The trouble with some people is… Do you know..It never ceases to amaze me when people confront you with the question, “Why are you doing a degree at your age?”. I’m not offended by the question, it’s more of a […]
The embellishment of international study resounds with the affect of writing and the scripture of applied materials to define a multidisciplinary art practice: but how do you pull yourself away from the developed peer structure of art school?
Last week was a lot of art and I saw some exciting stuff. There were some interesting video pieces by Klara Liden at the Serpentine that got me thinking about performance and film again and some drawings still sticking in […]
The first semester is beginning to feel a little more settled. We have two more students who joined us last week so our group is now 7, a good size to have a diversity of specialism and opinions! Last week […]
Orebro konsthall, Bio Roxy, Orebro lans museum, Konstframjandet Bergslagen, Orebro
1 – 3 October 2010
Blimey look at this…. its been a long time since I wrote anything on here. This I conclude…… is a good thing. There is something about sitting around writing about ‘mental health’ that breeds such a sense of intensity in […]
The past few weeks have been full on as I settle back into the degree course and ground myself – to find my way around a new university, meet new lecturers and technicians and start thinking about what ‘on earth’ […]
The next few sessions I skipped into the MillSpace and spent quite a few hours constructing spokes for the wheels of a crane on Photoshop and then setting them up frame by frame for animation. There will be a much […]
Liverpool John Moores’ University, Liverpool
7 October 2010
So the first response has been done and sent. Created digitally, and sent by e-mail, so it only exists in a virtual sense, but that won’t be obvious to my sister. The apps I used to create the piece did […]
This month I’ve spent some happy hours reading the Artists Talking blogs. I’ve been picking a “Choice Blog” for the month, and landed gladly upon David Minton (see this page here). Separately, I’ve been struck by the role of the […]
Edited by David Mollin and John Reardon. Ridinghouse Publishers., London
1 January 2009
It’s been a while since I’ve been here. I’ve visited the ‘interval’ blog now that I’ve set the task of visiting it after the interval of 3 days. So here I’ll keep up with the overview of the whole course. […]
continued Extracts from Ecstatic Notebook by Duncan Ward: ‘Ecstasy is not something that can be accessed on demand, but there may be little tricks and methods we can use in order to make ourselves more amenable to ecstasy when it […]
In the twenty-five years since its foundation, Castlefield Gallery has evolved, adapted and outlived many of the buzz words first used about it, but one thing has remained absolutely constant – its aim to support artists.
A-n and Axis are launching a new programme of dynamic, practice-led discussions on hospitality, space and contemporary art making, researched and directed by artist, curator and writer Sonya Dyer. Here, she sets out her thinking for the programme.
First day back today and in the new studios. It is looking good with a better seminar room, drawing space, and project space. We have lost the common room and our technician is no longer based in the Fine Art […]
I think I could have thought a little bit more in advance of this project. It’s all very well feeling adventurous and cavalier, and nurturing the risk-taking mentality that too many years of legal practice drove out of me, but […]
Man & Eve, London
1 July – 14 August
In the lead up to the Government Comprehensive Spending Review, the proposed closure of the UK Film Council and The Museums, Libraries and Archives Council was communicated to most through an announcement in The Guardian in July¹.
Lately there are always birds outside my window. Fitfully watching these birds as I approached a writing deadline last month I was continually distracted by the thought that they looked a good deal better equipped for writing than me. The […]
2010 Fine Art Photography graduate Joanna Waclawski talks about studying at Glasgow School of Art (GSA), and reflects on how re-sitting a year amplified her perspective on photography as a medium.
Coombe Abbey country Park, coventry
28 August – 17 September 2010
I’ve finalised my flight, booked my bed in a hostel, and practiced my per favore and grazie and needless to say I am getting rather excited about this residency. With a couple of weeks left before I start my journey, […]
Thoughts from artists and arts professionals about how cuts in public spending will affect their future working pattern. Plus April Britski gives an account of how recent governmental decisions to cut arts funding have affected Canadian artists.
