The most exciting part for me before entering the performance was to experience something live and up close and personal; this is exactly what ‘Smash It Up’ provided. In May 2013, the mural, representing the Chartist movement in Newport in […]
Having the opportunity to sit down and discuss my work with André outside of assessment time was hugely beneficial in realising what I have ahead of me with regards to developing current work. I found it useful to seek advice […]
AUDIOBLOG – Please click here It’s been ages… it seems… since I was here last! It has been a busy couple of weeks, building up to The Sitting Room’s first ever gig at the Artists’ Workhouse PV on Friday […]
Apologies for doing so many blog posts this month…its a novelty having so much ‘free’ time, and subsequently, because of this extra time, I’m able to involve myself in so many projects. I left the last post about to attend […]
So, it has been a while! And I’m not entirely sure why! I suppose life has been pretty busy. Returning to the studio and the course after Christmas means facing up to assessment. To be honest, I enjoyed the process- […]
A new term, new module and fresh start. The feedback I received from last term was brilliant, helpful and it’s always a bonus having a distinction to end the term with; regardless of the grade it always gives you that […]
AUDIOBLOG – Please click here A bit of a recap… 29th January is a first for me… So I’m looking back over the events that led to it with more than a little wonderment and disbelief really, that it should […]
I am working on getting parts of the text of Border Country by Raymond Williams (https://www.waterstones.com/book/border-country/raymond-williams/9781902638812 ) printed onto fabric tape, but also considering how this might work on the Mobile Library vehicle. Spring action maybe so the tape reels […]
Not making work for the last two weeks has enabled me to sit back and really think and take the time to analyse my work. What have I made? What is its context? What do I continue working with? What […]
Constructed as part of a residency at Nida Art Colony, Lithuania in a collaboration with students from Vilnius Academy of Arts, Lithuania, filmed on the 27th September 2015 at Nida Art Colony, Baltic Signs explores the layering and expansion of the screen. Combining pre-recorded footage […]
At last the studio is feeling like somewhere that I can work It has taken longer than I expected and it is not yet totally as I want it, it is however much much better and well on the way […]
So, I finally did it! I bit the bullet and experienced my first performance! I have to say that I feel a huge relief to have finally done it. What an experience?! I feel like i have just discovered a […]
This past week has be one where I have allowed myself to immerse myself in more ‘doing’ in order to connect with my thoughts, opposed to previous weeks where thinking and research has been my priority hoping that it would […]
A Performance Lecture by Theaster Gates, part of the Sanctum Programme by Situations Bristol
Following my tutorial with Judit which I wrote about in my previous blog post I found that in trying to untangle my thoughts I was in fact making the tangled knot of thoughts even worse. I began going through the […]
AUDIOBLOG – Please click here (By the way, I know a few people regularly listen rather than read, but would appreciate feedback from anyone new to doing blogs this way – thanks!) I’m not quite so scared now. I’ve […]
I had been looking forward to this tutorial with Judit as she was present during my presentation about my practice. I also knew that she was a curator particularly interested in performance so any insight or guidance could prove to […]
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AUDIOBLOG – Please click here But then, on the other hand, there’s only so much courage I can muster. A girl needs a comfort blanket. Mr Jones can raise his eyebrows as much as he likes. It takes bravery […]
AUDIOBLOG – Please click here You can only go with that gut feeling can’t you? In the studio, with the making, things aren’t going well. Everything either looks twee and stupid, or contrived and derivative of someone else, something else, […]
