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Selecting an Image and Serendipity

Mon, 28 Dec 2009 21:20:49 +0000

Am working on the Traces exhibition at Motorcade/Flash Parade in Bristol Jan 15/16. Another chance to do an installation drawing on the Barton Street Recordings. Marketing, branding, publicity…. all need an image to encapsulate the work. For the GARAS exhibition in Gloucester in November I had s

Ghosts in the Attic

Mon, 28 Dec 2009 14:58:53 +0000

The exhibition ran from May to October 2009. I had free reign over the attic and in the six rooms created two video and one sound installation and recreated in three rooms a reference to Edward Jenner’s childhood variolation (when he was deliberately infected with smallpox). There was also a virtu

Residency at GARAS, Gloucester

Mon, 9 Nov 2009 11:18:58 +0000

I’ve been in residence at the Gloucestershire Assistance for Refugees and Asylum Seekers (GARAS) centre since July. One of the joys of a residency is that it allows time for a project to evolve. I started with the idea of exploring the many different languages heard at GARAS, and ended up making

War & Peace 08

Tue, 8 Jul 2008 16:53:56 +0100

Here we go again... closing date for entries is in 2 days time, and the stack of submissions is growing. Twenty at last count, and there’s still the last minute rush to come. I’ve been madly editing my own submission, Peace & Justice ... after having worked on various proposals/treatments/appl

Residency at the Edward Jenner Museum 1

Tue, 8 Jul 2008 16:24:02 +0100

I discover the attic at the museum ... a whole floor left untouched for what feels like at least a hundred years. This space has a really strong atmosphere. The architect who is doing plans is also amazed at the oak doors and panels! Would really like to do an installation using projections...