‘Confined Spaces’ is a group exhibition in the cells of the Old Gaol and Police Station at Campbeltown on the west coast of Scotland. Chris Sharratt speaks to artist and curator Rhona Taylor about the challenges of turning the 19th century building into a temporary gallery space for work by 11 artists.
Megan Calver and Gabrielle Hoad write: Posted by Susie David As we start to think about how to develop work arising from Dawlish Warren, we’re asking the question: “what do non-artists get out of collaborating?” So we were delighted to have the opportunity […]
Documenting the making of ‘Fortune Tellers’, a data driven interactive sound sculpture created for the MoCA Shanghai Pavilion – Courtesy of the AN Travel Bursary for extraordinary and inspirational research
photo by Steve Ayres Written by Megan Calver & Gabrielle Hoad. Posted by Susie David Out on the Warren we bump into Ranger Steve, who tells us how a recent storm changed the beach “massively”. High winds made sea water pool on […]
Artangel’s new commission for the Houses of Parliament offers a timely preservation of Westminster’s history. Jack Hutchinson takes a look at this latex installation by artist Jorge Otero-Pailos.
Gabrielle writes: Over the past few weeks, we’ve found ourselves almost overwhelmed by the possibilities for work that Dawlish Warren opens up for us. The a-n Professional Development Bursary is something of an anchor. So I’m returning to our starting […]
Susie David writes: A pirate, stuffed parrot on his shoulder takes up position by the public loos. The open air caff gears up for the day. Neon lights flash electric in sunlight. We slip away, through the gate. I notice […]
Megan Calver writes: Dawlish Ranger, Steve, points out the tiny flowers of the Warren Crocus. At first we can’t see anything. You need to look carefully to spot these rare and diminutive plants. Steve: “Is it rare or can no […]
Posted by Gabrielle, Megan and Susie We gaze through a dirty pane of glass at the taxidermy display in the Visitor Centre. “What is that?” “It’s a hoopoe.” Try again, try not to try. See with a beginner’s mind. It’s […]
Posted by Gabrielle, Megan and Susie We’re thinking together about how to enter a dialogue with the nonhuman inhabitants and nonhuman elements of landscape. In this sense, Dawlish Warren National Nature Reserve comes on board as a fourth collaborator. We’ve […]
The Buffer Zone tracks a new thematic collaboration between Megan Calver, Susie David and Gabrielle Hoad at Dawlish Warren. We will use our a-n Professional Development Bursary to develop new work and documentation to support future applications for funding and commissions.
For NVA’s Hinterland, a derelict former Catholic seminary near Glasgow has been bathed in light and sound before it is partly transformed into a new space for art and performance.
This blog will document the live art I create at Spurn and my experience of the environment. Focusing on the ‘psycho-geography’ of the place I aim to explore all aspects of my surroundings, natural and synthetic.
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I have been working at Ashburnham since mid May, at the end of July I took a natural break as it was the summer holidays and both family commitments and Ashburham site use made it impossible to settle down to […]
Six artists respond to a Victorian Garden.
Recorded deep inside a granite mountain in Scotland, Maria Fusco’s Artangel/BBC Radio 4 commission, Master Rock, tells the story of the men who 50 years ago risked their lives to create the Cruachan hydro-electric power station, and the artist whose mural was commissioned at the site to mark its opening. Moira Jeffrey reports.
