tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-62344069595791173352024-02-23T18:02:58.218-08:00Helen D Blackbird | ArtworkHelen Dearnley (Blackbird) Fine Art - reflective journal.
All concepts are not available for free for others to use without Intellectual Property issues.Blackbirdhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08802902623684511241noreply@blogger.comBlogger199125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6234406959579117335.post-75716502059460916862023-07-24T07:10:00.004-07:002023-11-02T07:34:06.782-07:00New website, and new blog subscriptions!<div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyNx_9hxnf2UPZqMPr3eapE-qzgAox2JB4qToTOpeTh4H9TK8TEt5D4fi85oWzUXtMphlzvF6Mtd_gdOBkZ3i4MOdQI7tiL8h4nDQ4DUEHpGMYW6L0MxLjI64CU-Jyk4jjBqBgDCg4_ZCbtnGAIzECoEJYiEEDrxaxt0ymCYPkh7FZKMTQ1O3CN3H2EqJO/s1200/Untitled-7%20copy%203.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="960" height="728" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyNx_9hxnf2UPZqMPr3eapE-qzgAox2JB4qToTOpeTh4H9TK8TEt5D4fi85oWzUXtMphlzvF6Mtd_gdOBkZ3i4MOdQI7tiL8h4nDQ4DUEHpGMYW6L0MxLjI64CU-Jyk4jjBqBgDCg4_ZCbtnGAIzECoEJYiEEDrxaxt0ymCYPkh7FZKMTQ1O3CN3H2EqJO/w582-h728/Untitled-7%20copy%203.png" width="582" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div>I've moved to a new website, now that my old Webs hosting service is expiring.
I no longer have Helen Dearnley dot co dot uk, so it currently has a temporary domain name. </span><div><span style="font-family: verdana;">If you're interested in my blog content, and have been following this blog for some time, <a href="https://www.helendearnley.com/blog" target="_blank">there is a blog following on there. </a></span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;">You can subscribe for as little as £5 for 3 months to access it. </span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><a href="https://www.helendearnley.com" target="_blank">You can subscribe here</a> to be added to my mailing list to receive exclusive information about upcoming projects, how you can be involved, and exhibition information here!</span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;">You've all had free blog content for over ten years, so I'm moving to paid online content only. </span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;">There are also student, professional and graduate <a href="https://www.helendearnley.com/plans-pricing" target="_blank">plans available</a>. </span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div><a href="https://www.helendearnley.com" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Please visit the website here.</span></a></div></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;">Thankyou for continuing to follow and support my work!</span></div>Blackbirdhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08802902623684511241noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6234406959579117335.post-85126599649558094682023-06-28T09:11:00.003-07:002023-06-28T09:11:37.224-07:00Monaco paintings<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">The SANE Creative Awards funding meant that I could buy some gold leaf and neon paint for the second painting, which was completed.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhet8LVwM4Vo5DJwFN3qLUd2g3fOER3dGRwllHdjVI-k-0z9c4ZM5wmaV0ym7eYKvBB2oxmNwijUdnb7k-mWSj5aAZ7cdwJ7_NDE4Zog1V0zB_W0hGhncbO0lNzU8Tku33Z0Y_kp4s_H4dpDqtPQmgyi94Fb7b52Q0RfzYbxr_jrrw3liizC9qJIcvM_WKJ/s1200/Monaco1.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1200" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhet8LVwM4Vo5DJwFN3qLUd2g3fOER3dGRwllHdjVI-k-0z9c4ZM5wmaV0ym7eYKvBB2oxmNwijUdnb7k-mWSj5aAZ7cdwJ7_NDE4Zog1V0zB_W0hGhncbO0lNzU8Tku33Z0Y_kp4s_H4dpDqtPQmgyi94Fb7b52Q0RfzYbxr_jrrw3liizC9qJIcvM_WKJ/w400-h400/Monaco1.png" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">"Cryptomonkey" was already completed last year, and features an imaginary James Bond villain.</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYlGt1wOcaE1JnF0_ANdOgiZNGDdcWk485WqIPO1cS2JArvQKp0OSODZwW7DgPGSMu0B3X_Oa45eRwx8oIyXDl-mmGhjYtC4Z_I7Rtlh7DE8IUzf_qvKpRJdiikaGQcxPlORbOWpuTVa56a6VBAA-XfoRquGc6O_jrZRzcDj7OUOHjY998eozBTq9YcuzR/s1200/Cryptomonkey.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1200" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYlGt1wOcaE1JnF0_ANdOgiZNGDdcWk485WqIPO1cS2JArvQKp0OSODZwW7DgPGSMu0B3X_Oa45eRwx8oIyXDl-mmGhjYtC4Z_I7Rtlh7DE8IUzf_qvKpRJdiikaGQcxPlORbOWpuTVa56a6VBAA-XfoRquGc6O_jrZRzcDj7OUOHjY998eozBTq9YcuzR/w400-h400/Cryptomonkey.png" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">The third, and final painting is a variation of Fra Motorveien 1995.