Okay we are getting into May now well and truly, my birthday – the big 25 is around the corner and as I am looking to grow my creative enterprise following my residency at New Ferry Butterfly Park things are starting to look up. I have approached an artist who I am very fond of to mentor me in the run up to a project, and last week they emailed me back to confirm their interest. I am very excited, this is topped off by a conversation between myself and Fiona Baxter from Farham Maltings about my funding for the mentorship. I also have another avenue in the form of the the RC Sherriff Trust. These guys do great work in Surrey, founded by the famous playwright who gave us the eponymous World War One epic Journey’s End.
In the meantime my friend and author, performer and general collaborator Will Kherbeck has roped me into perform on a couple of dates in his various projects. These include: a current group show at The Hardy Tree Gallery just off Kings Cross and a future show of the work by expert painter Paul Desborough. The first will be a collaborative between myself and a writer who goes by the name of Golosh The Fox. Former writing group compadre.
Also I am hopefully contributing as part of Sarah Bowler’s incredibly successful project Q-Art at their last convenor of this year. I will keep the work I want to show underwraps for now but I will say that it will be shown in a different form for the first time as intended.
Also in the works is another opportunity for a Hatch event in the mid June weekend. Lots to be getting on with! I also want to design a way of bringing foot fall to Hatch. Some sort of trail is in the air – or hanging sulpture. Everything has to be collaborative. Everything has to be interactive. Everything is about this need for people to form communities in objects, on the net, over space and through involvement. Everything is about reaching out. Together we are stronger: lets get together.
Oh! I have also just found out about the Camden Roundhouse’s Emerging Artists scheme.
If you are 11-25 its £15 for membership and then pounds to rent out equipment, £2 per hour for the editing suite! Cheap! Good news :)
