Dear all, We are delighted to invite you to the first Libre Graphics Club event on 29/03/21 from 6:30-8pm GMT. Looking forward to seeing you there! To register, please follow this Eventbrite link: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/libre-graphics-club-pilot-intro-event-tickets-147232591645 Come join us and help co-create […]
The question of where I fit has been rattling around again. Over the last few months various things have made me wonder about this – a rather wide range of things actually. I think that I survive (or at least […]
The Whitechapel Gallery’s upcoming retrospective – Eileen Agar: Angel of Anarchy – curated by Laura Smith, was the first time I had heard the name of this artist. Considering she was a female surrealist, and the historical tendency towards muting […]
Listening beneath the bog. I have spent a few visits sitting quietly with the moss. Training myself to listen and allowing myself to imagine the unseen landscape beneath the bog. When the sky is grey there is a softness. On […]
The arrival of the Snow Moon left a thin layer of ice on the moss. There was a stillness but a clarity to the light which illuminated the pools and the grasses. Sitting quietly I could see vapour rising gently […]
Visiting Place Number 18483 by Dr Sarah Robinson I have just walked around Lake Richmond, Western Australia. A heritage listed site because of the rare and critically endangered freshwater thrombolites; microorganisms that resemble the earliest life on Earth. The water […]
Under the Microscope by Dr Sarah Robinson The arctic snow is showing signs of getting darker as black carbon particles fall to earth while the snow and ice becomes redder with Chlamydomonas nivalis algae blooms. The cellular mechanisms for these […]
Dr Sarah Robinson is a transmedial artist whose practice is concerned with technical perception and digital technologies’ affect on contemporary printmaking. This is the first post of many (I hope) which will begin the research dialogue between myself, Sarah and […]
Louise Bourgeois’ drawings Andre Masson’s automatic drawings Tapping into the unconscious Female surrealist artists Leonora Carrington Dorathea Tanning Annie Wilson Surrealist manifestos – understand more of that they’re doing Self psychology Abject Sarah Lucas – fried eggs as breasts Expand […]
The latest in the series of vibrant public art installations overtaking Kensington + Chelsea’s empty retail spaces has been unveiled today. The next of the High Street Windows is presented by London-based artist LUAP, who takes over the All Saints storefront in Notting Hill.
I’ve made paper sculptures out of the iPad drawings. It was more time consuming than the drawings but was worth seeing the forms in a space. The sculptures resemble dead/dried plants. I’ve been reading about what influenced Louise Bourgeois’ and […]
Wow….. months since I blogged. So much and Nothing has happened. Covid lockdowns – In common with many artist friends, I felt a sense of paralysis. Unable to move forward…. stuck ……waiting for inspiration….for things to get better. Husbands illness […]
I throughly enjoyed Catinca’s talk of her performance work exploring technology and “how our vision has become scanning machines like CCTV cameras”, this reminded me of Macleans Make Me Up and her use of 24/7 surveillance. “Tunnel vision and polluted […]
Reflection 29/04/21: After my 1-1 with Gary today we discussed the way To Bite B&W Repeat projected feels very violent and becomes more about the after effects of the male gaze e.e. male dominance/violence. We discussed the current debate around it […]
During lockdown Invert/Extent began putting together a book of artist writings and conversations considering what artists were doing, ideas that were percolating, or where their heads were at in the current situation. Many of these were featured online at Transmissions and […]
Instagram has grown to become more about appearance – businesses having a colourful/aesthetically pleasing profiles, focus can be more on profile appearance than posts. 3 images/row Instagram posts is popular, see artist Juno Calypso below, it gives the viewers […]
It can be hard to judge progress can’t it? But there is indeed progress. Every now and then, as well as keeping an eye on the project budget, I also take a look at the original time plan. Now of […]
I am a freelance artist educator and am finding it difficult to navigate pricing sessions which are online, either prerecorded/zoom and then recorded ( together with adownloadable resources to support). I am accustomed to devising sessions which I own and […]
In Our Own Words is an ongoing feature where artists and writers are asked to speak about their new work, ideas or projects in their own words. It is also part of Invert/Extant Transmissions for the Artist Writings series. If […]
I walk a familiar path to the local shops and railway station. For many years I have made this journey to and fro, passing by houses and flats where occupants move out and new ones move in; excited to explore […]
Read the second set of conversations in our 40 Years 40 Artists series of interviews with artists who feature in a-n’s archive.
We started a new module: print workshop on Wednesday 10/03/21 with Srin. This sounds so exciting and will be a really good new way to boost my work in different directions. See initial notes below – I had so may […]
