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busy month!
Degree show guide, assessments, degree show organizing, and I went off to Cyprus! I shall first say how pleased I am to be in a-n degree show guide!! have a look at it lots of amazing things https://issuu.com/anartistsinfo/docs/an_degree_shows_guide_2017/10 I would love to say […]
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journey so far and where I am going
I think so far this academic year has been challenging. challenging not only in an academic sense with my dissertation it has challenged me in my practice and my patients. I used to do installations so the jump to participation […]
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Performance and participation
Carsten Höller is an artist that keeps popping up in my thinking and in my tutorials and for good reason. An artist who “often creates experiments in which human participants are subject to behavioural situations.” (Bishop, 2006, p144) one of […]
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Positive vs negative
Positive vs Negative, optimism vs pessimism, I find that this is a fight people fight their whole life. Being too optimistic can be problematic if they lose touch with reality and believe everything is dandelions and roses but end up stepping […]
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Everyday
Everyday is a very broad term one I find myself using alot. Everyday life, everyday stress, everyday object, everyday action. I use the word everyday to convey how it can be found in the world commonly from day to day. I […]
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Creating my work
My work is made in many different ways and so far this year it has taken the form of round things. I have looked around the studio and found there are a couple of others who seem to be doing […]
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continuing play
Play has become so important to me and my work but I must decide whether I show traces of my play or the play itself. I keep thinking about Richard Long and his a line made by walking, you never saw Long take his […]
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Playing as an adult
Play for a child is very important it helps them learn the boundaries of life in the modern world. In a similar way, wolf pups play to practice skills children do the same thing, social, physical and emotional are areas that play […]
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New year, New lecturers, same me.
A whole month without blogging. The building stays the same but new lecturers will be teaching. New head of year fine art Vicky I have met before in college same as Simon Keep who will be taking us for professional practice. What […]
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400 bouncy balls
Have you ever gone and bought something random? If you’re an artist I’m guessing the answer is yes. I have bought (like the title says) 400 bouncy balls, now sparking the idea of filling a room with bouncy balls. I […]
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Everyday stress
Of course there is art therapy for traumatic experiences or mental health issues but what about the everyday stress? I understand that the people who need art therapy is the people in need the most the people with mental health […]
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The object
“we can say that the ordinary object that escapes conscious notice, although we use it every day, captures our attention in the context of the museum and acquires new meaning” (Groys,1994,82) Writing my dissertation and I come across this quote. […]