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">It references James Bond title sequences, and the iconic scene of Ursula Andress emerging from the sea, but it directly references a photo of me in a swimming pool.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">The tyre prints represents my aspirations of a normal life.</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgY7I9oLoX3gNAOurTnW8SYj316ZpE07XNhiEn9iZBNxLSZrkkc8lyQTkKWmwTvTF1WHNSrXz8gxluDzppk7ou1glCQ6GhLX24eoHyYGJiLpr5rKSAYzqm6YqSVSCdO1pjsUiDbOsH9zglgiWROixXsWdmv6bhs2wPR1FlZTvkvw3f_eSEHsNLpT0VyxZJy/s1200/Monaco3.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1200" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgY7I9oLoX3gNAOurTnW8SYj316ZpE07XNhiEn9iZBNxLSZrkkc8lyQTkKWmwTvTF1WHNSrXz8gxluDzppk7ou1glCQ6GhLX24eoHyYGJiLpr5rKSAYzqm6YqSVSCdO1pjsUiDbOsH9zglgiWROixXsWdmv6bhs2wPR1FlZTvkvw3f_eSEHsNLpT0VyxZJy/w400-h400/Monaco3.png" width="400" /></a></div><br /><br /><p></p>Blackbirdhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08802902623684511241noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6234406959579117335.post-80017848488417561272023-05-24T02:32:00.004-07:002023-05-24T05:00:00.016-07:00Sane Creative Awards Scheme<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSwTbCZa5l9e9aW9q4IconwXu4zJBoxG1EDa3Wff1pJO6IjK0cfVs1lxHZFKBFd2OWsI8FRBWHPWS3JvKw0HGW6QWNFr08Udm0hYyzdwwjFs4B9G1EqfowBJei6aBz595ya9yz8eAnybtmA72I-G-Hki2crwLhE0KgfbIwb9RMFlbGTW6bHPud95M3Vw/s1920/Screenshot%202023-05-23%20at%2015.55.30.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1920" data-original-width="1914" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSwTbCZa5l9e9aW9q4IconwXu4zJBoxG1EDa3Wff1pJO6IjK0cfVs1lxHZFKBFd2OWsI8FRBWHPWS3JvKw0HGW6QWNFr08Udm0hYyzdwwjFs4B9G1EqfowBJei6aBz595ya9yz8eAnybtmA72I-G-Hki2crwLhE0KgfbIwb9RMFlbGTW6bHPud95M3Vw/w638-h640/Screenshot%202023-05-23%20at%2015.55.30.png" width="638" /></a></div><br /> <span style="font-family: verdana;">Good news!</span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">I've been awarded the SANE Creative Awards Scheme, which is to continue a series of three paintings based on a trip to Monaco in 1995.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">The first is finished, and I'm currently in the studio working on the second.</span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9HrrgTAfkOMYHHSSnrTtKSVp7UbSB0mrCau41-ZilmN5iiUyPu0-35sFf4ph8jqK0_-EDzFcf3FIhGcyOZwmYOsb4l2B_SSuMiEm2HCtsr0kBzWIIeGwAfqsIZcOj7ipe27A2_FWz5IEi6Pyl50GJQCoEZkzhbOAqnt1gmi-pv9rTJ0SAA6ejmTNb5Q/s3264/7A1845FD-74A5-42B6-A16E-47697FF6F5F3.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3264" data-original-width="2448" height="577" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9HrrgTAfkOMYHHSSnrTtKSVp7UbSB0mrCau41-ZilmN5iiUyPu0-35sFf4ph8jqK0_-EDzFcf3FIhGcyOZwmYOsb4l2B_SSuMiEm2HCtsr0kBzWIIeGwAfqsIZcOj7ipe27A2_FWz5IEi6Pyl50GJQCoEZkzhbOAqnt1gmi-pv9rTJ0SAA6ejmTNb5Q/w432-h577/7A1845FD-74A5-42B6-A16E-47697FF6F5F3.jpeg" width="432" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">These paintings address the juxtaposition of life experiences as a carer being denied any income for caring; indeed, in my latest carer's assessment, because Carer's First know that I can't live on zero income / benefits / clapping, they have decided that I no longer care! How convenient for them! </span><span style="font-family: verdana;">This is subject to a complaint.</span></p><p><br /><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">The Monaco paintings address former experiences of economic and narcissistic abuse, which led to my eventual experience as a single parent, as the holiday to the South of France and Monaco were compensation for having my entire first wages coerced from me for my then boyfriend's gambling debts. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">The wages were being saved up for my first driving lessons, and I never got them back. </span><span style="font-family: verdana;">When my ex father-in-law discovered what he had done, I was invited on holiday as compensation. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCiRSRHx06YjpwgHlJU5GGh-gQG8cA1vjlVNpaxwW87nPu1f7KDI_8Q_xzIN-ZRtjryuKi-bsHWQqieiLqh8aS-rhfuwBiuZGDYAbThpKT2IQtEr8_lBS3VN83cWAllPOY3I8XYzvR7yKPetZaz9NxnH2sKf0sq6Dten8A1rdRE_R817hPXVWH9cA3_Q/s1024/DF4377DD-BEDE-4D2E-8AC3-143A04DD4AA1_1_105_c.