In recent years my work has become increasingly performative in the manner in which it is made. Yet during those years, my body’s capacity for me to move or control it has become exponentially reduced. Irreversible changes present challenges with interesting outcomes. These changes have not been caused by any one distinctive physical disability, butContinue reading “Body erodes, memory erases & covid erupts”
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Written during Covid – re-reading some of my thoughts at the time
A few people I know have been revisiting the early days of the pandemic. Some have long Covid. It was a time when my body and my mind went for many walks. Some things I wrote down. I’m struck how this text and response to a computer game raised the rural idyll. The impact hasContinue reading “Written during Covid – re-reading some of my thoughts at the time”
Studio Thinking Part 2 – looking from the past to the future
Studio Thinking part 2 – the 2nd November. Interesting reading the words that I wrote three days ago. It’s very cathartic to write like that, so I’m going to continue a little bit longer. I left off having talked about panoramic photos, videos and photography and told myself I would write more about printmaking andContinue reading “Studio Thinking Part 2 – looking from the past to the future”
Pecking Order – a film & a text
Lights on lights off. Credit to Martin Creed – his work made an empty room into a place to inhabit and be aware of one’s own presence in the world. My thinking around lights on and lights off has not come from an indoor lightbulb moment, but rather a streetlight one. And its relationship withContinue reading “Pecking Order – a film & a text”
Hambling, Wollstonecraft & statues – might it be humour?
Firstly, the thoughts I share here are merely that. I have not seen Hambling’s work that is ‘for’ Wollstonecraft, nor have I seen the Aldeburgh work. I only know them from images. I would not usually comment on works I have not actually seen ‘in the flesh’ so to speak, but on this occasion IContinue reading “Hambling, Wollstonecraft & statues – might it be humour?”
Feeling Unsettled by Social Making, in a good way
The Social Making symposium was devised by Take a Part in partnership with Plymouth University and hosted by Radiant Space. There were several overarching themes that evolved as the Social Making symposium rolled out over two days. Those relating to unsettling, succession and time caught my attention. Arnstein’s Ladder was also discussed, there’s an articleContinue reading “Feeling Unsettled by Social Making, in a good way”
Farewell to Place by Magdalena Jetelova – reflections from an abandoned phd about the sculpture trail
(I have credited the photographers where I know who it was.) I worked for the Forest of Dean Sculpture Trust for several years and developed a fondness for Place by Magdalena Jetelova. Today Place (more commonly known locally as The Giants Chair) was dismantled and later in the week will be converted into charcoal, anContinue reading “Farewell to Place by Magdalena Jetelova – reflections from an abandoned phd about the sculpture trail”
Autumn: find your Flow – seek new horizons, plot, plan, fundraise – 4 mentoring slots available
As the evenings draw in it’s a good time to start pondering the next steps for your practice. G4A grant applications submitted soon will bear fruit (if successful) in the New Year and motivate you during the short winter days and the long cold nights. Maybe it’s because the evening light is still hanging onContinue reading “Autumn: find your Flow – seek new horizons, plot, plan, fundraise – 4 mentoring slots available”
Article about The Promise and PARADISE in new edition of CCQ
CCQ is an arts journal published in Wales. My first article is in this edition, available from all good gallery bookstores. It’s a quality publication and a great read. My piece is a preview of Arnolfini show The Promise and Trust New Art show at Tyntesfield, called PARADISE. More next month too. See http://ccqmagazine.com/
Carolyn Black 