Residency Week 2
Video documentation of the process
Week 1
Artist Crit “Show and Tell” is on Friday 17th January 3 pm – 5 pm at Artcore Gallery
Proposal writing session and practical work
Braving Storm Brendan in order to source slide projectors – Thank you University of Derby!
Residency Week 1
I am based in Nottingham so I commute to Derby for the residency. It is so nice to have a new space to work in, I already feel engaged with it. The main idea of my new project is drawn from the city of Derby and its architecture, so it was vital for me to explore the city. On day three, I documented a walk I took as you can see in the picture below.
I use culture and history as a guide to get to know each city I visit. This might link to sightseeing but I am not really a tourist as I don’t get a picture of myself with every monument and I don’t visit sculptures for the sake of it. Due to my professional development in arts, I find that museums and galleries have more importance than visiting inhabited neighborhoods, buildings and flats which tend to be quiet, filled with privacy.
If I hadn’t visited the St Almund’s Church at Darley, my knowledge of the city would have been limited to the centre.
I am interested in geometrical shapes, contrasts between old and new and the space between one building and another. This helps me to start thinking about how to develop my