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September 17th   Went to Sadlers Wells in London to the NDAF visioning Day

Matt Cooper:   "sculptures- focussed on the performative aspect… the fact that it is actually happening. Building while the audience is there. Gestures and actions."

sculptures paced infront of the screen, infront of the projected screen   The words falling on certain parts. Certain words highlighted. sentences brought together, created. Perhaps the title should involve time..or at least a sense of time? We need to […]

Matt: Why I wanted to do this: Re-run of the degree show…. no camera- no worries about whether you’re in shot. directly to the audience. We both have connections between our practices – processes of improvisation– baggage– things you bring […]

Digital Curator Yesterday I had to sign a form giving the Digital Curator at The Wellcome Library permission to archive my online exhibition "Children of Craig-y-nos". They also want to archive my daily blog but there is something in the […]

Institute of Zoology Cam and Jake came with me for a second visit to see Dr Liu this morning. Dr Liu had a number of specimens for me to photograph including gampsocleis gratiosa [guo guo’er]. Ai_ping sent over specimens of […]

The cicadas – cryptotympana atrata [hei za chan] and platypleura kaempferi [hui gu].

Talking to locals in Tuanjiehu Park I decided to try to find out what local people think of crickets and cicadas. I asked Kelly [Song Nan is her Chinese name] to translate a few basic questions and photocopied sheets of […]

Guido hunts wild boar 2 Sat 16th September, 2007, 4am. I have much to complete before I leave here, especially regarding my folio and it’s presentation to curators. I went out hunting the other day with Guido, when I got […]

Big parcel arrived this morning with more photos and documentation for the Children of Craig-y-nos project from Dr Carole Reeves, the Outreach Historian who is helping me. Help! am snowed under with work and got to fly to Wales again […]

Here goes. I am going to try and put in some links to my online photographic exhibition which mirrors the real one in Wales. The site is: http://www.childrenofcraigynos.com/ and the links are: http://www.craigynoscastle.com/children_of_craig.htm http://www.bbc.co.uk/wales/mid/sites/abercraf/pages/annshawphotos.shtml http://www.bbc.co.uk/wales/mid/sites/abercraf/pages/annshaw2.shtml http://www.bbc.co.uk/wales/mid/sites/abercraf/pages/annshaw.shtml There are also links […]

10/9 – I’m very conscious that I’ve scarcely mentioned the fourth artist of the Khoj residency, Rohini Devasher. She makes menacingly beautiful, dense, photoshop compositions of outlandish hybrid plants, operating on the border between chaos and order. As a Delhi […]

11/9 – The weekend in Kashmir began with an unforgettable ride to the airport, and to Ashok’s many fine qualities I must now add ruthlessness and creativity. Sitting in the back seat was like watching gladiatorial combat, as he sliced, […]

Last night we were out at Bei Gao, which is about a half hour cab ride towards the airport from the more centrally located Tuanjiehu, where we’re living. Brian Wallace, Director of the Red Gate operation, including the residency, was […]

Just heard that The Wellcome Trust will not fund a print on demand book because the project is halfway through and I have had money from the Heritage Lottery Fund. So its back to square one looking for funding for […]

The fire officer recommended fire exit signs over the doors, the sort which are wired up to the electrics This is necessary if we are to use the studios at night. As the electricians are already here I asked for […]

The Curse of Coram   The Portrait is framed, wrapped in a blanket and awaiting collection whenever that will be. I’m going up to London on Monday to make a film with or without trustees and to top off a […]