30 blocks of ice will go on display outside Tate Modern and Bloomberg’s European headquarters to coincide with meeting of world leaders at the COP24 climate change conference in Katowice, Poland.
A farewell to Singularity
This week’s selection includes exhibitions in Bristol, Birmingham, London and Leeds, all taken from a-n’s Events section featuring shows and events posted by a-n members.
Following on from my discussion of Richard Serra’s Trip Hammer, I came across an article in Nero Magazine about his piece called Tilted Arc which was installed across a plaza in New York in the 1980’s. It was constructed in […]
Corten steel or weathering steel is used by the artist Richard Serra to make his amazing work which can be seen in public places all over the world. They are massive, the viewer is tiny in comparison, the surface of […]
One of the skills that I wanted to learn this year was flint knapping. I did some research into possible courses and decided that Will Lord (based near Bury St Edmunds) would be a really interesting person to work with. […]
While escapism has a bad-reputation (i.e “escape from the political”), I am interested in the need for practices of escape in order to both cope with the present (a respite!), and imagine something radically different.
The Turner Prize-winning artist had claimed the powerful American ‘gun rights’ group had used images of his work Cloud Gate in a promotional video without his permission.
This year Turner Contemporary have this great sculpture, in place of a Christmas tree: And here’s what Turner Contemporary have to say about it: Visit Turner Contemporary this December and be inspired by Joanne Tatham and Tom O’Sullivan’s alternative Christmas tree installation […]
Translating artspeak to make the arts more accessible
The artist and writer will receive a £10,000 bursary from disability-led arts organisation Shape Arts and undertake a three-month residency at Baltic, Gateshead.
So if Carl Andre used bricks I’m going to use old curtains. But how? To start with I decided to copy Mr Andre by recreating his Equivalent VIII with exactly the same dimensions, just instead of bricks I would use […]
Ever heard of the Yeti or the Jabberwocky? What about the Ragwort? Who are they? What are they? There is a plant named the “Oxford ragwort”. What do you think of when you hear this plant’s name?” Image […]
Oxford ragwort, you are everywhere or elsewhere. Even… Research Clip from The Ragwort, 42 sec, Ellie Kyungran Heo on Vimeo. If I were you, I wouldn’t come down either. You took root next to a chimney or […]
Senecio squalidus is a yellow-flowering plant native to Mount Etna, Sicily. The plant was introduced to Britain in the early 18th century in Oxford; its means of arrival are unknown. But there are some records on those who were involved […]
In the Autumn Science Lectures at the Oxford Botanic Garden, Dawn Sanders asks, “Vad se du? / What do you see?” Dawn’s research questions: – How might plant-based sensoric experiences influence human perceptions of plants? – How might story-based scientific […]
Loud sounds of dawn. Extreme wide-down view. The One is at the centre of green with its head lying on the edge of a pillow. Sounds of the wind getting stronger. While they wave and wave busily, the one […]
How do we look at and treat one another? How do the labels assigned to living things affect this? Who do you think is a better neighbour to the plant and you? With the support of the […]
You leave for a better place where morality cannot achieve.
I call myself a textile artist. Why? Am I not just an artist? I call myself a textile artist because I feel it sums up what I do. I use a sewing machine, I use fabric, I sew, I stitch […]
