Studio

event horizon

Looking forward to taking part in this project.

but it was honest

for an action ______________ and the accoutrements of _________________, would fill the vacuum created by the absence of ideas. the word is power [06.01.2016]

i don't know how to do this - but i care for you

Preparing for a collaborative/conversation/workshop/performance. I have been accepted onto 'DIY 12' in conjunction with The Live Art Development Agency. Working with the performance artist Alexandrina Hemsley at the British Museum and Chelsea Theatre. 'Present Histories' Looking forward to seeing where this experience will take my current practice.

My head is full of you

'Vermilion Hue' has been removed from the space. 'Chandelier Piece - Reflection Looking In.' It is interesting to see these items initially as props - they are domestic objects - however within is contained an inherent transformative quality that is interesting as a potential to exploit. The use of the Vitrine - at the beginning I came into the space and spent time. I wanted the work to sit 'intelligently'  and have a synergie or cohesion - as if it was meant to be there. It was a large empty void, the existing materials - the glass - the metal structures are obvious and fixed. It suggested the whole was reminiscent of a large empty Vitrine. The reception area a smaller version - one space within another. A giant Vitrine within which people operate and relate. I decided not to fight the materials but extend them into the work. The Vitrine as a metaphor for control or 'containment' of a behaviour. http://juliakeenana...

Two forms of life run side by side - the actual and the desired - the desired becomes preponderant consciousness  hovering above the body - so when confronted with that state of the real it is almost overwhelming.

1. 'The Double' 2015 234 x 228 cm Inkjet print on Fabritex Material False Hair Piece, Glass Votive. 2. 'The New Body #7' 2015 210 x 140 cm Inkjet print on Fabritex Material False Hair Piece, Glass Votive, 'Jones' Silver Shoes, Style: 'Polly', Rubber Carpet Underlay Acrylic Teeth, Acrylic Vitrines, Pig Tongues. 3. 'Purse Piece' 2015 70 x 100 cm Inkjet Print on Glass Adhere False Hair Piece, Glomesh Purse, Acrylic Teeth, Acrylic Nails, Acrylic Paint Vermilion (Hue) 588, Rubber Carpet Underlay. 4. 'Stool Piece' 2015 110 x 83 x 123 cm Accessorize Purse, Acrylic Teeth, Brabantia Kitchen Stool, 'Jones' Silver Shoes, Style 'Polly', Rubber Carpet Underlay, Steel Sheet, 'JANSJO' IKEA Lights, Glossy Soft PVC RED Vinyl Fetish Rubber Upholstery Fabric, Perspex Vitrine, Wooden Plinth. 5. 'Chandelier' 2015 247 x 67 cm 'Svenska Design' Cut Glass and Brass Cha...

that analogy is unbearable - i will never get over this  the words died in my throat - i didn't know how to be

I will be speaking about a new body of work 'Vermilion Hue' created over the summer and now on show at The University for the Creative Arts in Farnham Surrey. The artist talk starts at 4pm - Barbara Walker who is currently the resident artist at the James Hockey Gallery will also be speaking about her site-specific drawings created over the last few weeks. Please come along. http://www.ucreative.ac.uk/galleries/james-hockey-foyer/current-exhibition

Showing Restraint Bronze  2015

Follow the link to see details of the two current shows at the James Hockey and Foyer Galleries. http://www.ucreative.ac.uk/galleries/james-hockey-foyer/current-exhibition The New Body #1

 The bronze is cast - I have been speaking with the foundry in Athens regarding decisions on patination. Excited to see, and show the finished work! http://www.e-flux.com/journal/editorial-politics-of-shine/

With so much glass, light and reflected space it is impossible for me to capture a satisfactory image of the installation.

Installation views - a relief to get the images up today - tomorrow the other things.

Temporary studio space - looking forward to seeing everything coming together at last!

All the works will be installed over the coming week -   looking forward to seeing how  they sit together This Place

I am happy to have work selected to be part of this show at Schwartz Gallery. http://www.schwartzgallery.co.uk/

it's happening

www.artrabbit.com/events/salad-days-uca-graduate-summer-showcase I have work in this show.

The work is progressing - there are a number of elements to be installed - keeping all of  them in mind as I make decisions is a challenge. However - things are under control and I feel it will come together conceptually.  Once all the works are together before installation I will make final curatorial decisions regarding placement. Here are a couple of images of the space -it is large and there is a huge amount of glass-just like a giant empty Vitrine.

 where can i find you

I am happy to report my selection into the first round of the 'Graduate Platform Award 2015' - Myself and eleven other recent graduates from art schools and universities in the South East have been nominated by ASPEX Gallery. The start of the process has begun and my degree show work will be included in a group show at the Gallery running through October. This is a link to 'frame and reference' the organisation overseeing the project. frame and reference

I have been invited to create a new body of work to be shown in September. The space for installation is large and quite complicated - a great opportunity though! Today it starts - approaching as usual - by photographing, reflecting and making my decisions through the viewing of the images. Saturday just gone - I attended a day conference at the Freud Museum in London. This has informed my ideas. http://www.freud.org.uk/events/75977/folds-in-time-artists-responses-to-the-temporal-and-the-uncanny/ Sketch Book Time and advice would be nice.

The space changed the work - but I like that. It has become another work.

Like a seam you run through this

As a direct result of the recent Degree Show I have been invited to create a new work which will be cast in bronze, this will be a numbered limited edition of 12. The invitation comes from a traditional bronze casting foundry based in Athens. They have links here in London and with the Hellenic Foundation. I hope to show the finished work this Autumn in Athens. This is a wonderful thing.

The degree show is fast approaching - installation begins in the next few days. The work revolves around object and image.

Just two - it is impossible without you

Objects for Rebels and Lovers This show is currently on at BEERS London - here is the link for further information, the words are beautiful and feel so relevant to my thoughts still.  https://beerslondon.com/exhibitions/91-clinton-hayden-objects-for-rebels-lovers/

Images from 'Futurity'  and a link to further information about the work on show. https://ucafarnhamarts.wordpress.com/2015/04/23/uca-farnham-fine-art-exhibition-futurity-5/

https://ucafarnhamarts.wordpress.com/2015/04/20/uca-farnham-fine-art-exhibition-futurity-2/ I have two works in the show 'Futurity' the link takes you to the blog post relating to a section of the show. False teeth- attached to false Faberge style ornamental eggs - a comment on the consumption of artifice.

i love your face