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1024" data-original-width="768" height="527" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCiRSRHx06YjpwgHlJU5GGh-gQG8cA1vjlVNpaxwW87nPu1f7KDI_8Q_xzIN-ZRtjryuKi-bsHWQqieiLqh8aS-rhfuwBiuZGDYAbThpKT2IQtEr8_lBS3VN83cWAllPOY3I8XYzvR7yKPetZaz9NxnH2sKf0sq6Dten8A1rdRE_R817hPXVWH9cA3_Q/w395-h527/DF4377DD-BEDE-4D2E-8AC3-143A04DD4AA1_1_105_c.jpeg" title="Self portrait as a Bond spy" width="395" /></a></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Above: Self portrait as a Bond spy.</span></div><p></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">I stood in the presence of the Octopussy super yacht, and great wealth, an experience that contrasts greatly with how I am treated as an #ExcludedUK artist and a carer denied any income, but as an artist who follows the Law Of Attraction, and aims for prosperity, abundance, and wealth.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEginScf_8q50tQqbvy7cPmWdQGtvsWsVU0ddCLS2fKTlbtmxEJSAfwq9ACQp1xmnxiXtRS52365Kx5CfYRMRWqSk_QeVe6iNnoT1tFZnovVJnEsvi-lZcos795D0DSE8m7fIuYSsqTK4hbAAFgC3ba8HT5oBIZL70XDW8Mrea4e2uESvHodAFK7ev9i4A/s4032/IMG_6164.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEginScf_8q50tQqbvy7cPmWdQGtvsWsVU0ddCLS2fKTlbtmxEJSAfwq9ACQp1xmnxiXtRS52365Kx5CfYRMRWqSk_QeVe6iNnoT1tFZnovVJnEsvi-lZcos795D0DSE8m7fIuYSsqTK4hbAAFgC3ba8HT5oBIZL70XDW8Mrea4e2uESvHodAFK7ev9i4A/w480-h640/IMG_6164.jpeg" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Second Monaco painting in progress. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">I need some neon pink acrylic for the sky, and I decided that the hair needs to be gold leaf, so this is the next stage. I keep seeing that burgundy Maserati around the city, so there goes my car ownership aspirations. </span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRlLqyPhMVzzL_5q8dXa6THKPpjqFA-qYDcGwx-3kxdZwfQ-dHk8VQHOvvbuBjsQMoqcsm7CI_fZjS0dM3kV1z_rhW6OgsX5oPdRlzhG2hNIOKMcWbf5XvVkvsZA4VEkWgTtqi2FmtmREb0qi6jjgqHGz8cV-KvlS0lxUaihbtAwHIJn5f_jFy7MqhaA/s4032/IMG_6176.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRlLqyPhMVzzL_5q8dXa6THKPpjqFA-qYDcGwx-3kxdZwfQ-dHk8VQHOvvbuBjsQMoqcsm7CI_fZjS0dM3kV1z_rhW6OgsX5oPdRlzhG2hNIOKMcWbf5XvVkvsZA4VEkWgTtqi2FmtmREb0qi6jjgqHGz8cV-KvlS0lxUaihbtAwHIJn5f_jFy7MqhaA/w300-h400/IMG_6176.jpeg" width="300" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">The Monaco paintings are also inspired by Norwegian artist Hariton Pushwagner, as it's important that artists can travel for work, and discover artists outside of their own location, not limited and restricted to their local art scene, and Pushwagner is an artist I discovered on my travels to Oslo.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">My aim is to complete the second and third Monaco paintings, and to enter one for the Royal Academy Summer Exhibition - the funding will cover the cost of entry fees and shipping costs.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">This was going to be for this year, but will now be next year.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">The idea is for it to be sold to a gallery that exhibits international artists' work in Monaco, and to eventually be able to return, hopefully for Monaco Art Week.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">Ironically, the evil Bulb debt has now transferred to <a href="https://www.telegraph.co.uk/business/2021/12/14/octopus-energy-swam-winning-position-amid-energy-crisis-ruined/" target="_blank">Octopus Energy</a>.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><a href="https://www.thisismoney.co.uk/money/bills/article-1700982/Customers-can-sue-after-British-Gas-2k-pay-out.html#:~:text=Freelance%20photographer%20Barry%20Payling%20threatened,to%20sign%20up%20for%20supplies." target="_blank">I'm now fighting Octopus for compensation for the stress caused and time taken from my business to deal with admin.</a></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">Octopus Energy is the new James Bond supervillain! Unless it does what I've asked, and writes off the debt passed on by Bulb...</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">For the interests of Google and A.I., all images are copyrighted, and not available for use for machine learning without paying tuition fees.