Week 6
On Research This week, I’ve been thinking a lot about research. Earlier in the week, I watched a talk by Laia Abril as part of Work Show Grow. I’ve been a fan of her work for a long time, she tackles urgent and wide-ranging issues in a deeply compelling way, using research as a tool […]
Week 5
This week, my partner, Louise France Smith, had a show opening at Aspex Gallery in Portsmouth. Visiting was a trip down memory lane, as I studied there and hard to believe that 2025 marks 20 years since I started my Photography BA. Portsmouth has changed a lot since then, and it’s great to see it […]
Week 3
I’m going to keep this weeknote fairly short as the weeks come to an end very quickly and I think allowing myself to write shorter updates will keep me on track. I want to highlight a couple of articles I read this week which deal in very different ways about things not working. When I […]
Week 2
Two weeks into January which is always a challenging time for me it sits somewhere between calmness and bleakness. It’s definitely an interesting time of year. I’m bustling with ideas without quite knowing where to focus my attention. Then again, maybe that’s what January is for: making plans. This week, I inadvertently watched two Jesse […]
Week 1
Happy New Year! The first week of 2025 and my fourth week into writing weeknotes which – maybe not completely to schedule – are still helping me form some sense of routine. I’m enjoying the challenge and it’s definitely making me reflect more on my work and on what I’m watching and reading, which can […]
Week 52
So it’s week 52 of the year and my third week of writing these Artist Weeknotes. I’ll be honest I’m slightly late writing this week, the swing from manic festivities to gaping abyss of nothingness has occurred and I could barely recognise what day Friday was. It’s a strange time of year, the days meld into […]
Week 51
A short update as things wind down before Christmas, it’s been quite a busy week on a few fronts and I’m definitely looking forward to slowing down for the next couple of weeks. I’ve got a stack of books waiting to be read as well at lots of hopefully great films and documentaries to watch. […]
Week 50
As the year winds down, I’m embarking on something new, a practice I’ve been meaning to start for a while. If you’ve followed my social media, you might have noticed my struggle to post regularly. I have a love/hate relationship with social media: it feels necessary, yet often at odds with the creative process. To […]