Bread, Art, present, future, expectations versus actual, planning and executing. Dreams. time to think. Time to read. Time to stop. Time to feel, look, taste, experience. Today has been a mixed one, exchanged on the contract, we are now technically homeless, those 25% of our little flat are ours no more (we never quite decided... Continue Reading →
Touching light
Anthony McCall: Solid Light Works exhibition at the Hepworth gallery in Wakefield is a beautiful experience. Being touched by light, feeling the softest of shifts in the mist that plays in the dark... Awakening the senses to the delicate play at work in the room, all the loud external feeds that usually overwellm us quiet... Continue Reading →
A Manifesto for a New Wakefield
This year and for the first time in its history, the Long Division Festival, taking place in Wakefield over the 1st weekend of June, created a seed fund for artistic work to be developed in tandem with their music festival: The Seed Fund Programme falls under our project entitled “A Manifesto For A New Wakefield” and... Continue Reading →
Long Division Seed Fund
Finding a new job, moving to a new town, meeting new people... I guess that is the way most people usually approach this kind of thing. I can't stop having this back of the mind feeling that we are setting out into not much chartered waters here, flipping common sense on its head and not... Continue Reading →
An artistic rendition of Durham Gala Banners coming to Wakefield…
Last weekend's chat to Nicholas Vaughan on his Wakefield project Grassy Slag Heaps also looked at his choice of imagery. A great part of the work he will be developing and creating is inspired by the Durham Gala Banners. Work will be produced in the style of, but bringing new elements and techniques to it, exploring... Continue Reading →
Art as a form of nourishment for people’s Imagination
As we get our heads around packing, downsizing and decluttering, the clock keeps ticking on our upcoming 2 art projects. This weekend we were working on concepts and ideas for the Wakefield project. What are audiences going to take away from the art work? What will the work offer them? Some brief thoughts can be... Continue Reading →