Below is the tribute I gave at the recent celebration of Fiona’s life held on 12 December 2022 at Islington Cemetery and Crematorium. I was honoured to be invited to speak about our friendship. This is the full tribute below. I only read a fraction of what I had prepared due to time but people have asked for the full …
Redhair and Daffodil Friend is published. I am thrilled to let you know that my illustrated children’s chapter book REDHAIR AND DAFFODIL FRIEND for ages 8 upwards and adults is now available. REDHAIR AND DAFFODIL FRIEND set in climate-challenged Brinepoint is finally in print. It’s a tale of friendship, loyalty and minding your own business. You can read more about the …
Creative Lives Online Gallery Launch Following the presentation of Disrupted Meadow at Sentient Performativities at Dartington Hall in Devon in June this year, I revisited the material with recordings from that showing for Creative Lives curated by Kirsty Surgey and Carmen Levick for Sheffield University and Castlefield Gallery, Manchester. It all began to fall into place. The challenge, which I …
Navigating Sentient Performativities Part Four: A Poem Anticipating Connection and Negotiating Community I arrived at the spot after my earlier recce at 9.40. I arrived after ‘crawling’ and ‘slow walking’ on the TV in studios six and one respectively. I arrived at 11.20 Or thereabouts. I sat on the steps. I waited. Kristina gave me a ‘past its …
Navigating Sentient Performativities Symposium Dartington Hall June 2022 (Part Three). We got drenched with Sarah Hyde leading a Participatory Movement Ritual in another meadow. We were drenched in dreaming and the silence of grasses. It reminded me of times as a child when I just gave in to the rain and got wet through. The session was a deep work …
Navigating Sentient Performativities Symposium Dartington Hall June 2022 (Part Two). In Part One I wrote mainly covered Sunday and Monday of the Symposium with an extension into the rest of the period to account for the Amerta thread of work running through from the Animate-in-Animate Collective. Tuesday morning was focused on getting through my Disrupted Meadow presentation in Studio 6. …