dominoes are nice. set them up and push one, spaced well each will fall and push the next one. with forsight, the patterns set up can be amusing, the inital fall being superceded by an excitement of the next pattern […]
I feel as though I’ve really been through the wringer this week.One of my flatmates in London told me that he plans to move out at the end of May. Basically it means that I have to go back to […]
I’ve been offered a solo show for February 2012. I’m pleased by the timing because it gives a good length of time to gradually amass work for it. I work on some of my paintings, on and off, for years. […]
Artist Larna Campbell is excited to be ESA’s first artist-in-residence at Union 105, the new artspace at 105 Chapeltown Road. Larna will make public interventions around Chapeltown that come out of a process of dialogue and interaction. Larna is interested […]
Sold two pieces and bought a Mik Godley painting at the Backbid auction last night. The novice auctioneer gave a great performance which was both honest and entertaining. Many lots were sold too cheap really -probably because the room was […]
Today, my son is 13, four days ago my Mum was 80, and I’m smack in the middle of the organisation of both birthday parties. This is where my parenting enters uncharted waters. For the first 13 years life was […]
I found out that I didn’t get the space I wanted for the degree show…but I got a better one. We had the opportunity to write a proposal to show in Gallery North (http://gn.northumbria.ac.uk/) but I didn’t fill one out […]
A couple of years ago I ran a small local arts organisation, the Revolutionary Arts Group, struggling with no resources to stage artist-led festivals and open studio events, and using non-traditional venues for exhibitions- an old bakers, a functioning church, […]
The first time I tasted roasted beetroot was with fresh potatoes from my horticulturist friend’s allotment in central Leeds where I used to live and walk every day: I remember the taste – I also remember her generosity too. There […]
Spent today at the Butterfly Park, I went to let one of my artists, Karon, in to have a second look so she could draw up some designs. Kids off for Easter so I thought as it was a gorgeous […]
The last supper It’s our final weekend in South Africa and we are hosting an event at Malmesbury Museum: the old Jewish Synagogue where our family used to worship. We spend Saturday evening preparing borscht and black bread for the […]
does it happen to anyone else ? a feeling that the work has no merit, a feeling driven by a tiredness and spending a long period of time solitary working. does it happen to anyone else ? a feeling that […]
Hard day today, feeling exhausted, but still enjoying the process. Have decided to contact Bristol Industrial Museum to explore the potential of showing some of my work there when it reopens. Have also been keeping a note of empty shops […]
Still no news from Bath, all is silent and foreboding. I may be forced to use the phone but I am nervous of what I might discover. Soon I must travel to Wysing with my companion. She is involved in […]
8th April 2010 Its not two months since the fire and it seems we may have found a long term replacement building – a mill just outside Kendal. Its been so busy these last couple of weeks – meetings and […]
I thought I ought to tidy this blog up and explain what’s happened and what will be happening. I have completed the Malawi project apart from an evaluation day in the summer. The other school garden project (BSF)will continue till […]
I’m trying to read Baudrillard’s Simulacra and Simulations. Emphasis on the trying.
“Contemporary media (television, film, magazines, billboards, the Internet) are concerned not just with relaying information or stories but with interpreting our most private selves for us, making us approach each other and the world through the lens of these media […]
I’ve been able to focus on making some new work for Quay Arts this week and with only 9 weeks before the show opens have been planning how best to use the limited time which I have available. Reading back […]
So after a little glutting on much wine and chocolate over stupendously late night backgammon over easter the race is back on and : Ta Da! The first phase of Exquisite Corpse is done, all the curators are confirmed and […]
