Page 2444 – a-n The Artists Information Company

10 May 2009 Richard and I are preparing for the new swim circle project. We intend to start after we are back from Berlin in June. We continue to discuss elements of the work we will do at each tarn […]

Richard made this simple, yet beautiful, map, which I think is a really exciting representation of our swim route. The map defines the conceptual circular route rather than the actual geographical line following an OS map. We talked this through […]

I have been doing a bit of reading round for a blog entry I am writing for www.intute.ac.uk on earning a living as an artist. (These blog entries are paid and are slightly more formal than a-n!). As well as […]

Susan Jones (a-n Director) has been in touch to offer support for APT = Artists Parents Talking!; 'I think we could help the APT artists as parents talking group create up a forum. Our IT developer is up on Monday […]

In my last essay I have decided to examine the term ‘participation’ when it is used by artists in their practices. It is very interesting how audience participation has become such a great part of the contemporary art scene. And […]

I have just had two videos accepted for the Athens Video Art Festival: http://www.athensvideoartfestival.gr/eng/default.a… They only contacted me yesterday, it starts on Thursday, so too short notice for me to attend, which is a shame. Recently I seem to have […]

Beginning of installation of adjusted books, and illustrated narrative from a collaboration with Cheadle Adult Writers group and myself at Rhode Island Cafe – as part of Culture Feast (a cultural festival in Stockport) throughout May, 2009. For the project […]

met my first year helper today, i was impressed at here listening ability and ability to ask questions and generally sound really positive about the work I’m about to mount. we’ve had another meeting in the spaces, I’m working in […]

Back to the roses. Sometimes it looks like progress, sometimes drifting. I wonder what I am doing. I helped my son -in-law lay a concrete foundation for a wall he is building yesterday. It felt like I was in the […]

12.05.2009 Tuesday As we walk up to a pre-project swim at Potter Tarn Paul and I rehearse the list of tarns/lakes we plan to swim in the ‘Swimcircle’ project. I begin to learn them by heart and together with the […]

I went to the PV on Saturday of the Inside-out Exhibition. It went well but got cold when the sun went down. Diana had ask my Daughter to sing, so that was good and it went down well too.. It […]

I just lost my post before I uploaded it. So here follows the fragmented half remembered version. Lack of blog entries recently is because I got pregnant again and the first few weeks were not kind to me so my […]

I'm wondering where the motivation went. It's been a strange week, all go, realised I've not really had a day off in three weeks. Quite looking forward now to going to Brighton this weekend, going to be in a show […]

Days till Degree Show – 17 So the studios are empty and are being systematially filled by the 2nd years who have their show/assessment in some of the same space. It's strange that after three years of having a safe […]