I prepared for my Rubbish talk at Impressions Gallery Bradford and revisited my previous works Talking Rubbish / Rubbish Conversations. I compiled a 30 slide presentation I could talk through but I didn’t prepare a script. My presentation covered some […]
A non sequitur (English: /ˌnɒnˈsɛkwɪtər/; Classical Latin: [noːn ˈsɛkᶣɪtʊr] “it does not follow”) is a conversational literary device, often used for comedic purposes. It is something said that, because of its apparent lack of meaning relative to what preceded it, […]
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blah noun ˈblä Definition of blah (Entry 1 of 2) 1 or less commonly blah-blah ˈblä-ˌblä : silly or pretentious chatter or nonsense 2 blahs plural [ perhaps influenced in meaning by blasé ] : a feeling of boredom, lethargy, […]
Interlocution with Udit Thakre, Psychology student at Sheffield Hallam University, September 2019 To begin, we discuss defining dialogue and Udit gives the following: the function of dialogue is to help the other person understand. It is giving something to another […]
I was thinking about how much food is the basis of dialogue. I received the gift of onions and squash from my friend’s allotment and I’d promised potatoes from my veg patch in return. This itself prompted a conversation about […]
I had a day full of everyday dialogue in chunks of minutes and hours: Almost non-stop dialogue in fragments and compartmentalised pieces. Some of the dialogues were about similar/the same things but with different people so different levels depending where […]
I met with a friend who is a psychology student to interview him about dialogue in his work and research. He’s particularly interested in the lack of dialogue and oppression of individuals, particularly women, in British culture. I’ll write up […]
Dwell Time was at the Northern Community Rail Conference at the Hilton Leeds on Monday. We had a ‘market stall’ with some Issue 1 copies and we were there to tell people about the project and future plans with the […]
About Parley who I’m working with currently: “Parley derives from the old french verb “parler” to speak. Parley is a discussion, conference, debate, sometimes used to bring about truce or change. We chose the name because we like it and […]
Echoes of a Market had the soft launch on Friday. The space looks great and I had a chat with Vicki who runs Parley about how my visual response to the recordings might manifest in the space. Having a conversation […]
I went to the Fourth World Congress of Psychogeography at the University of Huddersfield. Before it started I had a really interesting exchange with someone who used to be a carpenter by trade and lives down the road from the […]
I took part in a Collective North live chat today about action and activism today. I met (online) some really interesting practitioners and shared ideas and concerns. This online chat group is an interesting mode of dialogue in that threads […]
Lenny and I went to Dwell Time’s partner (Bibliotherapy) network meetings and found out loads of really relevant things that are happening (successful networking!) I was thinking in the meeting and afterwards about the nature of dialogue in collaboration (following […]
I’ve been thinking about the visual response I’m going to be giving to the Echoes of A Market and the relevance of dialogue. The dialogues that are recorded and happen in the space, the dialogue between the existing work and […]
Art Lab at Dean Clough returned after a break over August with a fantastic September line up of David Fennell-Roberts, Gill Crawshaw and our regular slide presentation Robert Donald. I asked everybody to briefly introduce themselves and then handed over […]
This week’s selection includes exhibitions, performances and workshops in Leicester, London, Bristol and Newcastle upon Tyne – all taken from a-n’s Events section featuring shows and events posted by members.
