Was very honoured to be asked to participate in a panel talk at Sheffield Doc|Fest this year with artist Nwando Ebizie, senior producer Jo Verrent, and Neuroscientist Peter Kok.
Here’s a transcript of my short talk before the panel discussion ensued, about outsiderness and social change in the context of my work.
I know, right? I made it all the way to the motherfucking Tate! …for all of 4 days ;). Dole Scum II was shown at Tate Modern in Feb 2107 as part of Shape Arts ‘Ways of Seeing’ for Tate Exchange. I wasn’t there after install – cos just standing next to your art going…
Imagine, if you will, a 15 ft snaking paper ribbon on a horizontal plane, with 70’s-style dymo tape text on both sides. (That’s what would have been in the picture…). Unfortunately the festival team were not very competent and they messed up installing it. Here’s a description though: So Near Yet So Far As…
I was very tickled by John Berger’s observations on the female nude in art: “the ‘ideal’ spectator is always assumed to be male and the image of the woman is designed to flatter him”. I wanted to create an imagery that made this manifest. This is installed in a dark space using six lights with…
The show I curated at MAC Birmingham, the culmination of my Curatorial Residency, sponsored by DASH, 6th Jan – 22nd Mar 2020 (image: Great Britain from a Wheelchair, by Tony Heaton)
I was very pleased to be selected as the first DASH curatorial resident at MAC Birmingham. You can hear a bit about how it’s going so far in this interview. I will be curating a show there opening in January so stay tuned!
I’m delighted to impart that I’ve been shortlisted for the Jon Schueler Scholarship, which allows an artist to develop a project for three months on Skye, with a sizable stipend. I have an interview at the Royal Scottish Academy in Edinburgh, so cross your fingers for me! I’m not getting too excited as I’m becoming…