Co-Producing PAR+RS

Creative Scotland has just formally announced that I have, along with Trigger (Suzy Glass and Angie Bual http://www.triggerstuff.co.uk) been appointed as Co-Producers for PAR+RS http://www.publicartscotland.com, Creative Scotland's public art development project. So I've got a provocative question to start the ball rolling, is public art a subset of visual arts or is it everything across... Continue Reading →

October 26, 2011 5

Transition Design

The creative futures (cf.) research centre at the University of the West of Scotland presents an evening lecture by Gideon Kossoff titled: ‘Early Thoughts on Transition Design’. The event is chaired by cf. Associate Director Graham Jeffery. 14th November 2011, 19.30-21.30 at the University of the West of Scotland, Ayr Campus. Gideon Kossoff is a... Continue Reading →

October 26, 2011 3

Climate Change, Tar Sands Action, Occupy Wall Street

October 25, 2011 0

We need hope through art

I posted this to comment Facebook yesterday, and wanted to connect it to Alastair McIntosh's piece in the Guardian on Saturday, I was in Glorious Govan yesterday for Alastair McIntosh's Kandinsky and Spirituality event. What a difficult subject to tackle in the here and now. Ran into many friends and colleagues. I suppose I wanted... Continue Reading →

October 24, 2011 3

Serpentine Gallery: Marathon of Gardens

The Serpentine are holding a Marathon of Gardens on Saturday 15th and Sunday 16th October featuring a fascinating line up of speakers from Charles Jencks and Dan Pearson through to Mierle Laderman Ukeles and Guiseppe Penone via Fritz Haeg and Brian Eno.