i spoke last year with an artist who at the time claimed he never fully finished any of his works. i’ve wondered if this was a good thing or a bad thing. while we chatted my gut feeling was that […]
I was starting to feel a bit guilty about not having posted since the birthday party. The last two and a half weeks have been (over) full and (over) exhausting. There is still a lot to do and February will […]
Peckham Platform launches its new vision as an independent charity with the opening of Ruth Beale’s participatory installation, Bookbed. We talk to the artist and the organisation’s executive director Emily Druiff about libraries, socially-engaged practice and being a creative educational platform.
MENTORING AND ME When I applied for a Re:view bursary nearly a year ago, I had no idea how valuable it would be, enabling me to begin an ongoing relationship which would not otherwise have happened. In theory the end […]
The subject of attending University for the purposes of developing your practice is not without documented debate, and is a debate that highlights the contrasts of learning through academia against learning through intuition and life experiences. One school of thought […]
A very welcome discussion with my MA friend about my work. He made me consider not so much what but how I work and that quality is important. Up until now I have used found or cheap canvases and have […]
a week to the first application deadline. how am i fixed? i feel good about where i am with the application. i’ve done some research, made conversations and taken time to write my concept. i have time to record myself […]
We perceive text in our everyday mostly through instructions or alerts that make us function in systems or structures, knowingly or unconsciously. Since I started investigating language I made a range of site-specific text-based works. By applying lettering to office, […]
I don’t really know how much I should write here anymore… I have been warned that this could get me into trouble… legally handcuffed. A sense of fear prevails at work… an apathy… the stench of defeat… people broken and […]
Spring Cleaning Its that time of year when I feel the insatiable need to clean and tidy all around me. Last week I decided to give my studio at Rogue a complete overhaul. This meant making room for a plan-chest […]
Time to shake up my art-practice a little. I am crocheting a set of three baby-blankets that carry injunctions and directly tie in with my inherited memory-project, but also want to explore other angles and approaches that don’t have as […]
Rubbish Conversation with Lars Tharp at the Hepworth, Wakefield, 19/01/14 Lars Tharp: You’ve brought in an installation. This is what I’d call an installation. Alice Bradshaw: This is the Cuba Collection and this one is from Essen in Germany. LT: […]
<CP> Eddie surprised me this week, which is nothing new, except that this was quite a nice surprise for once. He’d secretly booked a day in the darkroom on his own to print some of our negatives, after which I […]
A happy and prosperous New Year to you all. Now that the formalities are out of the way I would like to swiftly introduce you to fourteen things I wish to do in order to develop my career in 2014: […]
Back with more to say it seems, already feeling that I’m reaping the benefits of a return to blogging. When a busy family life and illness conspires to keep you out of the studio, it feels good to maintain some […]
Back to earth today – no more Tate and Paul Klee. The walls of the gallery needed a bit of making good so the gallery curator and I spent the afternoon sanding and touching up the walls of the gallery […]
What does 2014 have in store in terms of conferences and events, art fairs and festivals? We take a month-by-month look at what the year has to offer.
Immigration (War is over…NOT) So this’s Christmas and what have you done? Another year over, a new one just begun. A very happy Xmas & a Happy New Year – it was for me – let’s hope it’s a good […]
Onwards I have been neglecting this blog since my bursary period ended, although my plan is to continue writing on here in some form. In the meantime I have been doing a little bit of reflection about the bursary and […]
Currently Reading: Vitamin 3-D: New Perspectives in Sculpture and Installation. Phaidon (eds.). 2009. Phaidon, London. This survey of contemporary sculpture conducted in 2009 spotlights 119 prominent cross-generational artists from 27 countries, introduced by Anne Ellegood. The criteria for inclusion to […]
Currently Reading: Vitamin 3-D: new Perspectives in Sculpture and Installation. Ellegood, Anne. 2009. Phaidon, London. … continued The book itself, it’s worth mentioning, is a huge mid-green tome with a wedge of cover front and back held together with a […]
what do i want ? a question i circularly bounce off of. it’s been the question that i’ve been wrestling with in respect to what i propose for the first application. from a session this morning i’ve been able to […]
I stopped writing this blog some six months ago with the intention of freeing up some time for a big ‘sort out’ in my studio. Up until this point, I’d been having conversations with other artists about the importance of […]
MEASURING THE EXPERIENCE #39 This also raises the issue for the arts funding system as regards future investment in the work of artist-led organisations. The commitment of artists to achieving artistic vision has resulted in a considerable amount of valuable […]
MEASURING THE EXPERIENCE #40 There are, however, tremendous differences between the ability of a new group and a well-established one like Artspace to handle the development curve which is necessary. Artspace has had many years to develop its organisational and […]
