LIBRARIES ARE AMAZING Over the last year and a half – ish, I have been working on a thing called Possibilities Club at the invite of Maria Brewster under the ‘At The Library’ project. Based in Bootle library I have worked with Christ Church Primary School in Bootle – and their awesome teacher, Miss Ebo …
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(Dis)ordering the City
(Dis)ordering the City: Buildings, Bodies and Urban Space Emily Speed in conversation with Duncan Light As part of the Practising Place programme, In Certain Places is proud to present an evening with artist Emily Speed in conversation with human geographer Dr Duncan Light, hosted by the Bluecoat. The event will focus on the making and …
Sfogliatelle – a print
My new print (made with amazing printmaker Emma Gregory) Sfogliatelle is currently on sale at the Bluecoat to help raise money for the Print Studios. Each print is £120 (unframed) and they are available to purchase from Tickets & Information in the hub. Sfogliatelle by Emily Speed, Ten-layer Screen Print, 2013, Limited Edition of 50 About the work: …
Blue Room
I wanted to share this amazing work by Jo, a member of Blue Room, an arts service for people with learning difficulties that runs three days a week at the Bluecoat. I visited them while Topophobia was on, and they came into the gallery a couple of times to see me performing inside my work. …
SPECTRUM
Also this Thursday – SPECTRUM opens at Wolstenholme Creative Space and my Portable Reading Room will get an outing. Thursday 10 May, from 6pm Gallery Opening Hours Fri – Sun, 12-4pm ADMISSION FREE WCS Presents | As part of Liverpool Art Month WCS Presents SPECTRUM: 15 solo exhibitions, with 5 Liverpool based Artists, Duos and Collectives …
Nothing is Finished, Nothing is Perfect, Nothing Lasts
After a lot of problem solving (budget + huge wall + fabrication + safety etc = this), I spent a really fun couple of days in March planning and making the work with Philip Hutfield from McD Marketing Ltd and Corian® using Cutting Edge plc’s amazing workshop for fabrication. It’s made using Corian®, the same …
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Panoply schedule & review
Denis Joe has written a review of the exhibition on Manchester Salon. A few dates if you’d like to catch me performing in Panoply before the exhibition closes on 22nd April. I shall also be doing an informal Walk & Talk event at the Bluecoat on Thursday, you can reserve a free place on their …
Panoply
Some images of my new work, Panoply, at the Bluecoat as part of Topophobia. I’ll be inside the work next on Saturday from 12 – 2pm and will post a schedule of future performances here very soon.. All images courtesy of Anne Eggebert. Panoply, 2012 Space for a body: scaffold and painted wood. 20ft x …
Wall Work
2012 is a year of big things, literally… with a new commission for the Bluecoat leg of Topophobia in the works alongside my new commission for the Open Eye gallery’s external wall. I can’t tell you how nice it is to be working with galleries in Liverpool!
Seven Streets
There is a lovely piece about Cardboard Folly on SevenStreets website at the moment. Images are from Rebecca Foster, me and Nick Cass. Thanks very much guys.