I went to a pub in Belfast on Thursday night, after visiting the Artcetera gallery, for a wee pint and to waach some rugby on TV. There was a really noisy group at the next table. I recognised their accents – Canadian! I Whatsapped my Canadian ex-girlfriend, Vicki, from the 70s, as we are still… Continue reading Is this an artifact?
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Melting Pot VIII
Last Sunday I had a search on Facebook for #latenightart on Facebook, and found that the late night art gallery openings in Belfast were running again on the first Thursday of the month – that meant this week. Also, that there was a late night viewing of an exhibition at Artcetera gallery for emerging artists… Continue reading Melting Pot VIII
Another day, another train
I had sent my poster design for ‘Lingering Memories’ to Steven, a friend in Belfast, to pick up the posters and enjoy another journey on the train. We got talking and he mentioned that he was visiting a gallery that day. Then I remembered that he had studied at the art college in Belfast and… Continue reading Another day, another train
A writing weekend
The deadline for the CfP (call for papers) for the Writing Artifacts book was Sunday 25th September (although Monday is 25th September), I wanted to send the two of my submissions on Sunday, just in case. I had most of them done, but they needed tweaking and I had a report for the meeting with… Continue reading A writing weekend
Picasso, Braque, Cubism and me
I have just been working on a set of composites from one set of images, showing variations in each composite to signify different reflections, varying memories and altered emotions at different times that the memories are recalled. These composites work on static images, frozen in time, but what if I altered these images in some… Continue reading Picasso, Braque, Cubism and me
PPP test space
I’ve messed up my PPP first draft on the OCA VLE, so I’ll try to put something together here. This will set the starting point. It is to be a ‘living’ document, which should be changed as the module goes on. TESTING YOUR BOUNDARIES I wrote this before the second module began, but I forgot… Continue reading PPP test space
Workshop at UdK
I attended this workshop (at the Berlin Summer University of the Arts) in Berlin in August. I thought I had written about it already, and I did, but only in my notebook. So here’s a wee review. Well, I thought it was for Beginners, but most of the participants said on the first day (14th… Continue reading Workshop at UdK
A possible paper? – update.
Ten days to go before submission to the call mentioned in https://spaces.oca.ac.uk/wallet6/2023/07/23/a-possible-paper/. This would be my first paper submission (in FA, I know my way around science submissions) and I’d like it to be at least in the correct format for Fine Arts genre. DRAFT The Wrong Box and the Wallet David Wright, Open College… Continue reading A possible paper? – update.
Lingering Memories
As part of our PPP we have been asked/exhorted/(forced?) to get our work ‘out there’. When I was shown this call by Blair, I thought it was made for me. We will see if that’s the case by November. I had a bit of an initial problem as the call shown here, that Blair had… Continue reading Lingering Memories
Old, Male, Troublemaker, Stubborn
On Monday we were invited to a Provocation talk by the students of Module 1.3. We were asked at the beginning to describe ourselves with a few labelling words. Mine are in the title. We had only a few seconds to come up with our labels, and I’m glad I chose these ones. The latter… Continue reading Old, Male, Troublemaker, Stubborn