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Thoughts and documentation of a one month residency.
Thoughts and documentation of a one month residency.
Organised by Castlefield Gallery Associates in Manchester, Bloc Projects in Sheffield and Extra Special People in Birmingham. The idea behind the three-part residency exchange focuses on providing artists with opportunities for making work in quick, experimental contexts.
With the anniversary of the referendum coming up I’ve eventually plucked myself out of the post degree show hole. I’ve been thinking about the make up of our society, business after business being shattered becoming a mere shadow in the street […]
Just trying this out. I work across printmaking, painting and mixed media depending on what I feel suits. I work full time as an art technician and do some teaching in Oxfordshire. You can see much more of my work […]
Lives lost are commemorated by knitting leaf shapes in different sizes, using a basic pattern in combinations of quality yarns, colours and textures. Many of the yarns are expensive materials such as silk, cashmere, pure merino wool etc., to represent […]
London, July 2015 Diana Bracewell, of Alverthorpe, exhibiting under the name Hoshi Dee, has been granted the opportunity to exhibit three of her works in the Exhibit Here – Summer Exhibition in Southwark, Central London. Originally from London, the 34-year-old […]
Artist using footfall in the liminal edge land landscape cataloguing debris, text, photos & video
18 July – 29 August 2015 Pyramid & Parr Hall, Palmyra Square South, Cultural Quarter, Warrington WA1 1BL This weekend my first solo show (eek!) opens in Warrington at Pyramid & Parr Hall (in the gallery at Pyramid). This […]
Art in Bearpit is a pilot programme of commissions and events developed for the Bearpit in central Bristol, produced by Hand in Glove in 2015. The Bearpit will play host to a series of unusual interventions and encounters, interrupting the everyday life of the city.
Vending the art I make on my residency at The Observatory.
Visual blog documenting the ‘real-lifestyle’ of the home and beyond…
This is an extention to my ‘studio’ area on my website viviennerackett.co.uk. The ‘studio’ takes the form of my digital sketchbook, I hope this will be a regular space to share my processes, thoughts and workings.
Have just finished a new work, where we got the public playing Wiliam Tell on harmonicas on the street. It is to promote happiness and well being. It was kinda interesting to see how involved the public got in the project and how easy they were to convince.
Flow Contemporary Arts to deliver training on behalf of lightsgoingon
Invigilating your own degree show is actually quite terrifying. After months of running about the art college in preparation for degree show and installing, sitting down for a long period time gives you the time to realise that this is just […]
I got a job with the best title in the world
Exhibition is a three part exhibition set over three different spaces
In 2014 I completed my MFA at the Slade School of Fine Art where I awarded the Boise Travel Scholarship. I am using this scholarship to spend the next 8 weeks travelling around the unique landscape of Iceland, gathering research and making new work.
A research and practical investigation into Children’s Victorian Magic Lantern slides and contemporary toy projectors such as ‘projecteo’ instagram projector, including a collaboration with Hull University Chemistry Department to develop processes of manipulating inkjet prints.
Artist and and co-organiser of The Immediacy of Paint; The Role of Painting in the Digital Age.
Art Noise is a dynamic, brand new resource hub. The project, established in 2014, is focused on the visual culture and art education of South East Artist community. It is about promoting and developing opportunities for international students and young artists based in Brighton.
At the end of the third year of my degree at Hereford College of Art, I finally take the plunge and start a blog. Better late than never!
In this blog I hope to sort through some ideas, discuss some processes and engage in a dialogue with you about art, so feel free to comment.
Resolution of Practice. I’m caught up in the subject of our relationships with objects and their role in holding and projecting ideas about our identity. The object I am currently working with is a ceramic figurine which has been in […]
Following my progress during MA studies at Edinburgh College of Art, this blog originally documented my first year after graduation, and my attempts to create a sustainable practice. It shows the activities I have been involved with in making this […]