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Breathe
‘Breathe’ Continuing research and development in preparation for intervention workshops alongside Miffy Ryan with Taiwanese Art Interns in a wood near Loughborough, Leicestershire, UK. Again referencing Lygia Clark’s ‘Nostalgia do Corpo’ (Nostalgia of the Body). The nature of portraiture too […]
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After Lygia
Still in the preparation stages with Miffy Ryan of The Lone Ones Collective for our exploration of plasticity/plastic in a wood with visiting Taiwanese Art Interns. I’m engaging with the work of Lygia Clark as part of the planning.. when […]
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Workplace – Taking Stock : Loughborough
‘Workplace’ Taking Stock : Loughborough Paul Conneally 31st October 2020 Taking Stock is a series of works linked to and emerging from artist photographer Christopher Mear’s walk to work as a retail operative. Here I transpose his walk directions from […]
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SKEP – Fruit Routes 2018
During Fruit Routes June 2018 at Loughborough University Anne-Marie Culhane and I will be performing a new iteration of SKEP where visitors will be invited to become ‘SKEP’ donning a traditional woven beehive on their head and engaging with thoughts […]
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Untitled blog post from "MEMORY FOAM"
Well nearly a year since I lasted posted in Memory Foam – lots happened! But now is for NOW! Just in the process of collating the work and trying to understand it, from last week’s piece on the Loughborough University […]
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Later today they will bury an old friend of mine. Their burrying has caused all kinds of memories and feelings around him to resurface and I am at once young and yet older at he same time. daybreakyesterday’s dreams shift […]
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Still mulling over Barefoot Blindfold and finding that the birds and birdsong seem to now pop up in all I’m doing – from working on a possible new piece of work with Gavin Wade to weeding the back border. Good […]
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The blind man’s guide, Meek and neglected thing, of no renown! Soon will peep forth the primrose, ere it fades Friends shall I have at dawn, blackbird and thrush To rouse me, and a hundred warblers more! from ‘The Recluse’ […]
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After the first half-hour of sitting back to fruit tree blindfold barefoot arms hands and upper body choreographed by birdsong we remained in silence but now not blindfold each participant was invited to record some of how they felt, heard […]
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Choreographed by Birds Barefoot Blindfold took place on Friday the 18th May at 5am. Anne-Marie Culhane and I were joined by nine others. From Anne-Marie ‘slow walking’ us into the recently planted orchard at the top of her new Fruit […]
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Support for Fruit Routes – Barefoot Blindfold has been welcome and diverse. Diverse is the word for instance we’ve had support from two strong women from very different fields of work Prof. Sue Thomas from De Montford Universoty and the […]
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Barefoot Blindfold Well Anne-Marie spent the day yesterday making herself available for talks and iideas around Fruit Routes at Loughborough University as part of their Environmnet Day. Quite a few people signed up or at least told her that they […]