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.
a-n commissioned a piece of writing from me about how artists make a living, based around some of the artists I met during my time in Linz last year. The research paper and artists’ profiles were published in May, sorry I’ve been a little slow to get this on here!
You can read it here (although some content is only available to subscribers I’m afraid)
Cultural Contact Point (CCP) Austria are printing some postcards to illustrate best practice projects from the EU Culture Project 2007 – 2013 (across all art forms). They have chosen the Salzamt as one of their best practice projects and asked to use an image of Inhabitant on it. I’m very flattered and pleased.
Exhibition is done and I leave Linz tomorrow. Very sad to go, but I am coming back next year to launch my artists’ book so this makes it easier. Today I did my final bit of work (apart from cleaning and packing!) and walked around the city in the sculpture ‘Inhabitant’ that I made during my stay here. Some images below, the best bit was looking back through these and seeing the faces of people watching me. My arms hurt. Big huge thanks to Jens Sundheim, and Mehmet Dere for following me around with cameras!
On Tuesday night the last of two exhibitions I am in at the Salzamt will open. This shows work produced during my time here, although there are still things like the Grau/Gelb books that remain unfinished… they will be finished though!
Saw this piece by Willi Dorner (US based Choreographer) tonight on a random street in Linz. It was great, really exciting stuff and I wondered whether I’d had a premonition or something when I took the cardboard pictures in my studio!? (I admit mine are slightly less impressive in bending terms)
An exhibition opens here at the Salzamt on Friday 24th July. Most artists have bought work with them, but limited by Ryanair’s measly 15kg allowance and the fact that most of my work is squashable, I have nothing with me to show. This goes a long way to explaining the mess I have made in my studio frantically shredding cardboard and going through much paper as I make and reject drawings. Still it is good to be making lots and to be drawing so much. The space I will be using to show is a lovely little niche and images will follow of the show set up when I have settled on some suitable work. In the meantime, I also want to stress the joy and usefulness of having a 7ft pin board in your studio – fantastic stuff!
I am here, it is lovely and my studio is enormous. Just about settled in now so looking forward to really getting stuck in to some new work. My head is overflowing with ideas so I shall have to try and start somewhere, I find myself gravitating towards writing again. Seems like there is a lot to see here too so, excited about seeing some new artists and perhaps a different approach to showing work?
More about the residency, Linz and the other artists can be seen here.
Found out last week that Liverpool Biennial put me forward for a residency over the summer with Linz Kutur at the Atelierhaus; a newly renovated artists studio centre and exhibition space in the centre of Linz, Austria.
So, I leave on Tuesday – loads of time to plan and everything. But, this last-minute-ness may be a blessing in disguise so I am ready to get there and just see what happens…. Linz seems to be a bit of a rebel as far as Austria is concerned, with loads of contemporary art and architecture, not to mention the Ars Electronica Centre and festival, can’t wait!
I may even come back all digital!
new blog on a-n to document the process coming soon and I shall be having an online conversation throughout with Fiona Flynn, an artist from London, who will be in Vilnius (the other Capital of Culture this year) at the same time..
Bye for now.
Links for
Linz, Capital of Culture, Vilnius Capital of Culture and the place I’ll be living/working in: Salzamt Atelierhaus Linz
