Journal | Draw Me a Home

Sep 29, 2020

A Book in the Making

(Extract from cover of How to Make Books by Esther k. Smith) As life seems to now stop and start depending on restriction levels and has...

Sep 7, 2020

One Small Saga (Almost) Ends

It has proved difficult to get reviewers engaged, especially for shows happening out of London and even more so during the pandemic so it...

Jul 15, 2020

The Exhibition and the Conversations

(Photo: Tony Millings) This project was always going to be based on conversations about home, primarily within and in relation to Luton...

Jul 3, 2020

Final Touches

Preparations are in full swing so the journal is side tracked for a while. Working on three new artworks, which will all be interactive,...

Jun 20, 2020

Under One Sky*

Watch -door open- today is its last day https://www.ikon-gallery.org/event/door-open-explore-online/ In the past few days, while working...

Jun 11, 2020

Touch With Care

Touch has been brought into sharp focus during the pandemic as we've been advised to frequently wash our hands, socially distance and...

Jun 4, 2020

Furniture Music*

Now that our hearing range is home bound and the streets are still eerily quiet we become more alert to the hum of our tech devices...

May 27, 2020

In Times of Rupture

Larissa Sansour & Søren Lind. Still from In Vitro (2019). Courtesy of the artists. Many of us grew up playing 'home', creating and...

May 21, 2020

Still Lives

As my eye wanders away from the view from my window I cannot help but pause on the variously cluttered corners of my home, which I...

May 13, 2020

Interlude- Home (not quite) Alone

Although I promised myself at the end of the last Press Pause post - to write about 'still life' - I will delay that one for the sake of...

May 5, 2020

Press Pause

As life seems to settle into a routine of primarily online interactions, masked faces and empty streets, I still spend time trying to...

Apr 30, 2020

The View from My Window

Photo: Harun Morrison (16th April 2020) Artists have always been drawn to windows. Maybe it's the attraction of light (which historically...

Apr 20, 2020

The Familiar Unfamiliar

'When you wash your hands in the bathroom, for instance, do you wet your hands for three seconds, four or longer?' is one of several...

Apr 13, 2020

Everyday Objects Around Us

Photo: Taysir Batniji, No Condition is Permanent (2014) Being home bound as we all are these days, I become conscious of the objects we...

Apr 3, 2020

Indoor Walking

Walking is an important part of our everyday and has become central to my practice. My research in Luton, like most places I make work...

Apr 2, 2020

Home Less Home*

The outbreak picks up pace and things change very fast as the restrictions intensify and the outlook looks grimmer and grimmer. On the...

Mar 20, 2020

Packing Up Homes

In the days following the first pop ups, while the Corona Virus Pandemic picks up momentum I spend some time packing up an old piece of...

Mar 20, 2020

Pop Ups Start

First two pop ups were held on a stormy wet day in Luton with Corona virus looming. First I met many wonderful Art & Design students as...

Mar 8, 2020

Flying home

I think alot about homes these days, in fact I always have. Homes are in my thoughts for many reasons. Partly its because immigration is...

Mar 8, 2020

Working Behind the Scenes

Back home I spend many hours setting up the next few weeks' 'pop ups' which involves a fair amount of chasing people. I also work on the...

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