The IAA component of the a-n card enabled me to freely access the permanent collection of The National Museum of Modern Art (MOMAT), Tokyo, Japan. MOMAT features artworks from the beginning of the 20th century, including both the Japanese (Nihonga) […]
This blog is part of a series of posts documenting my experience on Essential Digital Skills for Museum Professionals, a Mu.SA (Museum Sector Alliance) course. Mu.SA is an EU network of museums and cultural organisations. Over the next eight weeks, I […]
we’ve delivered daughter #1 back to college today and now we’re home its all a bit flat and sad. i covered my sad thoughts with mindfulness and concentrating on the driving. thoughts did wander back to a conversation this morning […]
Alan Rutherford visits a Belfast arts space for the first time, to find a solo shows that connects the artists practice and visual language to the area.
A short city based residency with 12 European artists
i spend alot of time looking out the window while i sit and compose my posts. for the most part the posts are reflective about the last few days or maybe the week. this morning as i prepare to go […]
Y’know when you have too many ideas and too many potential avenues to explore in your practical work to the point you don’t actually do anything because you don’t know what idea is the best to realise or invest time […]
Oh, make me over I’m all I want to be A walking study In demonology Hole – Celebrity Skin
a void weekly : weakly avoid
Robin’s Eye Robins see the Earth’s magnetic field in one eye. I like the idea of placing a dynamic robin’s eye view of the magnetosphere into one eye using the Quizzer, like a heads up compass. The visualisation above was […]
I was picked to demo at Caravan Marketplace at Brighton Festival, with a small grant for expenses. I decided to develop a way of showing existing sequences off -location, as well as making a short bespoke sequence for the room where […]
The invention works only when the viewer stands in a particular location. I wanted a way of showing it at the Fusebox so I made a sequence for the corridor outside the office. New England House, built in 1963, was […]
This week’s selection includes exhibitions in Leeds, London and Reigate, all taken from a-n’s Events section featuring shows and events posted by a-n members.
The subject line of the e-mail reads “Information only: Grant closure Project Name: Once in a Universe”; so that’s it then. All done. Except it feels far from all done. The year long project ended with a two week residency […]
Through rain and then light rain we drove for an hour, arriving at Woolstone in the Vale of the White Horse at around half past eleven in the morning. We parked and had a coffee at the White Horse pub before […]
I am working hard to build my website at www.chriswright.co.uk. A bit a day will keep the temper at bay! However, it is getting there though probably will never really finish it. In the meantime, just found out that […]
How little I know. It was very humbling attending this course. I realised my journey really had only just begun. The AN Professional Development Bursary provided me with financial support to attend the 5 day Flora and Fauna Flamework course […]
funny how writing a title triggers a memory of dragons den – not the start of the post i anticipated so i’ll work to bring it back on track. amazing day today – from hoovering to going through the contents […]
My lens-based artist practice had led me to discover a new way of merging video with reality. I wanted to find out what I could do with this this new invention and learn the digital skills I needed to make work with it.
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Well, so I am doing more painting in the hope that I can only get better at it. This is work in progress …. I’m trying out new materials including aquabord for the Japanese watercolours, which I love using. Frida […]
