Simon Morse, Little Bastards, dial, LED, switch, vinyl, acrylic and transfers on aluminium unit, 26x16x9cm, 2009.
In a recent editorial I recalled a-n’s Code of Practice for artists and how its list of key principles can be used to inform decision making and negotiations in all aspects of an artist’s professional work. The first of the four principles – Contribute Confidently – seems particularly apt to this issue, in which the theme of Risk is identified as an underlying condition to several stories and features.
A response to the recent Debate piece: Why are artists poor?
A response to the recent Debate pieces: Weakening the Foundations and Why are Artists Poor?
As an artist, curator and writer Rachel Marsden considers the importance placed on the written word in conveying artworks to visitors.
Planning ahead… Gathering info for the next exhibition by Justine, an HMS resident.Sent reminders for the Dan Roach PV/discussion taking place this sunday @ 2pm. http://www.harringtonmillstudios.co.uk/exhibiton_space/roach/invite.htm I am in the middle of reviewing ‘At Play II’, South Hill Park, Bracknell […]
Really not sure where the time has gone. Didn’t get into the Herbert, knocked the old confidence a bit, as its all new work, but over that now. Have the impending deadline for Cirencester, then arts weeks, and more opens. […]
BBC Radio 4, the artist’s friend… What I love about Radio 4 is – well, lots of things. Most of all, it’s the way I can hear other creative people speak, particularly writers, but also visual artists, dancers, choreographers, musicians, […]
A wise man once said ‘Say what you see’. Sunset public toilets. This is from a series of great but slightly repetitive sunset photos on a beach campsite in Northwest Scotland. Yes we had a view of the loos, but […]
BYE FOR NOW I woke up yesterday morning (Monday) at 5am, terrified and with a sense of blind panic at the prospect of another term. People are always saying ‘I don’t know how you do it with four children’, well […]
Just back after an exhilarating trip to the Medical School for the final pre-project meeting. We’ve met our model, who turns out to be a talented artist in her own right – her planned research project relates to the physiology […]
So – you made a piece. It took long enough as it was, and now you’re faced with the task of having to be a one person marketing department to try and find an appropriate venue to show it. And […]
I printed to my hearts content today. I only mananged to get prints done from one of the three plates and I haven’t finished printing from that one yet. It’s going to be expensive to get them all done. But […]
Today was surreal. I had three tutorials today, which was a disaster waiting to happen. Two of them merged into one as one of the tutors was late and the other was early. They both seemed to agree on a […]
My aim this week was to create a drawing/piece of work everyday. Therefore I would have five pieces by the end of the week, this way I could work with them. This is yesterday’s drawing, in my opinion it is […]
Had what a difficult but positive tutorial yesterday as I wanted to discuss my proposal for potential degree show space. Left me with a lot to mull over and a sleepless night running through options. Did not update blog following […]
its been a while march was always going to be a busy month, and then in april I escaped I’m exicited by printing the large woodcut outside onto fabric using an old lawn roller. My kids were enthralled so that’s […]
Yves Dana – and my catalogue reading I know I’ve mentioned him before, but today in my ‘pausa cataloga’ (not sure if that is good italian) I read a beautiful book of his sculptures from cover to cover. It felt […]
The final show is speeding towards us with… speed. We’re in quite a happy flurry with publicity, mailing lists, and tomorrow is the big who-is-going-where debate session. We get on well mostly, I look forward to seeing my fellow artists-in-the-making. […]
I have been working on a piece I call ‘Gestalt’ for a number of years now. First shown Sept 2010 at Durham’s DLI gallery as a three part installation, I am looking to develop it further. I am particularly interested […]
