Having made the walk along the docks one of my regular routes when I needed to stretch my legs and get some air, this year’s River of Light trail gave me a refreshingly colourful view to look at. The artworks […]
It’s always nice when my procrastination-scrolling on Instagram leads me to stumble on to something new (new to me anyway), and that’s exactly what happened with the Independents Biennial 2021. As a sister event to the Liverpool Biennial, the programme […]
An online exhibition review: ‘Drawn In’ by Elena Thomas from the Glitterball Showroom, Enköping, Sweden developed by artist Stuart Mayes
The Tate uses YouTubes platform to promote interviews/virtual exhibitions which is easy/flexible in terms of everyone being able to access it/navigate as most people have heard of Youtube/use Youtube. It is easy to share/save the video if you wish. The description […]
I really enjoy stories – “is a great way to ensure your most important posts (like a new product announcement) have a better chance of reaching your followers.” (Saraco, 2020) – I used stories to upload new posts or any […]
Interactions with other accounts and the time of day to post as well as hashtags all work but an attractive post may work best when it reaches its audience. The “cooler blues and greens were correlated with more likes than […]
Tea’s Instagram is full of communication. She uses the comment section as a way to build a direct line of communication to artist and viewer – public display of interaction making her account more personal/involved. Sophie Tea Instagram Active online […]
34 UK disabled artists and companies have received over £715K in funding from Unlimited to develop their work. We take a look at the work of five a-n members who have received awards as part of the 2021 programme.
A week, seven days. I asked my grandad the same questions every day for a week, documenting his answers. The main question that I needed answering was ‘What is his favourite colour’ as I know the question to that answer […]
As I mentioned in my previous post, the Liverpool Biennial had adapted some of its works to be available as online content. One such piece is Transmission: A Series of Five Podcasts on Disease and Pandemic in a Distorted World. […]
Due to COVID galleries haven’t been able to exhibit exhibitions. The Tate created a virtual tour very quickly in the pandemic – April 2020, including discussions, images and films of artworks. Using YouTube they displayed their virtual exhibition of Andy […]
Instagram’s algorithm has gradually updated their media platform e.g. video, attracting a range of viewers/creators – used to be videos uploaded to your profile (1 minute long), but now you have Reels (15 seconds long clip) and IGTV (1 hour […]
Artists Marcus Clarke and Puppet Ron discuss their Artistic collaboration Titled:Six Cherry Blossoms
21:10 Outgoing Call: 111 (12 Mins) 22:31 Incoming Call: Unknown Number (8 Mins) 02:47 Incoming Call: Unknown Number (11 Mins) 09:30 Emergency Appointment: Out of Hours 09:35 A&E 10:22 Nurse Consultation 10:25 Urine Sample 11:50 Doctor Consultation 11:55 Blood Test […]
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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.
