Post: Experiments
A massive thankyou/ diolch yn fawr to everyone who came to Shaun’s opening last night, I’m really glad that there was such a good turn out for such a great artist.
Alot of people were getting involved with the work, keeping it in a state of flux as me and Shaun have been doing leading up to the opening.
Also thanks to Joe and Elodie for opening their touring ceramic exhibiton, aptly titled Fragile! In Transit on the same night There was a great mix of people, I really enjoyed the conversations that risen out of the evening, I really enjoyed the great game of skittles at the pub afterwards. Congratulations to all.
As always, a huge thankyou to Milkwood Gallery for hosting the events, Made in Spring 2013 will be coming up soon so keep an eye on www.milkwood.com for updates on that.
Exhibition closes on the 30th, so hurry up if you haven’t already seen the show.
To keep updated on Shaun James’ work: www.shaunjames.net
Post-AIRTIME
Firstly it was great to be invited over so cheers Ed & a-n. We all had a great time, it was so good to see so much enthusiasm from all sorts of people, we really enjoyed talking to so many different people from all sorts of places, and it was very uplifting to hear a few people had already heard about either us or the Studios. I think we might have made some really good connections yesterday, and were more excited for future projects, working with new poeple, on or off-site. Diolch yn fawr bawb.
I.F.F.W. (Ideas for future work)
I have written this little abbreviation in my sketchbooks for years. I’m not sure if I’ve ever actually gone through with a single one of them. So I got thinking, are they really ideas for future work, or just things I’d like to do if I wasn’t worried about continuity? Because these ideas are usually so different from my practice, it’s easy to become worried about tangential works, as opposed to a steady stream of intense, well-researched, consistent work. Perhaps they are my stupid works, my dumb, empty unthinking works.
But is that such a bad thing?
Here’s a few I.F.F.W.’s
– Selection of cut throat razors, named and painted with the personalities of close friends.
-Film the destruction of my favourite painting I have made to date
– Record cicadas, play once every 13 years.
– Set up wooden chair with noose directly above: attempt hanging and await intervention. (keep sharp knife in pocket to cut noose in case of emergency)
– Move to Colonsay, document life on the island, record sounds.
etc, etc.
Maybe one day I’ll actually go through will all of them all at once, and call the series: Future works, but that’s just another I.F.F.W……..
Small update on the studios: Running well, darkroom up and running, small re-jig currently happening, and finding dates to arrange the first in a series of artist talks.
Also, there is a space currently available ready to move in asap, it’s one of the upstairs spaces, approx 5 X 8ft, £75 pcm, anyone is welcome to come have a look at the studios,
if anyone is interested contact [email protected]
Blue Monday.
Today I learned of the cuts that are being made to National Museum of Wales, which is currently being advertised on TV for Visit Wales. I don’t have the means to create it, but theres a dark satirical play in there somewhere.
Also I learned that Mermaid & Monster, Wales’ Contemporary Artist Agency, is no longer representing artists, for various reasons. Nothing but the best to Gordon for the future.
A bad day for Wales.
