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Video Installation in progress at Tang Gallery, Bangkok, Jun 2008
Video Installation in progress at Tang Gallery, Bangkok, Jun 2008
'Coup de Pouce' (a nudge in the right direction) is a 3 month residency programme supporting early career artists. It gives artist's invaluable time to research and develop ideas. This is the first international residency, of this kind, supported by […]
In November 2007, David was awarded the annual Go Make! bursary. This years brief involved a response to a quote by the writer Ossie Stuart, who puts forward the suggestion that "…there is a temptation to represent the experience of […]
Invigilator is a series of public interventions. It's a collaborative project with Nikki Pugh and Kev Ryan. The latest piece is INVIGILATOR : DIGBETH – this intervention took place on the 29th of March. INVIGILATOR : DIGBETH is the 5th […]
Journalling my AHRC funded MA in History of Art (leading to PhD)… Focusing on Agnes Martin, art and theory of the 1960s… I also write on contemporary art, draw, paint and am setting up a gallery in West Philadelphia, USA…
I have been commissioned to make a 'Gateway or Threashold' feature. The product will be a map of the town made in mosaic and installed in the High Street of the town. The mosaic is intended to encourage visitors to […]
A little blog to see how things go.
i am about to open a gallery in the canal basin, coventry. it will be primarily a space for me to work as an artist and also exhibit my work. I also wish to showcase new, established artists and also […]
In 2008-2009 I will be involved in an exhibition reinvestigating Freud's idea of the uncanny managed by Matt Roberts Arts. I would like to use this blog to host my developing ideas and research.
NO PARKING is a Derby based collective. We are occupying a shop for 1 week in Derby City Centre and filling it with ART. I'm blogging bits and pieces of how it unfolds from where I sit.
The title of the blog, from a piece of writing by Anni Albers is a rather apt description of the exhilarating feeling of freefall (or is it flying?) that I am feeling now as I emerge from a twelve month […]
.. currently very busy! .. am developing a new project: “Dungbeetle and Sisyphus” (film and performance) for the Portuguese Consulate in Manchester .. & .. collaborating with vocalist/performer Steve Boyland. …& .. preparing exhibition with Arena for the Biennial … […]
I went to a meeting the other night about the Artist’s open studio trail for the next Bollington Festival in May 2009. Bollington is the town in Cheshire where I live. This is largely to chart the development of my […]
This blog documents my process this year of researching and developing new, live work based on two pilot projects; ‘The Loom; from Text to Textile’ (2005) a live, textile installation and ‘Mother to Mother’ (2006), a participative online Garden of […]
Last week I finally took that step and put myself onto the world wide web (www.bethbarlow.com). And I feel pretty good about.
An exploration into creativity…wanting to give and share an unique experience…already, slightly concerned. Feedback is always welcome.
In a collaboration between Waygood Studios and Arcadea I have been invited to be a Resident Artist in the Project Space for 6 months. See also http://textartist.blogspot.com/
A house made of newspapers? Why? Where? By Who? Whatever for?
We're are hosting an exhibition and artists' workshops at Freightliners City Farm in April and May 2008. This group blog will document what we're up to as we get to know the farm and its animals and people, and begin […]
Why does only one in four paintings work? My method is simple – I gad around the countryside, look for attractive trees, then sit and paint. Who knows what'll happen (though probably one in four will succeed). My aim is […]
I recently completed a three months residency at in Paris. My residency at Cite Internationale des Arts was a great opportunity to meet artists from all over the world, as most countries have at least one live in studio on […]
This is my first blog to accompany my first official residency. Over the course of a week (18th Feb – 22nd Feb) I will be in residence at the Victoria Quarter in Leeds City centre, daily from about 11am – […]
Why make art? To compensate oneself for the fact that one dies and disappears from the earth? I am making a year long journey around Europe and I am trying to make sense of it and the journey I make […]
The blog started with the run up to my exhibition at Oriel Wrecsam in August – October 2008, and is now following on to the next one in November 2008 at Galeri and then onto a group show at Theatr […]
This blog is a reflective account of a year of research and development funded by Arts Council England, Yorkshire. The funding enabled me to redress the balance between having a family and being an artist.