Hard to believe we are now a third of the way through the course, and it’s been three months since I was last in the college studios. In the initial phase of lockdown, I felt like I had lots of energy and was painting daily. Then we went into assessment hand in and the focus… Read More →
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Disruption
Take an existing piece of work and disrupt it in some way Take a found image or object and disrupt that Bring the two together to create a new piece We had certain parameters in creating our newest prompted piece, most of which focused on moving away from our current area of practice. As much… Read More →
Under (Cover)
After a week of everything being turned upside down it was good to have a new project to think about. We were set the theme of ‘Under (Cover)’ using our current situation as a catalyst – ‘think about the domestic and how it affects our art practice.’ I wanted to link it to the themes… Read More →
Invocation project show: Rothko, the machine and me
Having once seemed an age away, my next creative practice project was suddenly upon me, I have been focusing much of my energy on the forthcoming MFA interim show in the James Hockey Gallery so adding in this project felt like quite a stretch. Discussion with my co-exhibitor, Tianxing surfaced a number of possible titles.… Read More →
Werner Herzog: Cave of Forgotten Dreams
One of the joys of being on the MFA is the seemingly never-ending range of sources of inspiration. Regular film screenings are running and I was fortunate to catch ‘Cave of Forgotten Dreams’ (‘Cave’). I had seen other Herzog work a while ago, the documentary series dealing with Death Row, the Enigma of Caspar Hauser… Read More →
Sources of inspiration: Jenny Holzer, Personal Dignity
In a light and airy space entitled the ‘Viewing Room’ at Spruth Magers, I found a piece that leapt out at me during a recent gallery trip to London. I saw lots of work during the day and this is the one that stayed with me, so I wanted to explore why that was the… Read More →
Envisioning digital afterlife: The Final Cut & Be Back Soon (Black Mirror)
“Is this him? Yes, this is him.” A Zoe chip is handed to the Cutter (scene from The Final Cut) Through my wider research several recommendations have come up recently for moving image representations of digital afterlife. I have now watched two in this genre ‘The Final Cut’ (Dir: Omar Naim) and ‘Be Right Back’… Read More →
Digital Remains: work in progress
One of the things I enjoy about making is the problem solving involved in taking something from concept to resolved piece. I am currently working towards an interim MFA show in the UCA James Hockey Gallery in March. The title of the show is ‘Unsettling Focus’ which is perfect for the glitched work I am… Read More →
Unruly agency. Artists’ Books Now: Futures
This was my second British Library Book Arts event and the theme this time was ‘futures.’ I couldn’t believe my luck as I looked to the back of the room and saw mini printers, tiny screens, scrolling print outs and pixelating lights. Having spent the morning thinking about machine learning and how on earth to… Read More →
Thank you 2019
Through my previous studies with the Open College for the Arts (OCA) I’m used to doing an annual review that includes drawing together twelve images from across the year. As we move into a new decade it seemed a particularly pertinent point to reflect on 2019 and think about where I might be headed in… Read More →