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AWAY FROM HOME
3 days in Berwick-upon-Tweed for an a-n writing bursary, what a gift. Away from home offers a different perspective on everything – a critical adventure free from everyday responsibilities. Pushed into survival mode living out of the back of a […]
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crowdfunding launched
Have you seen the crowdfunding campaign yet? We need your support to help get this Festival on the road again this year. New artists, new min-events, new venues in Amber Valley derbyshire and NW Leicestershire. Great rewards available: tote bags […]
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next steps
Now the dust has settled, I’m puzzling where the next margin is sited. What is the next stop for Flaming Skirt Festival? What is its value, what is my value?
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Got somewhat overtaken by bringing the margins into my local village halls. Took the discussions with Trevor Pitt and Zoe Shearman to heart and steered the ship, no bus, accordingly. What a spectacular package evolved in a day. http://flamingskirtfestival.tumblr.com These […]
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MAKING A CASE Newcastle: being in the right place. rural locations. affecting/effecting change. engaging in research. policy development. rural development. evidence what I am doing. the impact of my work. make a case for artists working in the rural social […]
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BLACK HOLES After talking to Francis McKee in November, I reckon I encountered a black hole. Not because of our discussion, far from it. But because I needed time to mull over our discussion. Good news from Stephen Hawking is […]
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BUILDING THE CROWD A long talk surrounded by sensory input from the smell of coffee and the buzz of nearby conversations. The conversation with my third a-n Re:viewer Hen Norton, built on my review with Nicola Streeton and John Plowman, […]
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GETTING A GRIP Having embarked on my a-n Re:view and crashed to a halt with my fractured ankle, I am at last getting back on track. It’s been an uphill struggle after the boot was removed, my inactive leg muscles […]
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NEGOTIATING SYSTEMS As an aside to making connections and traversing cracks, I am reading Foundations by The Free University of Liverpool: the bit about negotiating systems, making them visible and accountable in a fair and clear manner. My own words […]
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CRACKS IN TEAPOTS AND LIMINAL SPACES Ah but cracks in teapots or otherwise are liminal spaces inhabited by who knows what. Did you ever avoid the cracks in the pavements when you were a child? Was a bear going to […]
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MAKING CONNECTIONS Now I’m reflecting on marginalisation and how to resist that. I’m not always clear how to do it. Wading through the media, it looks as though our daily lives are homogenous, banal, white middle class male orientated. How […]
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ANGRY ANKLE I’m feeling very angry this morning, mainly at myself for being in this disabled position but also at what I am learning about the world while I am in this situation. What am I learning? People will readily […]