Tracy Emin ‘Why I never became a dancer’

Tracy Emin’s book Strangeland is a very open, brutally honest account of her life. At times here are aspects of the story that slip in and out of fantasy. Blurring certain situations, suggesting sexual relations with her twin brother when they were young or when her mother’s boyfriend had tried to commit and act of […]

Cancer the size of a football

A very strong idea had come regarding my mother’s cancer. After she went in for an operation that I reassured she would be fine. I spoke to her partner when she came out he said ‘if was not good’ he sounded devastated. He didn’t say what it was. But I just knew it was bad. […]

Wonder Woman Wondering

I did not feel ready to present a live improv performance this morning. I was still trying to pull it together. Finding the common ground between dressing as wonder woman.(80’s female role model ) The setting as as a home living room. The old war game/ craft kit (a young boy in the 80’s influence) […]

SENSATON or DEATH

I needed to getting something on the walls. I was going to write out the calendar of events for the project. But I had the urge to get some paint on the walls. On one wall I painted the word ‘SENSATION’ in bright blood red paint. I realised that my project and my dissertation needed […]

Sensation. Sensationalism. Icons. Control

Sensationalism seduces you. Headlines pull you in. Propaganda keeps society together. Do we need to be controlled to survive as human beings?

Improvise

I am planning an improvised performance. Last week I walked the great North run and collected money for charity which I talked about in my blog on September 15th 2018. I have some incredible photos that were taken by the official photographers on the day. Very unusual as there were not many people there as […]

Ideas and Icons

So many ideas coming to mind, too fast over the past week. It would probably be a good idea for me to make videos to record the ideas and progress and get used to making videos where ever. Wonder woman theme. Starting from Great North Run raising money for charity with pushchair. Great photos. Use […]

Lubaina Himid, Baltic 2018

Lubaina Himid 1954, a British contemporary artist and curator. Her art focuses on themes of cultural history and reclaiming identities. She was one of the first artists involved in the UK’s Black Art movement in the 1980s and creates activist art. She was appointed MBE in June 2010 for “services to black women’s art” and […]

Artists and Branding

The artist as a celebrity. Great artists have been great publicists or publicised in the case of Van Gogh, mutilating his own ear strengthened his brand. The story was so horrible the idea of Someone being capable of slicing their own ear off with a cut throat razor then wrapping it up and giving it […]

Abromavic’s hard childhood.

After writing about Marina Abramovic yesterday I woke up thinking about arranging being her way of coping with life. In Abromavic’s autobiography she talks about living with her mother and her aunt who she said would give her a beating. She talked of getting a bloody nose and of her mothers obsessively controlling behaviour. Abromavic […]