What I have achieved so far with my residency Started the development of a significant body of work featuring drawings, writings and performance sequences. Spent time reflecting and considering how my carer job and identity has shaped my work and my relationships. My everything really. Its as if the award of the residency gave me permission to go down a rabbit hole with this subject [...]
I was experiencing a low level anxious hum in my centre of bodily gravity yesterday, over the pressure to produce. I find the days go by in a kind of moving escalator of activity, trying to tick off the to-do list and deal with the daily extras that crop up unanticipated. Finding time and space to be centred and to consider things objectively is not [...]
Week 2 PS2 Residency arrived up to Belfast today, Tuesday 11 July, grey skies and rain, I felt right at at home :) PS2 is right smack bang in the middle of the city, not hard to find- google maps and my cautious knowledge of the city from previous visits got me there. Had gotten no work on the residency done yesterday or at the [...]
I am just laughing at the blog title, it sounds like quite the easy read :) which begs the question, should I try harder to create catchy titles? I struggle with titles- I go with ones that do what they say on the tin rather than obtuse phrases hinting at the contents.. I tried being pedantic with this title but maybe I will add a [...]
lists, and lists. an artist friend once advised me to keep one notebook per project. Here I am with multiple notebooks still writing lists on the back of envelopes. I am embarking in my residency with PS2 this week. I've been going about my days thinking, plotting, planning. I've been thinking about the stuff I do each day with slightly more subjectivity. I [...]
This year I applied and was fortunate enough to be selected for a mentorship scheme run by glór, which pairs you with a mentor of your choice and funds a series of meetings between you and your mentor- the goal being to progress your professional practice in some way. I was thrilled to get this as I know its a competitive arena, as its such [...]
Recently I came across a rare thing- an open call for a residency geared specially towards artists who are parents- and carers. I couldn't quite believe it- I didn't have time to look at it properly when I first saw it advertised on social media- so I did my usual thing of screen-shotting the post so as I would remember to revisit it later. But [...]
I spent the last 4 days at an intensive workshop with https://www.guillermogomezpena.com/la-pocha-nostra/ at Live Art Ireland Headquarters, Millford House, Tipperary. There were I think about 14 of us in total, not including our instructor team, Guillermo and Balitronica. I took some notes during the 4 days, as I know I will forget a lot of what went on. I am unsure at present if we [...]
What I have been doing is progressing my schools and mural work. I got into Scoil Christ Ri today (finally a day with mostly no rain) and made progress on the top 1/2 of the mural This is a BIG wall, this photo does not show how big it is. It is def too ambitious for the BLAST hours but too late now. It was [...]
slightly flowery way of saying that I have gotten yet another PFO email and I am feeling disheartened and unsure of the best way to proceed. After all the definition of stupidity is to repeat the same actions. T, last week, was a No. Clare community grant, received today, was a No- but they said it was because my application did not meet the criteria, [...]
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