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Impact of the Online Safety Bill on visual arts practice
The Online Safety Bill is the latest in a series of very concerning Bills proposed by the UK Government that threaten freedom of expression, such as the new Policing Act…
Unlocking the Collections
A research residency for an early career, London based artist to engage with The Collections Library at the Museum of the Home. Residencies took part in 2021 and 2022 with advice from Artquest on improving application and…
A disabled artist in lockdown: Organise. Support. Create.
On The Island On the IslandWe experienceIsolation aloneTogether shieldedBy unwanted armsClashing aboutLike seas crashingSmashing againstExperienced isolationistsTogether aloneOn The Island During week two of the first lockdown, Boris Johnson promised to put his…
Reaching audiences online
Timely tips for artists during 2021 COVID lockdowns on how to reach and engage new audiences online. Pablo Colella of Disconnected Bodies and artist Helena Hunter were in conversation with Nick Kaplony of Artquest. With ongoing COVID…
Babyfied in Birmingham
I imagined life with a newborn as baby and me waltzing around Liverpool going to private views and exhibitions. Of course, the world was different when I found out I was pregnant in October 2019. I knew…
Conscious Isolation: Networking Together, Apart
Samuel Zealey and I set up Conscious Isolation right at the beginning of lockdown. We speak about and call upon what is important in these difficult times. Culture expands the mind and will bring us…
Moving Image Salon
In Spring 2019 we arrived in London after 6 years of living in Portugal. We had initially moved away from the UK when we had an opportunity to live rent free in a beach house in a…
From Leaving London To Lockdown Collaboration
To deliberately misquote Groove Armada, “Goodbye Nightclub, Hello Country”. Back in my 30s, I thought London and I would be married for life. But then as the years progressed, our relationship became more strained,…
Bogotá: The Sprawling Urban Jungle in the Clouds
When I arrived in Bogotá, I didn’t have many expectations. I packed in my job and studio in London on a whim and changed an existing flight I had to Brazil to…
TRANSMISSIONS
Online platform commissioning artists to share their work within a classic DIY TV show format during the COVID pandemic Initiated by Anne Duffau, Tai Shani and Hana Noorali and supported by a number of UK art institutions and commercially…
Bolton: Land of Opportunity
Two years ago, at a particularly challenging time in our lives my partner and I made big changes, I quit my teaching job and we moved to Bolton from London. Our aim was to prioritise being…
WFH Residency
£1000 award to convert the first COVID lockdown in 2020 into a ‘work from home’ residency Responding to a collapse in work opportunities during the first COVID lockdown, the WFH Residency paid artists to conduct a ‘working from…
Bilbao Rocks
During my five months on an artist residency in the Northern Spanish City of Bilbao, I have noticed a lot of artists. Being based in an artist residency centre this is obviously a risk. Considering the size of…
Mexico: Swimming in the belly button moonlake – a path to creative enrichment
In Mexico’s ancient language ‘Nahuatl’ – The word ‘Mexico’ means ‘Bellybutton of the Moon lake’. Mexico City is a megalopolis crawling up the side of a prehistoric…
Berlin: history, hedonism, and wildness
Over the past two months, I’ve been in touch with seven Berlin based artists, asking them about their experiences as artists in the city and how they understand queerness in relation to their work. Common…
London: ‘A Year in Utopia’
Paradoxically, I think being a full time parent, despite taking up most of my time, actually allows me some stability and gives focus to my down time. Having the autonomy to operate more or less…
Iceland: an interview with Hallgerður Hallgrímsdóttir
Hallgerður Hallgrímsdóttir is an Icelandic photographer, toying with the language of her medium, disrupting perceptions of established Icelandic photography and drawing attention to everyday non events. We meet in her apartment, a few weeks…
Reykjavík: designing with tradition and modernity
Bobby caught our attention after we came across a number of his album artwork designs making reference to the Icelandic landscape; moody shots of lava fields, coastal scenes overlaid with weather symbols and mineral…