Category Archives: Philosophy, Theory, History, Critique

Writings, thoughts, opinions,

Essay – The domestic space: Art, interiority and memory

The way we respond to the often small spaces we call home would not transpire without the illimitable memories we contain within. This essay explores artwork, which examines the notion of domestic space. I intend to the reveal how contemporary

Essay – The domestic space: Art, interiority and memory

The way we respond to the often small spaces we call home would not transpire without the illimitable memories we contain within. This essay explores artwork, which examines the notion of domestic space. I intend to the reveal how contemporary

Michel Foucault. Discipline and Punish (1975), Panopticism

Here is a link to the text if you haven’t found it already Panopticism I find this text fascinating. Particularly the opening paragraph which describes measures to be taken when the plague appeared in a town. And also the introduction

Michel Foucault. Discipline and Punish (1975), Panopticism

Here is a link to the text if you haven’t found it already Panopticism I find this text fascinating. Particularly the opening paragraph which describes measures to be taken when the plague appeared in a town. And also the introduction

The Comfort of Things

So, i’ve been reading this book.   Thirty households in one street in London are visited (over a period of 18 months) and this book records what matters in these thirty lives and homes.   When I first flicked through

The Comfort of Things

So, i’ve been reading this book.   Thirty households in one street in London are visited (over a period of 18 months) and this book records what matters in these thirty lives and homes.   When I first flicked through

Mourning involves a certain making artificial

My work is about space. Right now I am revisiting memories related to a photograph of an important home I lived in as a child. As I remember rooms, furnishings, cupboards, textures, I build paper models based on this house.

Mourning involves a certain making artificial

My work is about space. Right now I am revisiting memories related to a photograph of an important home I lived in as a child. As I remember rooms, furnishings, cupboards, textures, I build paper models based on this house.

The curator is now the most powerful figure in the art world

Nicholas Bourriaud, Hans Ulbrich-Obrist, Iwona Blazwick, Jay Jopling – these and other curators/directors/gallerists have exerted enormous influence on the art world over the past two decades. To what extend have they usurped the role of the artist, and become, effectively

The curator is now the most powerful figure in the art world

Nicholas Bourriaud, Hans Ulbrich-Obrist, Iwona Blazwick, Jay Jopling – these and other curators/directors/gallerists have exerted enormous influence on the art world over the past two decades. To what extend have they usurped the role of the artist, and become, effectively

Clare Twomey

So, Clare is the artist in residence at the Frueud Museum and we are going to see the show on Tuesday. In preparation I’ve had a little look at her work Clare Twomey and posed myself some questions. Like, How

Clare Twomey

So, Clare is the artist in residence at the Frueud Museum and we are going to see the show on Tuesday. In preparation I’ve had a little look at her work Clare Twomey and posed myself some questions. Like, How