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
Week 48: 12th – 18th AugustAs we’re technically in the summer holidays at the moment, I decided to catch up on some professional development and to learn a new skill. I’d always wanted to try out laser cutting, specifically in […]
The role of the artist studio within processes of redevelopment in cities has been brilliantly captured in a fascinating publication, The Nomadic Studio: Art, Life and the Colonisation of Meanwhile Space. Tim Clark speaks to Michael Heilgemeir, the photographer behind it.
Well first post. It’s been a few weeks since I started this position but it’s only really felt like it has started in the last few days. I’m located in our sculpture studios, close to where I constructed my degree […]
Over 70 non-commercial venues across east and south London are opening their doors as part of the first ever Art Licks Weekend.
Approach Estate, Bethnal Green
11 – 13 September 2013
POST 27: (Jiangshanian) CONTINUED FROM PREVIOUS POST MU: I can’t believe it’s taken me so long to reply to your email! ahh! I read your message on the way home from a talk about artists’ studios ****************** And oddly, the […]
Chisenhale Art Place is marking its +30 anniversary with an open event across the three organisations that occupy the building in east London. We talk to Arts Manager Andrea Davidson and founding artist John Fuller about its history, ethos and how it plans to celebrate.
I have just spent a busy week in Berlin. It could have been better, I had to go earlier and leave earlier than I would have liked. Last Tuesday the Berlin Art Week Opened and everything was happening. I arrived […]
A new offsite project in Leigh from Castlefield Gallery and Cross Street Arts, comes at a time when the town’s Turnpike Gallery is facing an uncertain future as council budget cuts bite.
‘On Brown & Violet Grounds’ Install Diary Wednesday, 18 September 2013 DAY 2 of Install – On Brown and Violet Grounds Day two of install was my first full day in the space. Feeling unashamedly undaunted by the space of […]