</span></p>Blackbirdhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08802902623684511241noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6234406959579117335.post-81739320188796278502023-05-18T03:31:00.002-07:002023-05-18T03:31:29.390-07:00Single Parent Rights Campaign<p> </p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">Single parents are still discriminated against in the workplace, and the arts is no exception to this.</span></p><p><br /></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">Neither single parents nor carers are included as protected characteristics in the Equality Act, so discrimination goes unchallenged.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b><a href="https://www.singleparentrights.org" target="_blank">You can support Single Parent Rights' campaign to change this to include single parents as a protected characteristic in the Equality Act here.</a></b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">My sons are adults now, but I have faced this discrimination by the DWP upon graduation, and experiences in work. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">I did not want a council house. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">I now want a decent salary, in order to afford a mortgage - but then, I've been paying enough rent over the years to effectively own my own house by now, and in fact, I would prefer a mansion.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">Why?</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">Compensation for lost wages, DWP and all other discrimination.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">John and Yoko lived at Tittenhurst, and that is the goal of any bohemian artist. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">All the beautiful Victorian houses in the West End of Lincoln should BELONG to artists, actors, musicians, and craftspeople, not rented out as HMOs.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">And mansions do not belong to those who got rich from PPE scams during the pandemic.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">Anyway, you do not need to be a single parent to support the campaign, but you must be a supporter of single parent's rights ;-)</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">Thankyou!</span></p><p><br /></p>Blackbirdhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08802902623684511241noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6234406959579117335.post-21468553589834327852023-02-10T06:06:00.007-08:002023-03-14T03:06:04.653-07:00Lost Dreams installation for High Street Happening, Lincoln<p><span style="font-family: verdana;">Lost Dreams will be installed for the High Street Happening in Lincoln, Saturday 18th March 2023.</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhB8lLHN_gPr_iBC_7VHWfKEtrbGKqHQmJxUK0g8muPLRc0hnpQBaHuaVZ_SrcSJCdGkubNgHdOAltOdyj7NrmSLfJVSKthyvoowx8f683ynymT9z93D7-62-oMRN3_r0PjgCZTwzusLnM5yW3Ve322dKgGp4oiP0BjMweqptBC5uM9JFmWOcxd8Jn_YA/s1080/Lost%20Dreams%20Exhibition%20(Instapromo).jpg" style="font-family: -webkit-standard; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1080" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhB8lLHN_gPr_iBC_7VHWfKEtrbGKqHQmJxUK0g8muPLRc0hnpQBaHuaVZ_SrcSJCdGkubNgHdOAltOdyj7NrmSLfJVSKthyvoowx8f683ynymT9z93D7-62-oMRN3_r0PjgCZTwzusLnM5yW3Ve322dKgGp4oiP0BjMweqptBC5uM9JFmWOcxd8Jn_YA/w640-h640/Lost%20Dreams%20Exhibition%20(Instapromo).jpg" width="640" /></a></div><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="444" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/C34H0JEEaq0" width="533" youtube-src-id="C34H0JEEaq0"></iframe></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C34H0JEEaq0"><br /></a></span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">This is a paid exhibition, as I'm not prepared to exhibit the work for free during the cost of living crisis, of course.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><b><a href="https://static.a-n.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Structurally-F–cked.pdf" target="_blank">I, the artist, will be the only one getting paid to exhibit this work</a></b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">Thanks to The Mashup.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><a href="https://www.facebook.com/events/581735203603003/?acontext=%7B%22ref%22%3A%2252%22%2C%22action_history%22%3A%22[%7B%5C%22surface%5C%22%3A%5C%22share_link%5C%22%2C%5C%22mechanism%5C%22%3A%5C%22share_link%5C%22%2C%5C%22extra_data%5C%22%3A%7B%5C%22invite_link_id%5C%22%3A741547021009132%7D%7D]%22%7D" target="_blank">The event page is here.