Thursday 21 April 2011

Upcoming Solo show!!

Please go to this link and support my upcoming solo show!! http://www.crowdfunder.co.uk/investment/helen-dearnley-solo-art-exhibition-160


The more funding raised, the better this will be!!
The lovely Jimmy Gnecco said he hopes to drop by if he's in town!!


Here is the Facebook page with further details: http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=189276964442849&ref=ts

Sunday 3 April 2011

UnCut Conference and Lego Light Space Modulator for Apparatjik

I've just finished reading The Yellow House by Martin Gayford, which made me Google Earth Arles and want to go there.



I've not been as productive lately. I had to move house. Being a single parent is becoming impossible lately, never mind trying to get some art work done.
Basically, it's the government and their particularly nasty ways of persecuting me for doing the job of two parents at the same time whilst developing a career. 


I recently attending the UnCut Conference at MadLab in Manchester: 
http://madlab.org.uk/content/the-uncut-society-an-unconference-event-and-workshop/
Here I speak about how the cuts are affecting me as an artist and single parent:
http://www.merzman.co.uk/artsagainstthecu.html


I also took the trouble to make this ad: http://www.tuc60seconds.org.uk/2011/03/14/821/
because I'm keen to challenge what I see as direct financial abuse.


Despite their efforts, I have managed to have work exhibited in Berlin, which I would feel more pleased about if I could've gone to see it, but here it is:












































My set on flickr is here.



In other news, I have a solo show coming up in June, here are the details: http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=189276964442849&ref=ts


http://m.flickr.com/#/photos/apparatjik/with/5573870843/