Category Archives: Projects

Support Our Crowdfunder Campaign!

‘The Imposition of Conformity’ by Sheffield-based artist John Wilkinson So this year has begun with me working with a group of artists on an exciting project which, at least in my life, promises to be something quite special. Fighting For Crumbs (Art in Shadow of Neoliberal Britain) will be taking place at the Wakefield Redshed,Continue reading “Support Our Crowdfunder Campaign!”

Surfaces of an (Un)realised World

‘The past is another world’. Indeed it is, full of lost what-might-have-beens. I cannot even begin to estimate how many calories and hours were put into making these works that were heading in a more-painterly/sculptural direction, nor the lost might-have-beens that may have constituted an alternative usage of that time. Dating from the bright-eyed-dawn ofContinue reading “Surfaces of an (Un)realised World”

Pre-2008-Crash Time-Capsules

The Sad but necessary demolition of some older pieces of work. Although I wouldn’t really call these pieces of work sculpture – they were more accompaniments to my drawings, mounds rising up to slightly obscure the pieces I was showcasing/like a weight on a stressed chest that won’t go away (guilt of being part of/weddedContinue reading “Pre-2008-Crash Time-Capsules”

Upcoming Exhibition: An Unofficial Alumni

We were all incredibly pleased with the way the exhibition came together (and would still be very thankful to any more visitors to the show). The exhibition tried to bring together a rather interesting mixture of work from working artists from the area around Barnsley, aware that after 9 years running, 2013 marks the endContinue reading “Upcoming Exhibition: An Unofficial Alumni”

My work for An Unofficial Alumni (a Cognitive Mapping of Now)

Image courtesey of Rob Nunns Within this exhibition is basically my full year’s expenditure of energy that didn’t otherwise go into earning a wage, maintaining social bonds, our down the plug hole mixed with alcohol. So obviously it’s something I deem worth sharing, alongside the blogpost cover the entire An Unofficial Alumni exhibition. The crucialContinue reading “My work for An Unofficial Alumni (a Cognitive Mapping of Now)”

Drawing in situ at P A N D E M I C York

I took part in York this weekend just gone.  P A N D E M I C, inspired by the Situationist movement (notably the philosopher Guy Debord, who wrote Society of the Spectacle), invites anybody to come along, to perform, discuss, or whatever they feel they want to do. But it is also an environmentContinue reading “Drawing in situ at P A N D E M I C York”

Borderline Ballardian

Group art exhibition Curated by Globalsapiens C.A.D.S. – 7 Smithfield, Sheffield Date: Friday 6th July – 18th July 2012 Bordeline Ballardian is an exhibition of works that questions and observes British society and the psychological effects of technological, social and environmental developments.The word ‘Ballardian’ originates from the works of British novelist, James Graham Ballard andContinue reading “Borderline Ballardian”

The Mary Rose: we are sinking (installation)

 “The (Diamond) jubilee has made the union jack more unavoidable than perhaps any time since the war” Owen Hatherley   This installation was for the exhibition Borderline Ballardian, at Creative Arts Development Space, Sheffield. When thinking about the proximity of dystopian forewarnings to the present tense the visuals of fabricated national pride featured very frequently, as aContinue reading “The Mary Rose: we are sinking (installation)”

Green Graffiti: Junction 38 tree still going strong

My ‘Green Graffiti’ oak tree tree, planted on the island at junction 38 of the M1 (at the border between South and West Yorkshire), is still going strong. After every council grass cutting, i nervously look around the corner of the roundabout hoping that they have left it be. and, yes: so far they haveContinue reading “Green Graffiti: Junction 38 tree still going strong”