Doing this MA has its ups and downs, and sometimes I’m not sure which is which. I am itching to get going on a few things, but have a deadline on 4th January to hand in my Quilt-As-Essay research assignment, […]
From lots of initial ideas i’m starting to whittle them down to three..ish. So far I have spoken to Preston vegans about baking the biggest vegan cake on record , though im not sure how we can quantify it? I […]
Convergence is happening again. I’ve just read the Judith Barry interview in the December issue of Art Monthly Magazine, discussing …Cairo Stories with Omar Kholeif. I’m filled with questions about the personal/universal, which is a conversation I’ve just been having […]
Seven weeks before Supermarket and the search for sponsors is in full throttle now. With several venues in the UK now secured for the work to ‘tour’ to afterwards, we have something more substantial to offer potential sponsors. We will […]
After speaking to a few fellow artists I have begun to get the feeling that we all seem to share a similar relationship with our studio. It’s almost like a torrid love affair; passionate, intense, where sometimes I feel I […]
[Seduce and Destroy?] Notes on masculinity and failure #1: I am finding it difficult to visualise my detective character, it is something that I have been trying to bring to fruition for some time now. I don’t understand it, perhaps […]
[Seduce and Destroy?] Notes on masculinity and failure #2: In my search to define my detective character, I have begun to think about the notion of masculinity of which I aspire. The more I dwell upon it. The more I […]
First draft with a very small ‘matchstick’ camera, fixed to the pen itself. It needs sound. And what happens when the pen comes away from the page?
Looking back on a year of Studio 75 It’s nearly a year since we started up Studio75. It was last Christmas time that were in there stripping, painting and repairing the place to make it fit for purpose. In January […]
Sporting League: Game 27 Red Star have confirmed the official request to leave The Sporting League at the end of the 2011-2012 season. Red Star gaffer: ‘The financial situation is sucking the life out of our club. It would seem […]
Hope everyone has had a good christmas? Right I’m giving hand made gifts next year. We’ve all got too much stuff already. I’m going to have to get on with it now though not the week before. Decision made. It’s […]
Shoreditch Town Hall Basement, London
12 – 24 October 2011
As I work in three distinct areas of art, studio production, writing and curating, I find my views have broadened. My position is no longer just that of an artist striving to create and exhibit work. The other two activities […]
During 2011 I was particularly inspired by: Christian Marclay, The ClockOpening Night, John CassavetesLands End, Ruth ClaxtonLuc Ferrari, Electronic WorksAndrei Tarkovsky, StalkerBreaking the Frame, SurgeonOrigami, Akira YoshizawaRafael Lozano-Hemmer, Pulse RoomAi Wei Wei, Sunflower SeedsThee Oh Sees, Block of IceOn the […]
Reading and thinking: I am nearly half way through Errol Norris “Believing is Seeing”. Very interesting if slightly obsessive exploration of documentary photography, perceptions of truth and thruthfulnes, photographers intent and our willingness to read photography as evidence. For my […]
I’ve just been for a bit of a boxing day walk with my son. Walking clears the mind, takes away distractions, aids digestion, takes you on conversational flights of fancy that really helps to make sense of the world. We […]
Better distance this time, but the resolution’s all out.
South London Gallery, London
9 December 2011 – 12 February 2012
Sumarria Lunn Gallery, London
12 October – 4 November 2011
Oh ye gods, it’s Christmas the day after tomorrow. Actually, looking at the clock, I realise it’s Christmas tomorrow. Spent the day rushing from one place to another trying to organise Xmas presents. I keep this kind of thing to […]
Yes!! It’s happened! It’s all over bar the documentation … after Xmas life will be back to normal: The children no longer have to squash into bed between a fire sculpture on one side and a box of fuses, explosive […]
Well now. Christmas table laid and presents wrapped and feeling quiet smug. Kids returning on planes and trains tomorrow night and I can’t wait. I love Christmas and our very old beamed house lends itself to it. Deep red and […]
I have been getting small work done in my sketchbook. I have signed up for South East Open Studios next year (good for local marketing and networking as well as sales). Today I will be getting together my “art-kit” for […]
