Just a reminder that the Liverpool Art Prize is only on for one more week, so do go and see it if you can – I’m not sure whether the work will be kept afterwards as it is just so big. A few projects are being plotted at the moment, but I am currently busy …
Author Archives: Emily
Slow Magic
I am currently working on a small bookwork, a collaboration of sorts with Nathan Jones, who has been Poet-in-residence at the Bluecoat in Liverpool over the past year. The piece contains his poem, Slow Magic, written about the experience of looking around an exhibition (one of the same name held at the Bluecoat). Based on …
Vision magazine, China
Vision magazine have featured ‘Inhabitant’ in their discovery section in the May issue. I just received a copy in the post today and it’s a lovely magazine, full of gorgeous images on matt paper; the best kind. Unfortunately I can’t translate the text, but I’m guessing it is pretty similar to that on my website. …
In Conversation with Anna Francis
I have been in conversation with Anna Francis, guest editor of ”Talking City’ on the Longhouse website for the past month. It has been an interesting project and you can see the whole conversation here. I elected to be represented as a blackbird because I often stomp about.
BUILT
I am in an exhibition at Rogue Project Space in Manchester, which opens this Thursday. Exhibition details: BUILT 1st to 8th April 2010. Opening the 1st of April from 6-8pm Kristy Campbell, Lisa Gorton, Catherine Pudner, Emily Speed, Anna Sikorska BUILT brings together 5 Female artists from across the UK whose practises deal with specific …
Liverpool Art Prize 2010
I’m very happy to have been shortlisted for the Liverpool Art Prize 2010 along with Gina Czarneck, David Jacques, James Quin and Paul Rooney. The exhibition will be in June/July at Metal at Edge Hill Station in Liverpool.
A Curriculum
I’m excited to have been chosen to take part in A Curriculum, a new residency programme at A Foundation in Liverpool, during March – May 2010. The residency is described thus: “The programme will be scheduled over two months and will include input from visiting artists, curators, gallerists, collectors and commissioners. A Curriculum will give …
Cardboard City
I spent last week and today working with school groups up in Blackpool for Collaborate and Make. I was commissioned by the Grundy Art Gallery there to create this exhibition and it will be on show until January 30th. The children have made some great work, plus some of the buildings are big enough to …
Lost at Sea second edition available
It is finally done – 88 copies of a second edition are available (actually, more like 60 as some have gone already), with an extra screen printed inner to make it a bit more special. £7 from me and at Lancashire Zine, Artists’ Books and Multiples Fair in January, add £2 for post and packing …
May You Live in Interesting Times
On Thursday 22nd October I will be speaking at this festival for creative technology in Cardiff; May you Live in Interesting Times. I am talking about artists’ blogs and online networks, both things I probably spend too much time using..