I have been organising exhibitions for the past ten years, it is what I do to survive. Having noticed that some of the issues that provoked my earlier work have reappeared, I thought I should select some of these pictures […]
An attempted introduction. In some ways this project started quite some time ago. I shall attempt to bring you up to speed now and apologise for not getting you involved earlier on in the process. In 1982 I was born […]
i think i might have pulled a muscle. i became aware of it last week while moving some furniture with my right leg. today has been busy in the space and back home i’m tired and there’s a secretive smile […]
Days till degree show – 8 According to our schedule, we're well ahead. We've constructed, bolted, sanded, filled, painted and painted and painted already. Will hopefully be installing tomorrow, or at least starting to. It's feeling a bit like impending […]
On the way to London I saw the wife of a friend at Ipswich station. I had a sudden horror of having to make conversation all the way to London, of there being signal failure and being stuck for hours […]
It's easy to look back and wish. Wish I'd started things sooner, wish I'd thought things through, wish I'd had that idea then, wish I'd got it right first time, but then this wouldn't be half as interesting. The first […]
been getting lots done, moving plinths lugging etching from print to space with my1styrhelper, filling and sanding. going to put it on the terrace tomorrow. exciting stuff.
Walking Home formed the basis for my final major project for my MA. It worked over many ideas that I had developed during my degree – ideas around walking, performance, writing, and the performative installation. Walking Home was a simple […]
The relationship between artists and money has always been one of contradictions and idiosyncrasies. Fine art higher education in the UK concentrates mainly on the artist’s intellectual pursuit, somewhat disconnected from any idea of financial independence.
Mark Wilsher talks about combining the roles of artist and curator in his own practice.
Rachel Garfield explains how a desire to critique dominant models of the mainstream informs her curatorial practice.
Shezad Dawood discusses how he see curation as an opportunity to explore the interplay between his own work and that of other artists.
Simon Tegala tells how he needs to adopt many different roles to realise the production of his curatorial projects.
Open studio events around the UK plus calls to take part.
