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If the artist can’t get to a studio… …the studio must come to the artist. It’s been a little over a year since that fateful week in May 2012 when my degree show coincided with the birth of my first […]
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Since I graduated last summer I haven’t really had an opportunity to reflect on my practice, although it seems that every time I’ve sat down to do something, I’ve ended up looking back, trying to take stock of what happened, […]
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THE DATE POSTED IS JANUARY 22nd, NOT DECEMBER 15th! I always felt I was an artist. At school I certainly was – I was the one that was good at drawing, but after leaving school I developed some kind of […]
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A return to blogging in the form of an update. The final time I shall mention him in the place where art should be: my son is now six months old, sleeping (like a baby), and I have managed a […]
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This post was originally written on August 21st, 2012. Since graduating I have been busier than at any time in my life, and that’s not just because three days before my final assessment my wife gave birth to our first […]
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What no final critique? A three year Fine Art degree presents countless opportunities to talk about one’s work; with tutors, visiting artists, and one’s contemporaries, through tutorials, group critiques, and informal studio chats – all of which are invaluable to […]
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Long time since I posted… Firstly, thanks to Degrees Unedited, a-n mag and Richard Taylor for rewarding my blogging efforts with a runners-up prize in the bloggers awards – I was surprised but very happy when the box of goodies […]
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#alwayson is a series of text pieces by Trevor H Smith, this being the third. “I’m not documenting my life, I’m documenting a life.” “A good portion of people within Western culture at least, would still firmly identify with statements […]
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#alwayson is a series of text pieces by Trevor H Smith, this being the second. “forget where you are, life is about where you were.” “just as we impart meaning to events by telling them to ourselves and to others, […]
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#alwayson is a series of short text pieces by Trevor H Smith, this being the first. “One day I’m going to build my own house, and it will look like a ruined castle.” “web 2.0″, (has) propelled millions of people […]
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Some Work (2012) Some projects never make it out of the studio. Perhaps they are under-developed and abandoned before they get the chance to become work. Other projects are over-developed, banged out of shape by an over-thinking that scares us […]
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The Personal Statement Recently, all of my writing time has been taken up by press-releases and exhibition blurbs. On top of that I’ve been trying to write my personal statement – 500 words that go in the front of my […]