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Tutorial Notes 18/3/21

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 […]

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Artist LUAP brings good vibrations to Notting Hill

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.

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Back in the studio

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 […]

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Catchup march 2021

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 […]

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* 17/03/21: 1-1 with Catinca Malaimare

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 […]

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* 17/03/21: Sarah Everard

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 […]

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Certainty in Uncertainty

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 […]

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16/03/21: Appearance/theme of Instagram profile

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 […]

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Slogging up hill… and the view

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 […]

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How to price online creative workshops.

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 […]

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Gla4 – Bleachers Entry

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 […]

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Fallen camellias

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 […]

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40th Anniversary Feature

40 Years 40 Artists: the 1990s

Read the second set of conversations in our 40 Years 40 Artists series of interviews with artists who feature in a-n’s archive.

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Lesley Hicks – Between Here and There

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 […]

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When Life gives you Lemons

‘Patriarchal timing is quantitative, measuring space in equal sections. Matriarchal timing is qualitative, subjective, experiencing the length of the moment according to feelings’ This work is a quantitative analysis of the components of a lemon in regards to the body […]

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Listening Party?

As part of my Drawing Songs project (funded by Arts Council England), I’d like to set up a Listening Party for interested people to hear and see what I’ve been making so far… Two questions: 1. Has anyone else done […]

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Repetitive Actions

I wanted to talk about repetitive actions in performance. The act of repeating something so simple seems futile. Doing the same thing over and over again and expecting the same result is deemed pointless but in response we get a […]

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The Male Experience

I have been thinking about the male role in the simulation of pregnancy. I wonder whether I conform to this role as I do not fulfil the biological requirements of woman. By viewing the lemon as a bodily form I […]

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