Back in February, when my head was full of several nebulous beginnings of projects, I made a series of notebooks in which to gather people’s stories. Most of the books were to help catalyse my thinking around what was to become […]
Well actually the new broom was a borrowed one but in terms of the saying today was about taking control of my studio and making some changes. Thursday brings a studio visit and I have literally been sweeping up, there […]
Merce Sequence Found! On the third trip I made I finally came across a full length documentation of Walkaround Time (stage rehearsal) filmed by Charles Atlas. This was after requesting and viewing 3 other videos on file and requesting two […]
Part of the Jerome Robbins dance archive is the special collections department. This deals with ephemera, photographs and artifacts relating to dance. I requested a special print book called Footnotes produced by the Choreographer Jenifer Mascall. This was an incredible […]
This concept of Work or Task-like as a performance quality is explored in Yvonne Rainers essay A quasi survey of some “minimalist” tendencies… some excerpts; “in the early days of Judson Dance Theatre someone wrote an article and asked “Why […]
Trisha Brown. Access to the large database of original documentation of some of Trisha Browns early works (from 1966-75) was an amazing experience, looking back to works such as Man Walking down the side of a building 1970, Leaning Duets […]
This is Laura’s Blog and inside are all my feelings and ideas about my work leading up to the Degree Show next year. Last year I started moving my drawings in to the field of animation. So started making my […]
The Twisting Paths of Recall http://elspethpenfold.blogspot.co.uk/2016/11/the-twisting-paths-of-recall-memories.html
One of the missions I had set myself for this trip was to get some footage of the artist working in their studios. So I have been duly carrying my tripod and camera along to every studio visit and politely […]
‘Of Other Spaces: Where does gesture become event?’ is a two-‘chapter’ exhibition and symposium at Cooper Gallery, Dundee that presents contemporary and historical feminist art from the 1970s onwards in an attempt to create a dialogue between “artists, thinkers, artworks and practices”. Dundee-based artist Valerie Norris reports from Scotland’s ‘she town’.
“Because now that anyone is free to print whatever they wish, they often disregard that which is best and instead write, merely for the sake of entertainment, what would best be forgotten, or better still be erased from all books. […]
This week’s selection includes animals and figurative work in London, photography in Belfast, and in Brighton an exhibition recasting the role of the machine.
The 14th piece in the project is “Did you mean that?” It features some of my favourite themes: a rook; black and white; a grid; and symbols. In this case the symbols are wingdings I set out on a grid. […]
My resin experiments came to a stop as I had various things to contend with such as shingles and then gastroenteritis and then excruciating knee pain. The knee pain and jamming of the joint is likely to recur from time […]
Yesterday, Fusion Arts in Oxford hosted a day for scientists from the Wellcome Trust Centre for Human Genetics to talk about their research to the local community – they made it accessible and fun. My children loved it. One made […]
Details of the inspiration, process and progress of my current project.
Albany Gallery Cardiff, Oriel y Felin…Oriel CRIC, Erwood Station and all…..
So, it has been almost a couple of months since my last post – a shocking lapse in blog related productivity. However, it has not been because of my natural inclination to procrastinate about even making a cup of tea […]
This is mostly a picture-led update. This week I met with Alys Owen, a fellow artist at GSS and experienced casting technician for a refresher lesson in silicon mould making. Alys was a great tutor – she ‘got’ the project […]
Research and development exploring reconsiderations of landscape through my fine art practice as part of the A-N Travel Bursary 2016
