My time-based works have utilized: a child’s bubble machine a music box mechanism, a cascade of buttons, celebratory candles and a puddle of ink, these signifiers have been imbued with a monumentality through careful framing, to elevate their status. In […]
07/02/08Weather mild, journey uneventful. My health is going steadily downhill. I now have a phlegmy , hacking cough and a headache, which just won’t go away. The work is going ok though. I’m just beginning to take a series of […]
A look at the winners of recent competitions and prizes.
To celebrate the launch of Artists talking, Jane Watt explores the development of Projects unedited, a-n’s open space for artists’ blogs.
The UK boasts literally hundreds of visual arts competitions annually. Here, we look at some of the most significant opens and prizes on offer this year.
The concept of ‘Territories’ is the theme for the 6th International Biennial of Photography and Visual Arts, Liège, running 16 February–30 March.
This month’s news of art moves.
The New Year is packed with exciting new projects for us…. We shall be kick starting the next instalment of our education programme at St.Teresa’s Primary School with drawing, printing, and sculpture based workshops. Our next exhibition Toetap will preview […]
Exploring the roles and reasons of selected organisations dedicated to widening access to the visual arts through commissioning temporary and permanent interventions in non-gallery spaces in the first of a two-part feature.
I’m here. I mean, I have been here for 3 months, and I feel settled now. It still feels quite bizarre, I can barely get my head around it. It’s been an ambition to come here for a long time, […]
Thursday 6th December This morning I took full advantage of the rain: I attached a contact mic to the old metal lamp I found in the photography studio and put it outside to collect the sound of the raindrops. It […]
20 Hoxton Square, London
16 November – 16 December 2007
Many artists aspire to permanent studio space, whether self-initiated or rented through a specialist organisation. Here, we explore some current options for artists and makers with the focus not only on developments in London but also elsewhere in England, Wales and Ireland.
Andrea Rosen, New York City
20 October – 24 November 2007
County Hall, London
11-14 October 2007
Siri Hermansen at China Platform, Caochangdi Cathy, Garry, Jake and I went over to Siri’s today. Siri [Siri Hermansen] is a Norwegian artist and is the current resident with China Platform. Xian Lei introduced us a few weeks ago, and […]
South Hill Park, Bracknell
15 September – 11 November 2007
Professional development opportunities are widely available, ranging from cash awards to advisory sessions and critical debate.
Brian Holdcroft – studio artist When I walk the landscape I find myself thinking about the way that we engage with the environment. The dialogue is one that I feel cannot be detached from the history of the land to […]
