Town Hall Drawing Project 'Territory & Home' - Week Zero

A handful of us, as predicted, met up at the Town Hall Galleries for Recreate project. Sarah introduced us to Lala (Angela Wright), a practicing Fine Artist, who spoke about Recreate and her background, including a powerpoint of her work. I was glad the lights were down, as I found it really moving. She talked of how she'd used art to help express her life, marriage break-up, disability etc. She is an incredibly brave woman and I don't think 'people' realise that artists are laying themselves bare when they produce work. To produce work fearlessly is probably the bravest thing you can ever do as a person.

I talk with Sarah about ideas, where to go with my work this semester and then with Lala, but I almost can't talk to her, I'm so moved by her bravery and that I want to be as brave as her!

We had a tour of the Town Hall and Corn Exchange buildings, seeing 'behind the scenes'. It was really exciting to do this, you could hear the sounds, see the sights and imagine all sorts of dramas and traumas involved around back stage crew and the performers in the changing rooms. A heel breaks, torn outfit, forgotten or wrong outfit, someone late held-up in traffic, a falling out, the flu, dodgy stomach, affairs. The excitement and adrenalin, then over for the night, all to start again the next day, magical.

We look as we view, ideas pop-up and start to evolve, where, what, how?

We are to look for a space to call our own and make work around it, these are some photos I took on the tour:






We linked our keys together and placed on the floor in reference to the previous location of the jail and court:

What Artists Do All Day - Edmund de Waal (07/11/13 BBC4)

Have a look at YouTube for a film about Edmund de Waal

The Culture Show: The Art of Chinese Painting (BBC2 - 23/10/13)

Finally had the chance over Christmas and New Year to catch-up on some art programmes I had recorded. Sorry for the delay, because they probably now aren't available on catch-up tv, but possibly on YouTube or if you are a student, then try your university library: 26 October 2013 - 19 January 2014. Victoria & Albert Museum - Masterpieces of Chinese Painting 700 - 1900 brings together the finest examples of Chinese painting from the beginning of the 8th to the end of the 19th century, from small-scale intimate works by monks and literati through to scroll paintings over 14 metres long, many of which have never before been seen in the UK.

Pinterest Addiction!

A few weeks ago Audit Chaos kindly introduced me to Pinterest, but admittedly she did warn me it can be addictive. I now have 32 boards and 728 pins . . . oops I think she might be right!! In my defense I absolutely love it and it suits me perfectly for research and ideas. As far as i'm concerned it's the best thing since sliced bread.