Feeling inspired and even a little intimidated by the breadth and depth of yesterday evening’s presentations. The evident scale of imagination and the commitment to practice led me once more to wonder how long I can continue as artist […]
The residency is not what I expected. Not that I (we) had received any information about what it would be. Perhaps that is why I found myself reflecting on previous residential artistic experiences even if they were not exactly residencies. […]
Why not use ham radio instead of WhatsApp? In this episode Gudrun Filipska tells me about the origins of her project Arts Territory Exchange (aTE) in which she provides an matchmaking service for artists in remote parts of the world […]
Experience walking exercise. Three of us had an hour and a half outside to collect five experiences, we had to do it without speaking. Listening to the instructions (?) immediately reminded me of previous performance projects – specifically the one […]
Within minutes of arriving I was sitting in the shared kitchen at a table in lively conversation with others artists finishing their late breakfast and drinking strong coffee. Two other artists were sitting at another table, some others were […]
Taking the time to look and think
Hi there, I’ve just joined again after about 15 years because post-pandemic, in this new digital world I’m finding it harder to make real-life connections with other artists. I’m not fresh out of arts school, nor do I have a […]
Arlanda airport – waiting for the plane to Riga where I am on a three week “experimental art” residency – I have no idea what to expect! I am excited to be embarking on my first proper residency – […]
What makes a photographer tick? How does a photographer think? Quotes and inspiration from across the world
We have the luck of playing with our work in a designated space. To either see how the work sits in the space or to work within the space. It’s a place to bounce ideas around and we are very […]
From my week in the project space I discovered that some things “just feel right”. My aim going forward is to try and pin down that particular combination of factors that makes me happy with a painting whilst continuing to […]
a-n has successfully secured support from Arts Council England as part of its National Portfolio of funded organisations 2023-2026.
I have work to do! I submitted a proposal to the RBSA. And it has been accepted! I’m both excited and somewhat nervous. It will be a solo show, called Five, Six, Pick up Sticks and will be the focus […]
I don’t want you to just ‘like’ my Instagram post. No, what I want, what I really, really want is that person who totally gets sucked into the work: who understands. I want a gold star from teacher and the […]
The sculpture seen below has featured in other blog posts; it was a final piece in my second year and is titled Disability Erased. As briefly mentioned in my pecha kucha blog post, this was a 3D printed version of myself […]
