At 8am students are already arriving at the studios. The Public Art course has a great space, or at least I thought so until Yijia, my host and lecturer on the course, says that other disciplines have much better studios. […]
Wow! It seems ages since I wrote anything on here. My life has been very very busy with builders at home, which has prevented me from getting into the studio. I am not fretting too much, rather, I am quietly […]
As Hull is announced Capital of Culture 2017, Pippa Koszerek takes a look at the burgeoning artist-led activity harboured by this unique and geographically isolated city.
It is as though I cannot help myself! I have accepted the invitation to be on the management team at the studios. I did make one condition, that I do nothing this side of New Year. There are a couple […]
Veronica Lu and I (politely) gatecrashed a conference this morning. It was held at the Folk Art Museum in Gucun Park and was organised by the International Folk Art Association (Chinese, American, Russian, Indian and African delegates). Before we arrived, […]
FILM REVIEW GRAVITY, 2013, co-written, co-produced, directed, and co-edited by Alfonso Cuaron. ★★★★ out of ★★★★ An absolute masterpiece if there ever was one, Cuaron demonstrates why he is one of the most important directors alive today. A science-fiction film […]
An open day at High House Artists’ Studios this Saturday unveils a new three-storey studio building in Purfleet, Essex, the latest in an ever-expanding network from pioneering London-based charity, Acme.
Met two more fellow resident artists today: Matthew Goodsmith & Yi Xin Yan http://matthewgoodsmith.com/ http://yanyixin.co.uk/ They are working together in the space without walls, two studios down from mine. Also found out that the Creekside Cafe (sort of downstairs from […]
Getting going again… After a run of exciting exhibitions and commissions spanning over the Summer and into the Autumn, its time to get back into making new work in my studio at Rogue. The Summer began for me in June […]
Getting going again… After a run of exciting exhibitions and commissions spanning over the Summer and into the Autumn, its time to get back into making new work in my studio at Rogue. The Summer began for me in June […]
This week’s selection of must-see shows includes Korean artist Haegue Yang at Glasgow Sculpture Studios, Michael Landy at the National Gallery, and photographic viewpoints of the city in Manchester.
Hello, and welcome to the new blog :) I will probably return to The State of Play blog when this project is complete, but I wanted to keep a separate record of my residency collaborating in a large group with […]
This week’s (8-14 November) whistlestop tour of international contemporary art action takes us to Paris, Sao Paulo, New York, Gothenburg and Leuven in Belgium.
Arts Council England’s update of its 10-year ‘strategic framework’ makes for sober and serious reading. But while there are no dramatic changes in its ambitions and priorities, Mark Robinson finds a worrying lack of solutions for cash-strapped artists and no recognition of the regional imbalance in arts funding.
Mark Devereux Projects Launches New Space for Artists in Manchester In July 2012 Mark and I worked as a team to put together my first major solo exhibition ‘Chroma’ at BLANKSPACE, Manchester. After the show came down he left Blank […]
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Ticking Over Builders are back on site at home and cracking on. This means I need to be around a lot to answer queries and discuss best approach to problems that arise. They are brilliant and make me smile as […]
Ho ho ho! ‘Blog’ is No 7 on Top of the Pops………means lots of you are reading this quietly and silently behind closed curtains……come on out into the light! Let yourselves be known! We might like each other……. Seriously, its […]
‘Raining cats and logs’ October 31st Portsmouth Catching up post – no 1 sat with cat as the raincreates aural distracting patterns on the plastic roof above me…. Mapping exhibition: A Work in progress Friday 11th October A ‘two weeks […]
Well I am in- slightly complicated by the fact that the packaging company on the same floor had an articulated lorry full of boxes from China using the same lift…. Plans chest and my lovely old shelves all in and […]
Five days since the last blog…where does the time go? One of the things I did as part of my ‘get myself organised’ package was to look myself up on Google. What a ghastly mess……..things from 2007 when I did […]
As the eyes of much of the artworld were on Frieze, the artist-led Sluice Art Fair returned for its second edition, with a mission to encourage a sharing of ideas between artist-run scenes. Dany Louise reports on the weekend event in Bermondsey.
This morning we were here to generate ideas. We focused on portraits of people who intimidate us in our neighbourhood, and thought about how we could make this project look as weird as possible. Our temporary home for our second […]
National Glass Centre, Sunderland
12 – 13 October 2013
