I am in that dazed state I seem to enter at the end of projects. I suppose what I really would like is a couple of days off just to look at stuff and recharge a bit. Instead of which […]
Back at work now, in the print centre in Wrexham. the exhibition seems to be going ok… heard a comment on the radio the other day about Universal Indifference and sometimes it feels like that, though I have had a […]
Tuesday today, so home after lunch, having spent much of the morning gold-leafing the edges of those modrock moulds that the relics were cast in. Plenty to do at home, though! So much still to take care of before the […]
I booked myself for an Arts Council meeting for this evening, however several challenges presented themselves to me. The first was that although it was advertised in Lincoln, the meeting is actually 20 miles away, in Sleaford. As I don't […]
Last week was the first week of Hertfordshire Open Studios. So we've all been around regularly. It's meant a lot of chatting with cups of tea, debating and discussing. Reflecting on the launch, we have all felt really positive about […]
… after my little moan yesterday about the shortage of funding in my artistic career I am now back with a THANK YOU, to the generosity of everyone who does support the arts. Now to be specific: my project! Of […]
Have finally finished constructing the macinery for this piece and have given it a working title of Fluid Dynamics.
thursday 25th6pm4 Jordan StreetLiverpool near Novas and Afoundation "Baltic Frame" curated by Tony Smith opens at 6pmexhibiting artists are: Birgit Deubner(www.axisweb.com/artist/birgitdeubner)Nick FoxBritta Borgers (Cologne)Claus Dieter Geissler (Cologne)Tine WilleAndrew BraceyNick SykesBernard GeorgesonSusie McmurraySteve Boyland Leslie HalliwellAnna KetskemetyDagmar SchmidtTony Smith at the […]
Tues 9 September. Three weeks since we last met. Char-Latte Bar has a silent plasma screen showing sport. There’s easy listening music. The staff are pleasant and, though the prices are above average, the café fills up nicely. We occupy […]
beginning of freshers week. as journeys go, I could well have done with some public trasnport two years ago. Two years on, there is something tenable about how far I've come yet moved very little. Am I excitable ? yes. […]
Brusand, Day 3Edition: After breakfast Kjetil and I head off to Bryne to get materials for my edition – a version of the baby blue embroidered ring on paper. We take some posters and fliers with us. Kjetil points out […]
I finally have a first cut of the "Dungbeetle and Sisyphus" performance last sunday (14th of september) in a ready to show format for the exhibition. It looks great, just I know it could look even greater. There was so […]
I have a couple of workshop days connected with the project still to do. One of them on Saturday in fact so I'll have to spend a while preparing materials later in the week. Until then I am working on […]
I was in the studios early-ish this morning at 7am. My paintings had dried over the weekend and I was really happy with the way they looked. I have a commission to produce at the moment for exhibition in December, […]
It was inevitable that the schedule would reach the point where you have to laugh or else you'd cry. Well, I'm not crying yet, but I'm not sure that it's possible to do all the things I've valiantly written on […]
21st September 2008 Gurnal Dubs Heaven over Lake Paul writes: Who could have imagined such a perfect homecoming? This morning brought increased excitement about the prospect of this last-in-project swim. Arriving early like an eager schoolboy at Richard’s, I find […]
21st September 2008 Gurnal Dubs Richard writes: Blue sky, sun, warmth, a hint of early mist – the day is a cocktail of high summer and early autumn – six of us swimming the length of the tarn – a […]
Some books of mine relevant to this residency: Armstrong, N. & Tennenhouse, L. eds., 1989. The Violence of Representation – Literature and the history of violence. London: Routledge. Art Review, Issue 23, June 2008 – Thomas Hirschhorn Supplement Barthes, R., […]