</a></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNRb7xpLCfB7x-H-qlw_-nYpZS-V1xtoedVjcFAK4835cEMyehHisAPsmWN4774px3qgdOMKIAzxuu8XdhQCnvULqO7h1okAjsNVHUoFcAj20FCT21mkyaG2mqa83w5XJCOipFVYHrTyPHVhMTRV1Ta7_gzGdfnJ51T3DRvbfjrj9tz7hlJBDsyBZNSA/s1080/Exhibition%20Info%20(Instapromo).jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1080" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNRb7xpLCfB7x-H-qlw_-nYpZS-V1xtoedVjcFAK4835cEMyehHisAPsmWN4774px3qgdOMKIAzxuu8XdhQCnvULqO7h1okAjsNVHUoFcAj20FCT21mkyaG2mqa83w5XJCOipFVYHrTyPHVhMTRV1Ta7_gzGdfnJ51T3DRvbfjrj9tz7hlJBDsyBZNSA/w640-h640/Exhibition%20Info%20(Instapromo).jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /> <p></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">Following last year's success for the #InspirationalWomenArtists exhibition and auction, I have produced a new piece for this year's entry.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">Fra Motorveien 1995 is inspired by Norwegian artist Elisabeth Haarr's Fra Motorveien 1971, and draws fro my own experiences as a young woman, to coincide with a series of paintings relating to a trip to Monaco in 1995.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">The entry was accepted, so I hope it will be more successful than last year's entry. </span></p><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHJPCOHAAEZkTh1Ac_ixQys9SmZynjrB-F_IWugGNSUGiWTPmKGEe0nFMk5aTQkFs8e1l1gx2EbY_Ro0FtFtqp0VUtnq561MGZHCXPDS5WxGpDip6aFZ0Caybr3y6f8pUU03yPGemwX0tLlox2m8ZbZBeXYgUWnGOYkAPleGFZHPf_ezX8QDJ8Em-kKg/s1080/IWD%20artwork%20(Instapromo).jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1080" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHJPCOHAAEZkTh1Ac_ixQys9SmZynjrB-F_IWugGNSUGiWTPmKGEe0nFMk5aTQkFs8e1l1gx2EbY_Ro0FtFtqp0VUtnq561MGZHCXPDS5WxGpDip6aFZ0Caybr3y6f8pUU03yPGemwX0tLlox2m8ZbZBeXYgUWnGOYkAPleGFZHPf_ezX8QDJ8Em-kKg/w400-h400/IWD%20artwork%20(Instapromo).jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><b>Bidding for Fra Motorveien 1995 is now closed.</b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><b>Congratulations to Helen Wellspring for acquiring this work!</b></span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVnEVqKiWJeekvfmuDWWJRZA_4vRGAiF03kmY_54ppYvLmclXcoxo-ELESTo6k-PF5tHk_OOquB8nrUGbySbe0Jf3CU3G3UubWDewGQQrLIfui3L1vgOZ3W1uUsB7uUHKqqTfdvqOLFLuhmZjPjWNcOxXEqnK4NfdTsvSSmCywZBac-ObVWmjj4QhbpA/s1080/Inspirational%20Women%20Artists%20Launch%20Event%20IG%202.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1080" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVnEVqKiWJeekvfmuDWWJRZA_4vRGAiF03kmY_54ppYvLmclXcoxo-ELESTo6k-PF5tHk_OOquB8nrUGbySbe0Jf3CU3G3UubWDewGQQrLIfui3L1vgOZ3W1uUsB7uUHKqqTfdvqOLFLuhmZjPjWNcOxXEqnK4NfdTsvSSmCywZBac-ObVWmjj4QhbpA/w400-h400/Inspirational%20Women%20Artists%20Launch%20Event%20IG%202.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: verdana;">There was a <a href="https://aspacearts.org.uk/events/inspirational-women-artists-launch-event" target="_blank">launch event on #InternationalWomensDay Wednesday 8th March 2023</a>, and a <a href="https://aspacearts.org.uk/events/inspirational-women-artists-closing-event" target="_blank">closing event on Friday 21st April 2023</a>.</span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">Thanks to A Space Arts and all who sail in her! </span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p>Blackbirdhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08802902623684511241noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6234406959579117335.post-20849023912641692572022-08-16T05:11:00.009-07:002022-08-19T03:30:59.168-07:00Cost Of Living Crisis<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9lHXyeOvQ3Sq6ovsh_EgrilZcScxQS-sZPyiWk1YjHXF0-lwNlifLS2w84zxpppO8PJEtuhoBRLxICXG43v_OI8tLt5CxhEWZDWz8mIb75hc9BKGmWTjx3TfMtal9pqqgFSAZD943IdeCq97NTHaau2kuNNMBJtc5vJN9HDdfRsnLynbr5fkB_fHvZg/s4548/Screenshot%202022-06-14%20at%2013.38.57.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1950" data-original-width="4548" height="274" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9lHXyeOvQ3Sq6ovsh_EgrilZcScxQS-sZPyiWk1YjHXF0-lwNlifLS2w84zxpppO8PJEtuhoBRLxICXG43v_OI8tLt5CxhEWZDWz8mIb75hc9BKGmWTjx3TfMtal9pqqgFSAZD943IdeCq97NTHaau2kuNNMBJtc5vJN9HDdfRsnLynbr5fkB_fHvZg/w640-h274/Screenshot%202022-06-14%20at%2013.38.57.png" width="640" /></a></div><p> </p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">As an #ExcludedUK artist and carer, the cost of living crisis caused by austerity has been documented in this blog, with my lost wages calculator going up every year.