Big event coming up celebrating this project that my colleague Rae Story has been leading (with me helping out in the background to manage it) check the website- it’s so interesting. The project looks at how sound affects mental health in the city influenced by the study of ecoustic ecology
Another day drawing and painting. What’s happening! Here are some more watercolours of filling station structures - and I m adding containers to my collection of democratic structures. Still loads of paint Use Up but these are v small paintings as I get my technique improved - love the colours
Alan S. Featured his boot cleaning work in his first solo exhibition at The Horsfall in ManchesterWorking With colleague Lisa Risbec at Pool Arts and Alan himself very much directing, we curated the show together, selecting from Alan’s many installations created from the treasures he finds in back streets, skips and charity shops. Like a magpie, Alan gathers images, objects and words together in ever changing configurations until he settles on a story and a composition. As an ex serviceman, Alan’s work deals with the idea of war and life in the military and its aftermath’s in a way that reflects complicated interfaces. Representing the soldiers experience, whilst resisting Nationalism is no
