Silence on here isn’t that I have run out of anything to say but that there hasn’t been time to say much – since Nuit Blanche, we have hung two exhibitions, worked on a secret work project, did a 3 day art fair, ran a lantern parade, launched a new event and art auction, looked at [...]
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Nuit Blanche
Counting down to Nuit Blanche. Nuit Blanche is an exciting "cultural all-nighter" presenting contemporary art events from dusk to dawn. It enlivens cities all round the world such as Paris, Berlin and Toronto, and 2010 is the debut for Reading. This first year will be a small but magical series of indoor and outdoor events [...]
The countdown has begun
Candles are knitted (over 100 according to our amazing candle-count-o-meter), cake sides and tops finished, swags, bows and rosettes ready to go and tonight is the start of the assembling. That is a lot of sore fingers sewing together an amazingly large amount of knitted cake. Full credit to all the outcasts and [...]
I may be a little bit daunted
So when I thought of this project there didn’t seem to be much happening, then suddenly there was a month of festivals, other projects happening and now a week from today I will be in Jacksons, hopefully with an almost finished cake. A work in progress This is where it is up to now: One [...]
A time for a breather..
I have been thinking about a breather for a while and I alluded to things I’d felt I had left behind in a short tweet/fb status the other day and online and realworld friends added some words too. Why is it so hard to stop and breath, sometimes I think I have forgotten to [...]
spending the day with artists and Amys Ghost
Yesterday was 3rd Saturday of the Outside;Inside Festival 2010, we were in Market Place with an Art Market, the Gherkin was in town and Mirren Kessling was in O’Neills in a co-curation project between Amy (from Amys Ghost) and me. It was a fantastic day of music, even in the monsoon rain type moments. There [...]
Jacksons
The time has come to let you all know about my little secret… I did allude to it in my last post and secretly I have been coveting this place, Jacksons. Readings oldest family run department store is going to be 135 years old – you know that is pretty impressive and Jacksons is well [...]
Knit Nation 2010
All back now from the excitement that was Knit Nation 2010 and there was much excitement. Without too much info there were : screaming stampeding knitters heading for the Wollmeise stand, (slightly terrifying) smell of lovely sheepy things (it is a good smell, I promise) a delight of people wearing handknits fun and laughter [...]
Always good things happening
Some eagle eyed visitors may have noticed that the blog has moved but it’s for a good reason to enable more things to happen from this one space instead of running round all over the place adding bits and pieces – hang on, that sounds like my life in the real world, running round here and there doing bits and pieces.
I will be at The Secret Market, Saturday 5 May
