Back to my tutorial with Freddie Robins at ZAP, which I found very productive, albeit in unexpected ways. I’m so glad that I’ve got an audio-recording to review, thanks to Rosalind Davis (whose name I’ve never mentioned before … bazinga!). […]
What’s in an artist statement? I think this question is essential to answer – how can one talk effectively about one’s practice without this as a basis from which to work? Artquest says: An artist statement is a short piece […]
A simple case of re-interpretation? (1/2) I’ve never redone before a piece of work that has already been showed. I had restaged an existing production months after its debut and even if some changes were made, some new ideas explored […]
Books as Rubbish With the proliferation of digital information via the internet, ebooks and kindles, traditional books are arguably becoming or have become (to some degree) obsolete. There is strong support and advocacy to uphold a place for the traditional […]
As September ended, Katie Goodwin and I took some people around Bermondsey on a South London Art Map Last Fridays tour. Living in South-East London, I was already familiar with the SLAM. I’ve explored most of the Peckham and Deptford […]
We have won! The judge has awarded costs in our favour. 75% – so not the total bill, but a solid result nevertheless. We have to go through every bit of correspondence to determine our costs as litigants in person. […]
Cooper Gallery, Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art & Design, Dundee
18 October – 14 December 2012
Stuff. n, Material, substance or things of uncertain kind or not needing to be particularized or of inferior quality…. I’m finding it really difficult at the moment to write about my creative processes which is confusing me but I value […]
The Pecha Kucha event went well, I’ve developed a cold over the past week, and have mostly been feeling rubbish, so I’ve had a couple of days at home doing some promo for the exhibition, and organising things ready for […]
At this year’s Frieze Art Fair in London, Grizedale Arts present an alternative site of consumption.
There wasn’t enough space in my last post to include the titles of two books that people have recently recommended – they’re both well worth a read, especially if like me, you’re interested in the emotional attachments we make to […]
Context is half the work The Individual and the Organisation: Artist Placement Group (APG) 1966 – 1979 at Raven Row, is a must see exhibition for anyone who is interested in context, dialogue and placements. APG sought to place artists […]
Exeter Phoenix, Exeter
13 September – 1 November 2012
Liverpool (various), Liverpool
15 September – 25 November 2012
I’m going to shift the focus of this blog – it’s due to an excellent talk given by Rosalind Davis and Annabel Tilley on Surviving as an artist. The key thing I heard was the importance of communication – of […]
Ljusfältet* got the go-ahead this week, which is both great and scary! The context is a little odd though – it is too complex to explain however I am a little nervous about how political the whole situation seems to […]
What can a new publication from the National Endowment for the Arts in the USA tell us about how art works?
September Crits – Part 1 The other week, Katie Goodwin and myself hosted a peer critique session at ASC Studios. This was the third in our post MA Wimbledon roving salon/crit series. We were a little overdue with this one, […]
September Crits – Part 2 (continued from previous post) The following week, I attended another ‘crit club’ organised for staff at the Tate. It was a really good and useful experience maybe more so as I didn’t really know anybody […]
“As Ye Sew, So Shall Ye Rip” Anon. From the manner in which a woman draws her thread at every stitch of her needlework, any other woman can surmise her thoughts. Honore de Balzac Reflecting on the mark making of […]
Ah, paid work. The great leveller. There’s no time to be pondering about high falutin stuff like bourgeois models of art and social praxis and get your head around Glissant and rhizomes when you’ve got to feed a team of […]
Walker Art Gallery, liverpool
15 September 2012 – 6 January 2013
8 weeks later. “When does your course start?” Marisa asked, surveying the first of the plastic boxes on the storeroom shelves. “I’m registering next Wednesday, and the induction – I’m calling it indoctrination – is on Thursday. It’s funny, having […]
I was sent some photos from Situation/Intervention Construct/De-Construct a week or so ago. I include these with this blog post. Also included is the video essay that was presented at the exhibition. I thought this video was a good idea. […]
Mental Drawing. It was so easy to write loftily that I was inspired to “re-evaluate my practice with a focus on drawing”, (what does that even mean?) when the time came to actually do something about it, to walk the […]
