Floor Plan for an Institution is a durational collaborative project, whereby artists & curators from 5 artist-run spaces based in the West Midlands have been invited to contribute to the design of a speculative artist-run institution within the Meter Room […]
I was awarded the Metal International residency to Shanghai as part of the Liverpool Art Prize and was in residence for four weeks in the city during November 2012. This blog now charts how works begun in Shanghai continue to […]
I have been selected to participate in the AA2A residency at the University of Salford and I will document the experience on my blog. The AA2A project provides placements for visual artists and designers in Higher and Further Education institutions […]
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.
Two anonymous women slash and repair three interchangeable bodies at the whim and fancy of the audience; who is in control?
Having just completed my Masters at BCU in Art Practice and Education I find myself wondering “what comes next?” and searching for new ideas and inspirations to challenge and stimulate myself. Back in my classroom, the realisation that I can […]
What is the relationship between I and we?
How can creativity connect and empower us?
Exploring these questions via a socially engaged art practice to try to effect change
Ramblings of life after graduating from a fine art degree and working in the education sector.
Velta is my mother who was forced to leave her homeland Latvia because of the fighting just before the end of WW2. From the moment she walked out of her country she became a displaced person. At the tender age […]
The purpose of this blog is to write about the development of my video installation for the Matt Roberts ALAS Autumn Residency. Our group exhibition opens on Thursday, 8th November. Although I have created video installations in the past, I […]
Embarking on a residency at the Banff Centre in Canada, I’m creating a new body of site-specific photographic work, based on historical research and shaped by stories from Banff residents. My work involves exploring storytelling, history and nature through time-based […]
After graduation, it was quite challenging to set up a working environment where I can start my practice. The opportunity of a designated creative space deemed essential for continuation. Artsite ltd approached me with the possibility of having my own […]
This blog traces the continuing development of two projects begun during my recent Masters degree. Questioning the nature of objects, images and experiences, I am interested in the unreliability or inconsistency of images and meaning, and how we might or […]
This blog documents my progression through academia as a visual artist. I completed a Practice-led PhD in the School of Fine Art, History of Art and Cultural Studies at the University of Leeds in December 2016. The focus of my […]
Wholly holey sock continuum consortia. Posting postal parlance. Sock protocol and manifesto created by Elena Thomas and Sophie Cullinan. Mathematical Advice from Dan Thomas MSci MA (Cantab)
This blog started without a title (“???”) as I spent quite a few weeks trying to think of one and as it was the last barrier to getting it going. Solution, ignore and get blogging! It now has a title, […]
This will be my first visit to Berlin and my first Curatorial Residency. I intend to use this blog to document the research I develop during this 3-month residency at Node Center for Curatorial Studies. The research I develop will […]
I wonder what a practice is and why it’s so important to have one.
Having worked in the corporate world of Finance and IT for 25+ years I have decided to try and earn a living from my passion – photography. I am a landscape and abstract photographer predominantly working in black and white. […]
www.ruthgeldard.com The Last post for Two Steps Backwards “Finishing Touches.” You can find me on Twitter: @ruthrandom
This blog tracks the development of a commission based around a residency at the Norfolk Record Office (NRO) in Norwich and the Parliamentary Archives (PA) in London. The project links the parliamentary outreach project People and Parliament: Connecting with Communities […]
About to start a couple of projects revolving Memorabilia and memories. With each, the idea is to revisit the past from a personal perspective to either celebrate it, recreate it or reposition it.
A blog by Anne-Marie Creamer for ‘The Treatment of Six Characters’, to begin production during residency at the British School at Rome, in Autumn 2012. ‘The Treatment of Six Characters’ refers to an unmade film Italian playwright Luigi Pirandello wanted […]
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Having graduated from an MA Art Psychotherapy course at Roehampton University, and now working within the field, I still maintain an interest in what it means to be both an art therapist and an artist. The purpose of this blog is […]
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