Counterwork

06.03.12

Making New Work

I started work today on a new piece of work for the show ‘Collectible’. I’m gradually getting used to the idea of having a space to work in, so today I got stuck in making a mess.

I’m making a hand-bound book version of the Resonant Forms pieces. Today I made 44 pages. Not bad for a days work.

14.02.12

Happy Fungus

Work for the Public Inquiry is taking shape. After having spent a day collecting and assessing information from people I discovered that although people didn’t initially like The Public many have now come to love it. ‘I hated it at first but now it’s growing on me’ was one of the responses that stuck out. In response to this I decided to make something grow on The Public - a kind of happy fungus.

After a bit of trial and error I have developed a series of ‘spores’ made from heavyweight paper left over from Will Alsop’s piece for the exhibition. These are being clustered underneath the walkway that snakes through The Public.

Here is the progress so far.

17.01.12

2012 Kicks Off

I’ve started the year with a whole load of projects and events lined up. Let’s hope I can keep that momentum going:

First off is ‘WOW: The Contemporary Art of Knit and Stitch’ which opened on Friday 13 January at the Gallery@Rheged in Penrith, Cumbria. I was commissioned to build a sheepfold using Thermafleece - an insulation material made from sheep’s wool. The show is on until 15 April.

I’ve got myself a free studio space for a year through Departure Foundation. I’ll be sharing a 32000sqft warehouse on a trading estate in Southall with nine other artists. I haven’t had a studio for so long (since 1998!) it’s going to be quite exciting to see what happens.

I’ve researched and written the Snapshots section of February’s a-n magazine. Pick up a copy to see what I’ve recommended.

Next comes ’OpenAIR - Effecting Change‘ on 11 February. OpenAIR is Artists’ Interaction and Representation’s inaugural forum for artists, taking place at firstsite in Colchester. It will be a day of dialogue and debate looking at how we can best work to effect change and encourage better living and working conditions for Artists. I’ll be part of a Q&A panel during the afternoon.

Straight after that is ’The Art of Architecture‘ at The Public in West Bromwich. I’m going to be building a work in response to people’s thoughts and feelings about, and around, The Public. This will occur over three days from 13 February.

On 17 April Rosalind Davis and Annabel Tilly’s exciting new venture ZeitgeistArtsProjects has it’s first exhibition: ‘Collectible’. I’ll be attempting to make a small work for inclusion in the show.

Finally, Daniel Hoffmann-Gill’s play ‘Our Style is Legendary’ begins a short run at Nottingham Playhouse. They will once again be using the moving truck scenery I designed.

14.01.12

Sheepfold on show

Sheepfold is now on show at the Gallery@Rheged untill 15 April 2012.

28.11.11

Coming soon…

... to Rheged Gallery, Penrith: A Sheepfold, made out of wool-based insulation material.

13.10.11

Nest Day 7

12.10.11

Nest Day 6

12.10.11

Nest Day 5