Becoming After MA Degree show

This blog page has become far less frequented, and seems to represent a different stage in my (artistic/philosophical) life – a time when I wasn’t so bogged down in the affect of words, not only on others but on how they rebounded onto me. I retain deep core ideals, yet also a muscle memory ofContinue reading “Becoming After MA Degree show”

#GE18 (The General Election of Governing Emotions)

Over the course of the year, I’ve had to ask myself a lot of questions, for numerous reasons. Part of the outcome is that I largely class the work I do as part of the collective I am part of (https://retrobarattheendofuniverse.wordpress.com). Here is the first event I am putting on since this deep point ofContinue reading “#GE18 (The General Election of Governing Emotions)”

The Mental Health Strike 22nd January 2018

The Mental Health Strike 22nd January 2018 The Mental Health Strike is part of a project I am building as part of the Retro Bar at the End of the Universe collective. The project is based on actions and moments that deposit social and political actions within the contemporary cultural landscape that would be seen asContinue reading “The Mental Health Strike 22nd January 2018”

Don’t Look Back in Grandeur

Don’t Look Back in Grandeur (title by DS Jarvis) was a videowork quickly thought up for the introductory section to the ‘exhibition space’ in ‘Will The Last Person To Leave The 20th Century Please Turn out The Lights?‘ – an event staged by the collective ‘the Retro Bar at the End of the Universe, inContinue reading “Don’t Look Back in Grandeur”

Will The Last Person To Leave The 20th Century Please Turn out The Lights?

VIEW UPON REQUEST [see below for contact details]Monday July 3Tuesday July 4Wednesday July 5 OPENING EVENING AND INFORMAL SYMPOSIUMThursday July 6 | 6pm – 11pm Our collective The Retro Bar at the End of the Universe is currently staging an event and exhibition titled Will The Last Person To Leave The 20th Century Please TurnContinue reading “Will The Last Person To Leave The 20th Century Please Turn out The Lights?”

‘Will The Last Person To Leave The 20 Century Please Turn out The Lights?’

First and foremost for anybody who has never heard of Baildon (mainly people south of Wakefield), just think ‘2 miles north of the World Heritage Site, Saltaire. I’m really looking forward to this event. To be honest it’s our first proper outing as a collective. The Artists’ Bookfair at The Tetley Gallery in Leeds earlierContinue reading “‘Will The Last Person To Leave The 20 Century Please Turn out The Lights?’”

Fighting for Crumbs (Art in the Shadow of Neoliberal Britain) – Video Documentary.

This is our video documentary, crafted and produced by Connor Matheson/DEADIDEA Productions. It accompanied our recent exhibition. Please take a look. Thank you for everybody who contributed to our crowdfunder earlier in the year.

Fighting For Crumbs – a Virtual Tour

We were all really pleased with how the works played off one another;  a coherence of many preoccupations that made up the reasons for having this exhibition which addressed political pessimism, the age of disbelief, austerity and the overlooked areas of the UK. Whilst John Wilkinson’s paintings addressed the damage done both by once worker-hungryContinue reading “Fighting For Crumbs – a Virtual Tour”