of music, an image, a film, a fashion statement – that impacted upon their life, made them stop in their tracks and consider their situation. Art has an influence […]
Photography, interviews, digital media – arts, theatre, and social issues.
It’s impossible to find something truly natural these days, even some of the most beautiful sights have been ‘constructed’ or ‘cordoned-off’ at some point to make ‘the perfect view’. Tourism is rife and the urban mark in the form of a national […]
Question: taking an approach used by artist Deborah Humm, if I use my body as a seismograph, will the biorhythm drawings made vary noticeably as a result of watching different types of programmes on TV? Drawing1 – 23/09/15, 3:30pm, 62 […]
AUDIOBLOG – Please click here People have said to me “I don’t know how you get time to blog when you are so busy!” Other bloggers have said to me that when they are busy they have no time […]
For the past two weeks I have been letting myself indulge in online searching clicking on anything that relates to my interests in residencies, diversity, sharing, and research. I often have a sprawling approach to looking online although I am […]
Last Friday I attended the second day of the ‘2-Day Conversation’ organised by the New Bridge Project in Newcastle for their 5th anniversary. (For those who do not know about this organisation it is an artist hub created by two […]
The spaces where my surveying takes place can be considered non-spaces – railway lines, stations and the train itself – although I do capture images adjacent to these spaces as well. Images of non-spaces show locations that don’t comply with […]
