Are our street name sexist? →

I am sharing this news article on the BBC, as it is very relevant to my own practice!

A recent exploration in the body of work for my MA show and a continued fascination was of gendered space, examining a space that is masculine or feminine and if so how that space then alters our emotion when we are in it. This idea grew from the production of a map of a city, both a real city (the map was of the male and female named streets in central London) and a city located in the geography of the imagination, a city that represents something other but still holds a resemblance to reality.  

see www.alisonheath.net 

Houxo Que- Live Painting Performance- Sat, 7th April, 2012

I went to see a group exhibition in Jiyugaoka, Tokyo last night. One of the exciting Artists Houxo Que, who has worked with a number of high profile companies including Topshop and Apple internationally did a live performace piece. As you can see from the photographs he creates a luminous installation, combining florescent paints and UV lighting on canvas. This performance was created to live music, responding to the rhythm and emotion as he swirled the paint across the canvas and performed various mark making.

Houxo Que was asked by TopShop in collaboration with Justokyo to produce Live Painting window displays for a large number of their flagship stores: including New York and many stores in the UK, see http://justokyo.jp/archive/topshop/

In May, 2010 Houxo Que worked with Apple to create the Granimator™ , a free wallpaper creator available at iTunes, see him creating it here http://youtu.be/PYJaaQSqH-8

Self Promotion For Artists and Designers Workshop →

CASS ART ISLINGTON

Saturday 17th March

FREE Age 16+ 

Drop in session times: 

12pm-1pm SELF PROMOTION

What do I need to do to promote myself?

1pm-2pm CV / ARTIST STATEMENT WORKSHOP

General rules & what to include

2pm-3pm SOCIAL MEDIA & PROFESSIONAL NETWORKS

How to share information, attract interest & network!

3pm-4pm QUICK & EASY ONLINE PORTFOLIOS

How to showcase your worK

This is a great video from a-n The Artist Information Company on the benefits of blogging for professional artists and those working in the arts. I will be discussing this and other topics related to self promotion at Cass Art, Islington this Saturday 12-4pm, see http://www.cassart.co.uk/ for further information!

Lastly a short video of Hockney at work on the ipad, it is a process I will be experimenting with in my new work!

I recently went to the Hockney show at the RA, I have always been interested in his work particularly the photographic collages such as Pearblossom Highway, which is featured in the show and was intrigued to see his recent body of work which takes us back to his birthplace of Yorkshire. This show celebrates the artists depiction of landscape and most of the works were oil paintings, charcoal and ipad drawings between 2004-2011.

I enjoyed the show, this recent work does not have the same qualities of previous works that are closer to my own practice and interest but what was so inspiring to me is how Hockney throughout his career has embraced new technology, his thirst to continually work with a new process and try and perfect it , a constant self renewal. The number of works on show is a little overwhelming but what was fascinating to me was seeing the process behind them, the use of multiples, working with the ipad and video, this gave a real insight into Hockney’s practice and passion.