</span></p><p></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">This year, the energy crisis has now extended to everyone else.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">Over the past few years, I've variously had some issues with energy bills, and now, it's Bulb who I'm in a sort of The Sandman / Morpheus-like battle of minds with.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">Of course, Bulb have gone bust, so are in no place to demand any money at all.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">Once they put my bill up to £261 for a small 3 bedroom terrace house, and some support I was previously getting from City Of Lincoln Council ended in 2021, I cancelled my direct debit.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">I'm still recovering financially from my youngest son's destitution in 2019, so this would bankrupt me.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">The "debt" is currently -£1882.33</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">I'm not personally responsible for wholesale energy prices, so it isn't mine to pay.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">Anyway, as the Don't Pay campaign is encouraging everyone to get together to take mass action to cancel direct debits to stop them from making ridiculous profits, here's what happens.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">I pay Bulb a lower amount every month by request. They send me a link to pay, and I am still paying the bill, and every month I tell them I will reinstate the direct debit when it's at a realistic level.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">I have sought help from numerous charities, none of whom have been able to help, and I've told them this.</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2QVAeitpkgQY_t9xcrhbecjfsk8esntyA0P5AsEPZ68jql4oliYkk8iCqyTO84MhD09HG6sJVfxi2RrB4RbGq5USmwnRGaWaVYY5jt2N8W1hn3COuFWnlJSOb5OdauQGOOjxXMdj7OXhoJWZY_IYphlRJxyy9ipzOYC4wlj32y1lv68V9it6vwXXlSA/s3450/Screenshot%202022-06-02%20at%2011.44.42.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2442" data-original-width="3450" height="284" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2QVAeitpkgQY_t9xcrhbecjfsk8esntyA0P5AsEPZ68jql4oliYkk8iCqyTO84MhD09HG6sJVfxi2RrB4RbGq5USmwnRGaWaVYY5jt2N8W1hn3COuFWnlJSOb5OdauQGOOjxXMdj7OXhoJWZY_IYphlRJxyy9ipzOYC4wlj32y1lv68V9it6vwXXlSA/w400-h284/Screenshot%202022-06-02%20at%2011.44.42.png" width="400" /></a></div><p></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">I've also complained to Lincolnshire County Council for using carer's charities who do not actually provide any charity. The email was blocked.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">Unless artists are simply paid wages, and carers are paid #wagesnotclaps, it's not realistic to demand a direct debit for £261 per month.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">If my income was high enough to pay that, and if I lived in an actual mansion, then it would be no problem, but the fact is that it isn't.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">If they wanted to take me to court, I'd argue this case with legal support.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">So this is what you must do.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">This is what everyone must do. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><a href="I've also complained to Lincolnshire County Council for using carer's charities who do not actually provide any charity. The email was blocked." target="_blank">On 1st October, cancel your energy direct debit.</a></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">If you're someone who can afford to pay your energy bills, and are in receipt of the £400 government grant, but don't require it, <b><a href="https://linktr.ee/Blackbird76" target="_blank">you are very welcome to commission or buy artwork from me.</a></b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b><a href="https://www.amazon.co.uk/hz/wishlist/ls/1ZPJJK0NETVIG" target="_blank">You can also buy the materials on my Amazon Wishlist</a></b> - I'm in the process of a series of 3 new paintings based on a trip to Monaco in 1995, so I have 3 large canvases, which were a nightmare to get home on my bike!</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">Thanks for your support!