So my intention to write a blog about my move to Manchester, has not quite been sustained as anticipated, but there is plenty of time and room for improvement in the coming months. That old conundrum that when you have plenty to blog about, you are too busy to blog. It has been a very busy time indeed over the past month and a half. Here is a quick rundown on it all…
On Thursday 29th September 2011 at the Re-wire 2011 at Liverpool John Moores University very impressive Art and Design Academy, I presented my paper ‘Re-direction and Network Timeout’ about my research in China that explored occupation of physical and digital spaces. Our session chaired by Christiane Paul. After presentations were completed, there was some questions and discussion from the audience, including a question for myself regarding the reception of my work in China. It was an interesting experience for me as it was my first time presenting at a conference for an extended period, as INTERFACE in the summer was only a lightning talk. Now I have dipped my toes in, I am certain I could do more.
Further from the conference, I have been asked to be a guest blogger for a PhD research project at CRUMB, Or-bits.com, in their series of writing and art on the thematic of Truth. My first post will go live early next week. I will be relating to research undertaken in China with regards to occupation of physical and digital space.
On the 4th October, I was also back down in London, presenting an Artists Talk for my exhibition at the CHRC at Goldsmiths, which closed on the 6th October. It was a great night, thanks to everyone for coming.
Further from this, we also had the Rogue Open Studios weekend on the 7th-9th October 2011. I was totally overwhelmed by how many people attended the opening on the Friday night – we estimated over 500 people!
Since then, I had been working towards the 2 person exhibition, MULTIPLE OCCUPANCY at Hatch Space. Harriet Hill and I also curated a series of films, performance and temporary works exploring ideas of multi user space. The show opened on Wednesday 22nd Oct at Hatch, and we are very please to say that our first group of visitors were a cohort of Goldsmiths postgraduates, who we presented our work to. The event on Saturday went well, and it was great to meet and chat with so many of the artists work we included.
The exhibition at Hatch Space runs until the 29th October, and now I am temporarily back up north until the deinstall on saturday.
I have three other fantastic pieces of news..
1) I have been selected as one of the Artist in Residence for 2011-12 at Manchester Metropolitan. The other selected artists on the programme funded by AA2A are Rachel Goodyear, Bethan Hamilton and Mark Beecroft. So excited about getting started!
2) I have been appointed as the 0.5fte Lecturer in Fine Art at Blackburn University Centre, where I will be teaching years 1-3 on the BA Fine Art (Integrated Media). I will be starting in a few weeks hopefully.
3) We have found a lovely flat in one of the Royal Mills in Manchester. It is a really interesting space with original beams, it is a listed building, as the industry undertaken internally was one of the main employers in the 1800’s. Interesting….
