Friday 20th October. Decided to return for a short visit today, as wont be able to come for 2 weeks after this. So, it was a short visit today or no more visits till November. Of course I never put a plan in place of how much work I would do/visits I would make/materials I would source. Other than a plan to visit once a [...]
I had planned to get here to Milford house last week but Storm Agnes reared her head and meant it was not safe to make the drive. Its exactly 1 and a half hours from my house to Milford house, allowing for the odd sojourn behind a livestock truck or tractor. I am here to start work on my Soil and Grass residency. My family [...]
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 [...]
When I was 15 I used to go out running in the early mornings before school. I remember feeling very vulnerable and exposed as jogged/stumbled along, my glasses fogging up. i remember vaguely being shouted at and windows being rolled down and cars slowing down. And in my hugely naive childish 15 year old gawky clumsy spectacled teenage innocence not thinking that grown individuals would [...]
Not everyone needs genetic vulnerabilities, modern life and technologies alone don't agree with the old mechanisms of human bodies. Or rather they can be easily hijacked. Consider how fast food hijacks our natural cravings for salt, fat and sugar, which would have been rare to find and also stored up by our bodies to use during times of hunger. Or how social media gamifies our [...]
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