25 / 09 / 2011

Diary, Exhibition, News, Residency / Posted by Rich

Following hot on the heels of my work for Home is Nest, a participatory installation in Testbed 1 in Battersea. Check out the project page for more info.

24 / 09 / 2011

Diary, Exhibition, News / Posted by Rich

PSI3 officially ended on Wednesday with an excellent event at the Gladstone Pottery Museum in Stoke-on-Trent.
There was an overview of all the projects, people had the chance to meet with the artists and there were some thought-provoking speeches by Ros Robins, director of Arts Council West Midlands, and journalist and lecturer Oliver Bennett. Bennett’s talk in particular I found very interesting - he spoke about the role of art and artists in regeneration and the palpable ‘end’ of big, iconic arts regeneration projects. He charted the rise of such projects (Guggenheim in Bilbao, Angel of the North) and the problems of trying to replicate these successes, which is very difficult. It’s not as simple as just building a big arts centre by a renowned architect or installing a massive sculpture. There is a quality involved that you can’t really manufacture or predict - you can do your damnedest to try and engineer such a thing but you cannot guarantee that what results will work itself into the hearts of those that live with it, or that an art gallery will spark the sustained revival of a town or city’s flagging economy.
There is also another debate (in my mind) about whether economic revival should be the goal art in regeneration - please refer to my earlier post with video of Mr Stewart Lee.

26 / 08 / 2011

Diary, Exhibition, News / Posted by Rich

Installation for Platform 4 begins on Tuesday 30th August and will take about four days. Look out for A & A Scaffolders, North West Synthetic Surfaces and me.

07 / 08 / 2011

Architecture, Diary, Photography / Posted by Rich

I really like this huge steel frame that’s currently holding up the facade of a building along Nassau Street, London. As you can see on the Google Maps image everything behind it has been taken away. It’s a massive building site right in the centre of London, of which there seem to be quite a lot lately.

03 / 08 / 2011

Diary, Exhibition, News / Posted by Rich

Things are gearing up with PSI3. I’m meeting with a scaffolder tomorrow to discuss the building of a platform.

Keep up to date with progress at psi3.counterwork.co.uk.