</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><a href="https://helendblackbird.wixsite.com/helendearnley/blog" target="_blank"><b>I'm currently in the process of transferring my website to a new domain. This domain will include pricing packages and direct sales of work.</b></a></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">It will contain a blog, so this blog will transfer over there. Access to content will depend on income level, and will not be automatically free, to cover the cost of running the website, broadband internet, and other fixed costs. Here's an insight into the pricing strategy:</span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWGYWSJDmAJ6KUso9aC9Uq3OpJSGozmuHM2GjqEY0NPOZVMNZpgzKOGXrXYKlLrpO3MLzk0FSF086rT2IOJFcJRKjIjeN89QD35-eF0NyHg06gRwuJYUCmvCkVbswCYprUMr8hjuiX6YhUyrV_iQZtYOJO6opbyyFnoGVSYIDIxFA4XJ5HIR4mwHNW7Q/s2308/Screenshot%202022-08-17%20at%2011.55.47.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2308" data-original-width="2040" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWGYWSJDmAJ6KUso9aC9Uq3OpJSGozmuHM2GjqEY0NPOZVMNZpgzKOGXrXYKlLrpO3MLzk0FSF086rT2IOJFcJRKjIjeN89QD35-eF0NyHg06gRwuJYUCmvCkVbswCYprUMr8hjuiX6YhUyrV_iQZtYOJO6opbyyFnoGVSYIDIxFA4XJ5HIR4mwHNW7Q/w354-h400/Screenshot%202022-08-17%20at%2011.55.47.png" width="354" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><p></p>Blackbirdhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08802902623684511241noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6234406959579117335.post-6749648362752601032022-08-16T04:40:00.004-07:002022-08-17T02:17:59.268-07:00A tale of two sculpture parks<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Back in March, I still had respite funds, so I decided to visit Yorkshire Sculpture Park, which sits on the river Dearne, the river from which my family name comes from. My great Grandad Dearnley moved to Lincolnshire from Yorkshire originally.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">So technically, YSP is my own sculpture park.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">YSP were kind enough to waive any ticket fees, and let me have a free ticket, although this was the first time I've visited YSP by public transport, and it was an adventure! A train delay meant I would have to wait too long to get a bus, so I ended up paying more for taxis :-s</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">So it wasn't ideal!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">I was keen to see Robert Indiana, and his particular use of recycled material seems like a method I could use with no materials budget, but I don't live near an abandoned shipyard... although I do live near a marina...</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRagM-HafnXgF3l6B-xDA8BI7v35WpkAISYSAJTTIQ_jfZShQSgxJf2Cbs32dOsIY2PyLeddSsDz6_KctqLm88qgIsZI7czuh0dT-s6ZAWNrwEclAyY294tVOOJnuybj-gwjy-zXzRA4nyXNO9OqEFcoJbPK4V7yjfeCrybdMwWcH9ZPyXBBgW3JtdoA/s3264/IMG_3527.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3264" data-original-width="2448" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRagM-HafnXgF3l6B-xDA8BI7v35WpkAISYSAJTTIQ_jfZShQSgxJf2Cbs32dOsIY2PyLeddSsDz6_KctqLm88qgIsZI7czuh0dT-s6ZAWNrwEclAyY294tVOOJnuybj-gwjy-zXzRA4nyXNO9OqEFcoJbPK4V7yjfeCrybdMwWcH9ZPyXBBgW3JtdoA/w300-h400/IMG_3527.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">This piece stood out in particular to my own work as a woman artist... Mansplaining.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvqtxDh9lQ_BSBWSkaAXB9_HfgSVIaSsdIZli2Rg9FqMuxTQGKxCuMyJsUwMoCcyxRv-eqZtwVtNWKvZh4i0gqSZ3AjBKYyzp5iaLJ4xmNTxlhML4l-WK3-WMCdHI_sEYj5P8l50Q7t86OORBjfKNkt7GykGjO565F8cFXiioE7_G57RlIf7Bi5XE2Ng/s3264/IMG_3532.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3264" data-original-width="2448" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvqtxDh9lQ_BSBWSkaAXB9_HfgSVIaSsdIZli2Rg9FqMuxTQGKxCuMyJsUwMoCcyxRv-eqZtwVtNWKvZh4i0gqSZ3AjBKYyzp5iaLJ4xmNTxlhML4l-WK3-WMCdHI_sEYj5P8l50Q7t86OORBjfKNkt7GykGjO565F8cFXiioE7_G57RlIf7Bi5XE2Ng/s320/IMG_3532.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWLCC4Cvyxwf6crgv0UHZbbxiZc-K3S8ZK5G-lZ1a_gNldh_Pmae57bDjiIjZlobV6gDpDgvyY6k5xmeQSWhiL_kmOWh4SnZOnPKuj08cIlAQQcnDVPxWbQdtn0jb5iIP2yDA07lvSjVYZuPup7--goD4v7ROK2ZAA7UixEOr4kqAH41ImTnGpT4WYXw/s3264/IMG_3584.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3264" data-original-width="2448" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWLCC4Cvyxwf6crgv0UHZbbxiZc-K3S8ZK5G-lZ1a_gNldh_Pmae57bDjiIjZlobV6gDpDgvyY6k5xmeQSWhiL_kmOWh4SnZOnPKuj08cIlAQQcnDVPxWbQdtn0jb5iIP2yDA07lvSjVYZuPup7--goD4v7ROK2ZAA7UixEOr4kqAH41ImTnGpT4WYXw/s320/IMG_3584.