I received the dreaded email from Emerge Leeds, which starts by saying: I am afraid to have to tell you that your proposal has not been selected. We were overwhelmed with a very high standard of application…Then joy, later receiving a response from Surface gallery in Nottingham: Congratulations! Your video has been selected…I am really pleased that my video ‘Magician’ will be shown at Surface shorts (http://www.surfacegallery.org/index.php/whats_on/s…). This video was originally part of an installation, however I felt the work was strong enough as a piece in it’s own right. Surface will be having a screening night of selected videos and artist talks on the same day as the Chongqing Studio Symposium so I am trying to find out if I have time to do both as one is in the day, the other in the evening. So one out of three isn’t bad, still waiting to hear back from New Contemporaries although they rarely select artists from institutions outside of London. I have been thinking about putting together an application to fund a new project, as I am getting a bit fed up waiting to see the right opportunities come up for my work. Really gutted to hear about the Greenroom getting their funding cut and worry about what live art events will be left for emerging artists. Live art micro events are really important for artists like myself to make and develop new work. However I also want to make my own projects happen which are bigger pieces that can develop over a period of time. Although my proposal for Emerge Leeds was unsuccessful I could still make this project happen. Although I am torn between this project and another piece which would involve doing a residency on the free buses in Manchester.
