On Wednesday 24th Feb, I’ll be presenting a short film on what wearing architectural costumes means in my work as part of ‘A Not Unruffled Surface: Contemporary Sculpture and Dress’ organised by the Henry Moore Institute. The film should be made available after the event, so I will post a link here soon. Tickets are …
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Body Builders in Exeter
I’m so pleased that the work I made in Texas back in October is going to get an outing at Exeter Phoenix in January. EMILY SPEED – BODY BUILDERS Fri 20 Jan 2017 – Sat 04 Mar 2017 | Gallery open from 10am-5.30pm daily (excluding Sundays) | free Here’s some more info: The exhibition is the first …
Unbuilt Library
Next week I will have some small works, some that date as far back as 2005, leaving the studio for the first time to be exhibited at Mrs Rick’s Cupboard (thanks for the invitation Craig Fisher): P.V: 12 February 2015 (7 – 9pm) 13 February – 26 March 2015 Open Friday 12-4pm Mrs Rick’s …
Littoral Zone
This new installation work is a commission from Plymouth Arts Centre and it opens tonight! The exhibition is on until 25th May so do pop in if you’re in the area. “In thinking about proxemics and repetitive behaviour Speed began this piece of work by visiting the south Devon coastline. Observing beaches as a site …
Head to Head at Castlefield Gallery
The next exhibition I will be showing in is ‘Head to Head’, a two-person show with Hayley Newman at Castlefield Gallery, Manchester. Opening is Thursday 28th February. More information HERE.
Roma
I’m leaving for Rome today to install new work for Oredaria Gallery. It will be part of the exhibition ‘Subjective Involvement in Physical Spatial Entities’ with Aeneas Wilder and Esther Stocker. The work is based around façades and here is one of the drawings to give you a taste.
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. …
City walk
Back in the UK, but I had time to take ‘Inhabitant (St Louis)’ out into the city for the day before I left. I also performed at the opening in the park so will add the work to my website properly as I gather all the footage and images together. For now, the City Gardens, …
Inhabitant (St Louis)
There’s a little piece about the ‘Camp Out’ show at Laumeier Sculpture park – opening Saturday – in the St Louis Post Dispatch today. I’ll be wearing the work around St Louis tomorrow and performing at the opening too – pictures soon!
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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