In 2016 I finalised production of ‘Niolam Ja Se Kochaneczke’ video, which was the first work in which I looked into potentialities of Eastern European queer utopias, while investigating the relationship between history, ‘national values’ and power structures. Through the work I revisited […]
Curator Gayle Rogers reflects on the challenges of selecting work that may shock…
Blog about the work I am doing for a commission from Dover District Council to create an artist’s film and a series of drawings/monotypes resulting from my research into the history of Russell Gardens in Dover and its current use as a social space of work and recreation.
Part one of a series of blog posts documenting my research visit to the Finish Bioarts Society.
This blog will chart my wet plate collodian journey. I am very excited to have been awarded the Professional Development bursary in order to learn this process, and gain the skills (and confidence!) in order to create a project using […]
My practice explores the potential for prosthetic’s which are made with aesthetic considerations in mind. My work began with the idea of bespoke prosthetic’s which are perceived, both by their wearer and observers, as aesthetically pleasing objects as well as being functional.
Shouldn’t Throw Stones – The view of a Night Watchman is an exhibition, tour and book publication documenting artist Kevin Casey’s role as a Night Watchman at the Ex Pilkington Glass HQ in St Helens.
This blog documented my 2018 A-n Bursary – a research visit to New York & Miami to explore the expansion of modernist architecture from Europe to the USA via Oceanliners. I am now extending this research in the UK for a site specific artwork at Georges Dock, Liverpool, Sept 2019.
If the general definition of a ‘weed’ is taken to be ‘a plant in the wrong place’ or ‘a plant growing where it is not wanted’, what then is the right place for a plant to grow? Project: The Ragwort […]
This is a celebration of contemporary botanical art and artists around the world!
Long distance walks through beautiful places, looking to capture what I see and how I feel
A month-long residency in Johnson Vermont with 50+ writers and visual artists
The first in a series of blog posts about a self-organised Risograph and silk-screen printing residency in Birmingham.
For my A-N artist bursary 2018 I will be attending mentoring sessions with the artist Rory Pilgrim and organising an event for peer to peer critique with artists who make moving image in Devon and Cornwall.
Manchester Metropolitan University Special Collections Spotlight Foyer Display: Constructing a narrative – an account of collected artefacts, the written word, existing and developing histories Artists Gary James Williams and Jo Manby have taken a selection of objects from Manchester Metropolitan […]
To get specialist training in MAX MSP to develop new light and sound interactive glass sculptures. The aim is to create a framework of code and a prototype sculptural unit by Dec 2018, to then be used in a modular way, as a flexible basis for multi-sensory installations.
Research informing long-term projects on the relationship between voice, improvisation and architecture, looking at notions of community. Supporting the development of the Artist Working Group, a London-based group who meet in houses and galleries around shared meals.
This project was developed in response to the Grenfell Tower fire. To introduce the children to art materials and processes not normally seen in the classroom. To give them a visual voice and an exhibition of their art work to be proud of.
‘On Drawing’ is an artistic research project that explores the connections between thinking and drawing in the realms of arts & science. Supported by a-n (artist company) Artist Bursaries 2018 and using public funding by Arts Council England
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Supported by an Artist Bursary 2018 I am expanding my practice to explore the voice, polyphony and song. I discuss my year working towards a performance taking inspiration from Bermondsey on the banks of the river Thames.
A project made for the Great Exhibition of the North. I am lead artist in a collaboration with Newcastle’s Disability North – making a video installation that is being shown in four venues across the city over the summer of 2018.
Should I give the name of the person who plagiarized my work?
A gathering of my thoughts and experiences during a 1 month residency at Arteles creative centre in rural Finland, where I set out to make drawings based on the people and landscapes I encounter.
Back in the winter I was invited to join The London Group and exhibit with them in the Waterloo Festival in June. I now need a link to its QCode label – so here is the short journey to ‘Tent’ which is my offering in ‘Nothing Endures but Change.’
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