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September 21st Took the Train to Holton Lee near Poole to perform with Signdance Collective at the opening of ‘insider’ showing in Faith House.

Bombay has boulevards with shady arcades, pavements for the use of pedestrians, night time streets where one can wander from food stall to bar to restaurant. Unremarkable, perhaps, unless you've been spending a month in Delhi. There is dirt, but […]

Garry and I went to the Beijing Art Fair today. The event feels spacious and open in design, with the bulk of it in one big airport-hanger like space. There are maybe 100 booths representing galleries from this city, other […]

The Thin Red Line Catherine gave a briefing for the volunteers last night. These people will be the last line of defence between the visitors and our work. They all seemed really enthusiastic and asked lots of questions. This made […]

Overnight Train to Xi’an We are off on the night train to Xi’an in a few hours. A 13 hour journey. I managed to get us soft sleepers rather than hard sleepers or soft/hard seats [which don’t sound much fun!] […]

Play with Parquetry Parquetry is the use of geometric design in marquetry. Games boards and furniture typically finding use for the technique. I like the simplicity of making up chequered sheets. Slicing straight edges and worrying less about the holes […]

September 20th   Attended the Unltd Level 2 award seminar day.

I am gearing up to "The Big Draw" on 13 October here at St George’s. I hope the day works as well as as it could. Its almost impossible to anticipate which events will be eagerly seized upon by people […]

I just got back from 4 days in Bombay. As soon as I arrived there, I realised that my problems with Delhi arise from the fact that Delhi is sick, a place where a sane and healthy life is impossible. […]

My journey from the airport to Colaba, at the tip of Bombay's peninsula, took one and a half hours due to congestion. There was some hooting, but usually recognisably necessary, rather than blindly imperious egotism. It was as hot as […]

Researcher from Radio 4 has e-mailed me. They are interested in doing a programme on the Craigynos Project.

Have just had it pointed out to me in another email that The Wellcome Trust will be able to do a print on demand book, and there is a designer already lined up, but its a question of funding it. […]

Separation Anxiety Most of the stuff has gone off in a van today. Hopefully it will all be waiting for me at the museum to install on Friday. The trustees have defeated me. So instead I will be filming an […]

Mu Tian Yu – The Great Wall of China Of course we had to see the Great Wall. Mr Shen, who drives for Brian and Red Gate, took us there and back. A great experience, up in the high hills […]

This morning, I felt a flash of happiness as I sat at the kitchen table making ‘free gifts’ for the front covers of 180 copies of the new Kalender by dipping paper in elderberry juice and rolling it into beads. […]

September 18th Visited ACE:SE in Brighton Leave 2 interventions. ‘ABC’ and the ord ‘DREAM’

There’s often a word that’s emphasized, like ‘Milky’, ‘Always’ or ‘Whatever’ as you can see from this selection.   I was talking to Daniel who is Chinese and had a rural upbringing, but has lived in Beijing for 14 years. […]

After coming a "very close second" (again) I’ve decided to take notice of what’s happening and STOP applying for jobs! I’m obviously supposed to be an artist and not an employee – why has it taken me so long to […]