I did it! Yesterday evening’s presentation was my first ever in Swedish – and it was fine! My style of preparation for speaking in front of people is to make copious notes to support my slides. I am conscious that […]
29 July to 6 August 2016 The Monmouthshire and District National Eisteddfod of Wales took place in Castle Meadows in Abergavenny featuring poetry, dance, song music, theatre, literature and art.
For her current exhibition at De La Warr Pavilion in Bexhill-on-Sea, Fiona Banner ranges across graphic and font design in her continuing exploration of language and form. Dany Louise talks to her.
A quick synopsis of what has been keeping me busy in May: Being Tim’s assistant: costumes for a new (Swedish language) version of Hedwig and the Angry Inch, and three kits each consisting two mascot costumes for a holiday company […]
I am a painter currently studying the remaining 2 months of a Masters degree in Arts Practice. For my artist statement visit; www.laurelberry.co.uk After working for a large majority of time this year on board/cardboard/board no bigger than a […]
Artist and and co-organiser of The Immediacy of Paint; The Role of Painting in the Digital Age.
I’m thinking about the transition from a house to a home which is very closely related to the transition from space to place. I can see four main strands that make a or better will make our house (once it […]
Since June last year when I set up my planning space at S1 Artspace and planned my house while talking to people about their experiences related to home and house http://www.silvia-champion.co.uk/doku.php?id=a_little_bit_of_austria_phase_ii:start, I’ve been doing work that relates to ‘My Little […]
Tenderpixel is a gem of a gallery, tucked away amongst independent bookshops in a pedestrian street, a stones-throw from the casinos of Leicester Square and providing much needed respite from the tourist traps. Their current exhibition presents work by five […]
“Public language is determined by more than composition” This week I went to the Publishing as Praxis presentation by Nick Thurston, an artist practitioner and scholar based in the School of Fine Art, History of Art and Cultural Studies. The […]
I can be quite sweary… I am currently stitching “Why don’t you just fuck off?” repeatedly over this knackered old bra. My finger hovers over the delete key, because I am cautious of my audience… As I get to […]
On answers. We like and at the same time don’t like answering and getting feedback depending on whether it’s reassuring or unsettling. To answer a question is a moment of confrontation and negotiation, in short: labour. We try to select […]
While looking into gestures that form part of how we communicate in wider sense of ‘test’ situations my attention circled around nodding. Most commonly, it indicates agreement or acceptance. Even a non-verbal nodding gesture is a sign for acknowledgement. Furthermore, […]
Blogging through the journey of an emerging artist.
This blog will follow the performance project The Customer Is Always Wrong, from planning it in the UK, making and showing it in China and then adapting and presenting it in Europe.
