Well, huge surprise, I was going to do more work on the concertina book but someone has bought it as is, after seeing it on my FB page.
With my earnings down due to my time being hugely eaten into by hospital visits, let alone any periods of feeling not quite up to anything, I decided to sell… in any case I wasn’t really sure about the other side.
I even managed to find a title.
Excited to have work selected for the Arts of Rebellion, Acts of Liberation exhibition as part of the programme for Women rising Folkestone as part of Folkestone’s International Women’s Day events.
My short video (It was already too late) that starts “This is not the Lake” will be screened and 3 related prints exhibited as well at the The Brewery Tap UCA Project Space from 26th February- 3rd March, 11:00-5:00.
I have finally finished one side of a concertina book given to me as a present. I’m not sure what to do with the other side….
I’ve enjoyed using a bamboo pen for this – the drawing has been done over a few months.
My 30-second video Every Second Counts in Xi An will be part of the Strangelove Time-based Media Festival from 23 Feb to 24 March 2019.
Chuffed!
Strangelove Festival 2019 invited artists to submit 30 second films, responding to the festival’s theme of duration – reflecting our fast-paced consumer culture of digital media. Thirty seconds is: how long most adverts last, how long most people look at an artwork in a gallery, 12 breathes and an 0.008th of an hour.
Every Second Counts Dates and locations
The Photographers Gallery, London on 23rd February, 3.30-5pm
Turner Contemporary, Margate on 2nd March, 10am-1.30pm
Fabrica, Brighton on 14th March, 7pm-9pm
Hop Projects CT20, Folkestone 24th March, 11am-12pm.
I invited a few friends round for a Chinese New Year meal and was given this yellow pig who (or should that be which) presided over the evening and kept us all laughing – I’m hoping this boosted our health for at least that evening. Traditionally one’s own year is not the best, so I’m also hoping that the piggy will nonetheless bring good fortune!
On a more serious note I’ve been dual tasking – i.e. drawing while watching TV or more realistically, as I can’t actually look at two things at the same time, drawing while glancing at the telly or the other way round.
The plan is to keep this up through the year and improve my drawing skills.
Clare Smith's mixed English/Chinese heritage informs her perspective on issues of identity and categorisation. Her nomadic childhood and early adulthood have meant a somewhat ambivalent relationship to place, reinforced by the sense of ambiguity that comes from her mixed identity. Smith works with drawing, print media, collage and moving image to investigate this ambivalence, with references to craft, the importance of labour and the handmade. Through her choice of materials and approaches, she creates work which attempts to create a sense of unity, an interpretation of Homi Bhabha's "Third Space" - seen as a space in which different parts can come together to challenge dominant ideas of wholeness. Collaboration is part of Smith’s practice and she is also co-founder of Dover Arts Development (DAD) together with painter, Joanna Jones. This involves working with many different artists, curation, organisation, event management, creating networks across East Kent and influencing the public realm in Dover. Clare works from a studio in Dover. She has an MA in Fine Art from Central Saint Martins and has exhibited nationally and internationally.
