33//Portland Works

For a period of 2013 I has the pleasure of working with social enterprise architecture Practice Studio Polpo in Sheffield.  It was a fantastic opportunity to be involved with Portland Works Cold Spots Project. Portland Works is a… Continue reading

32//Contested Ground Exhibition info-pads, Leeds Art Gallery

Supported by the Contemporary Art Society and in season of the centenary of Leeds Art Gallery, Contested Ground 28 September 2012 – 28 July 2013 was an Exhibition ‘the revision of the landscape tradition in British art… Continue reading

31//NorthernBallet_A Midsummer Night’s Dream

A Friday evening and I had dashed across Leeds city centre to the WYPlayhouse, wearing cashmere weather pouring with rain, I had arrived fashionably on time (19:25) to experience David Nixon’s A Midsummer… Continue reading

30//Northern Ballet_#greatgatsby

I’m not an expert in ballet, but I do know there is something about it I enjoy. On the promise of wearing hand stitched leather brogues and a suit, @culturevultures gifted me a… Continue reading

29//dialogue with Yorkshire Sculpture Park

Without doubt, I love Yorkshire Sculpture Park.  I had the enjoyment of producing a creative response to Jaume Plensa’s Exhibition through YSP – it was called #246books. (see previous post) and have recently… Continue reading

28//precession period

precession [period] began a while ago, and floats ideas of a personal philosophical language.  It positions itself somewhere between Science and Art, in a hope the belief of Science somehow certifies the must for Art… Continue reading

27// SNIJect Competition submission : portfolio

Stuart Childs @sc_r #leeds in collaboration with http://www.fullcirclearts.co.uk/  #manchester put together a competition influenced by SNIJLab principally around an open source design to make ‘hard’ material bend using a laser cutter.   In the spirit of open-source, this… Continue reading

26// Everyday Objects in Space + Time

I have been involved with the ARTFORMS Exchange Carousel programme, an opportunity for Artists (visual, written + spoken word and performance) to gain further experience in education surrounding the Arts.  With a dose… Continue reading

25//Be my friend Leeds Kirkgate Market

According to the internet Leeds Kirkgate Market is the largest covered market in Europe, first opened in 1822 it has had a history of expanding.  It is somewhere that sinks deep in the… Continue reading

24//Incidental Death. Said to contain: DamienHirst.

@culturevultures organised a Preview of Damien Hirst Artist Rooms   with the curators of Leeds Art Gallery, Here is a 1hour Response to a Damien Hirst Blogger Event 3months late. Also a written response to the motion… Continue reading