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A Conversation (Polyurethane Rubber, Iron Nails) When something is nailed to the wall people are forced to talk about it. Infertility is one of those issues we intrinsically avoid because of our society’s puritan foundations. It’s embarrassing because it relates […]
Blogging is a weird beast… Either you have plenty of time to blog, but nothing to blog about, or so much going on you haven’t got time to blog! This afternoon I find myself with a small window of opportunity: I’ve […]
Trying to get a man with dementia to do anything is difficult. Trying to get him to work on anything for more than 5 minutes is impossible. My grandad can become stubborn when he gets fed up about doing something. […]
Paolo Canevari ‘Self-Portrait/Autroritratto’ reviewed by Simon Tait
Working in our individual studios we meet three times in the day. Here are our individual reflections and thoughts from the day’s actions and events. Louisa Chambers: The collaborative walks this morning between Berlin, Lincolnshire, Glasgow, Nottingham, Belfast and Stockholm […]
Dark Space (Ultrasound, Fridge, Magnet) This work has become an investigative social experiment. I find a sense of hilarity in following the ritual of a pregnant woman, lovingly displaying my ultrasound of my empty uterus on the fridge, sharing it […]
Introducing organic objects into an industrial setting. Purposefully placing lemons into and around furnaces and Iron pouring equipment. Some of these interactions feel extremely phallic and uncomfortable due to the collision of materials. Producing a contrasting interaction between lemons and […]
‘Reading the Room’ is a movement-research workshop running from February – June 2021 and forms part of my 2020 a-n Development Bursary activity.
I began to research Andrea Dworkin’s Pornography: Men Possessing Women essay. Jane mentioned I should start searching the representation of women in pornography as have previously spoken lightly about it. Dworkin addresses that pornography creates this “truly obscene idea that sex […]
‘Landscape sketchbook’ it’s a collection of work driven by nature and landscape. Although not historically my main topic it’s been present in my practice since I can remember. Our bodies know more than we do… muscle memory in movements, searching […]
Working in our individual studios we meet three times in the day. Here are our individual reflections and thoughts from the day’s actions and events. Louisa Chambers: I think I’ve finished a painting today. I’ve decided to leave it up […]
Three Pages The words/ideas have to go somewhere. They come as thoughts that are sometimes visual, sometimes I hum, sometimes I write, draw… whatever… they just come. But they’re not always in a specific form… they are often amorphous. So […]
As my ongoing exploration of ‘the fragment’ in my MRes Art: Theory and Philosophy course at Central Saint Martins, I have been working on some collages and montages in my studio. These are specifically related to the idea of the […]
Working in our individual studios we meet three times in the day. Here are our individual reflections and thoughts from the day’s actions and events. Louisa Chambers: Stop, start, stop, start. Working pattern for today. Have not found any sort […]
Carrying 25 Lemons in my t-shirt. This close cradling felt as though I had responsibility for the fruit’s safe transportation, emphasising the care I took in carrying them so as to not drop any. The lemons formed bulges in the […]
An on-line course for artists which explores the anatomy and structure of the horse’s head as a prerequisite for expressive and knowledgeable artwork.
I want to raise an issue that affects anyone who sells their work and sends it via Royal Mail. Last year I sold an item via ‘well-known internet auction site’, which was damaged and returned to me. I applied for […]
Five bursaries have been awarded to a-n members who will undertake a period of research in response to the 11th edition of Liverpool Biennial.
I’ve been planning what to say for the Research in Practice presentation next week. Bringing the artwork, Andromedan Sad Girl close to my own has helped progress my work in terms of the concept behind the drawings. I’ve thought about […]
From 31/03/21 I have used Sweet Box to project Sweet Tooth B&W into for my exhibition proposal experimentation. I used a verity of angles and close up to get a feel for the maquette space as well as an installation […]