Artists in Residence
There has been hot debate in the media lately about whether nurses care the way they used to. The Prime Minister recently urged nurses to talk to their patients, as if they might not remember to do so otherwise. Some commentators have put the blame for inadequate care on the...
30 Jan 2012
For the last decade I have been living and working in the mountains of West Wales; where I developed a passion for and knowledge of land use, ecology and biodiversity, inspiring and feeding my work. An artist with an international portfolio, I have had the chance to work in a...
30 Jan 2012
My work lies at the intersection of the visual arts and various urban archives. cityinflux.com brings together my photography and painting. I have attempted to document the often ignored spaces/episodes that form blindspots within the cityscape of Mumbai. These areas contain glimpses of the unofficial city that appear aberrant, useless,...
30 Jan 2012
From October 2010 – June 2011 the Leverhulme residency was undertaken with composer, Prof. Monty Adkins in the Music Department at the University of Huddersfield. However, the project continues to develop and evolve and now comprises an exhibition of paintings, sound compositions and also a substantial book Shibusa - Extracting...
30 Jan 2012
As Leverhulme Artist in Residence at the MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology in Cambridge from November 2011, I will be working with computational biologist Dr Sarah Teichmann creating a new work for string quartet called ‘Hearing your Genes Evolve’. My response to contemporary debate about society, culture, science and ethics...
25 Aug 2011
Dove Marine Laboratory is an historic marine station on the coast at Cullercoats, Tynemouth, and a part of the School of Marine Science at Newcastle University. The Victorian building includes its own seawater supply, which feeds research aquaria where local marine species are grown and studied. Its location offers immediate...
25 Aug 2011
That fascinating description of a type of Indian song (tuppah) appears in the preface of the Oriental Miscellany, 'being a collection of the most favourite airs of Hindoostan, compiled and adapted for the harpsichord, &c. by William Hamilton Bird' (Calcutta, 1789). This was the first publication of Indian music written...
25 Aug 2011