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">More mansplaining here from Damien Hirst! Maybe one day I will be allowed to make sculpture about my own experiences as a teenage mother!</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhP5C9udQbHiHxq48qJMd2IC-dCt9K1_1fcVDvyTIVatHaXCVASRrrvZd7De305HP2EGii9K04mMu8zhrNmUGWHkrMx1psaLYt8dc0ZMPG_p7TKwpV0gb-_sxYgDnPC4TCrMVAeHMgwmIgz4S8ejOEdoo4Zv3n_bL9dj2YMrL1NP_GEoVPksGgeKsBDQ/s3264/IMG_3580.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3264" data-original-width="2448" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhP5C9udQbHiHxq48qJMd2IC-dCt9K1_1fcVDvyTIVatHaXCVASRrrvZd7De305HP2EGii9K04mMu8zhrNmUGWHkrMx1psaLYt8dc0ZMPG_p7TKwpV0gb-_sxYgDnPC4TCrMVAeHMgwmIgz4S8ejOEdoo4Zv3n_bL9dj2YMrL1NP_GEoVPksGgeKsBDQ/s320/IMG_3580.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Here I photoshopped The Best Thing in a couple of locations at YSP, to imagine if it was a fully realised sculpture exhibited there.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXp-GrUH1pC2dfW_wJfuRuG7Ahc6Yv-PeoBdD_FV_0JwENSSu0sJy7wec4cpG-_oOeGKDvOeqr6hLI9LRLi1CPeyiGHTm_l36rZT_mH2UajS9RebJTfmtVKj7rORb6uxN2TlvjCRahbTEgIiX3rpXo2ExlURQxix4Sr1O8BuTd-IQyD8Pl7tOfrBXX1A/s3264/IMG_3624.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3264" data-original-width="2448" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXp-GrUH1pC2dfW_wJfuRuG7Ahc6Yv-PeoBdD_FV_0JwENSSu0sJy7wec4cpG-_oOeGKDvOeqr6hLI9LRLi1CPeyiGHTm_l36rZT_mH2UajS9RebJTfmtVKj7rORb6uxN2TlvjCRahbTEgIiX3rpXo2ExlURQxix4Sr1O8BuTd-IQyD8Pl7tOfrBXX1A/s320/IMG_3624.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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<a href="https://ysp.org.uk/about-ysp/heritage" target="_blank">I do not know who these people are who have laid claims to the mansion</a> but I do know that as an illustrator, I made a zine titled Ms Blackbird's Home For Peculiar People, which reimagines the abandoned Johnson Hospital as being the HQ for Ms Blackbird, ymbryne of the Lincoln loop, in a spin off of Miss Peregrine's Home For Peculiar Children.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"> So I emailed Yorkshire Sculpture Park to find out if I could possibly run some wellbeing workshops there once it reopens as a hotel, so I could come and stay at my own sculpture park, and do artist talks etc.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">I had a reply from the curators to say that it was all booked up with artists, some gatekeeping info... but they were kind enough to say that if I ever want to visit, I can email them, and I can have a free ticket whenever I want, and they'll keep my info on file for any future opportunities.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">It's the very LEAST they could do.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">So contrast with Doddington Hall Sculpture Exhibition just outside Lincoln. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">I can get there very easily by bicycle along the Georgie Twigg track, so I emailed Doddington Hall to ask if they could off a free ticket for an #ExcludedUK artist and carer, but got no reply.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">I had my first COVID in July, which was absolutely terrible, and self isolated until I was well again, and after weeks of cloudy weather, I decided to go for a ride out to Doddington Hall anyway, because I needed the vitamin D.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">A few years ago, I was invited to the private view for the sculpture exhibition, probably when I was running Lincoln Artist's Network, so I have visited it before.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Doddington Hall rely on volunteers, but still request an entry fee to visit the gardens where you can see the work. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Of course, as an artist, there are no labour laws in the land that mean I should pay to look at art to do my job, so I had a look around to see what I could see without paying to do my job.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">At the back of the hall there was this massive car bonnet logo...</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span> </span></span></div><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilP5gOgHjQBVRUTCwgh6pNFxa08QWxivx-gwcfyldgdZyNNPlHsPtn0eD9RwSPNdQMaO98mPGH6PUwqObl1f_7J4zj-AfEbzDKX7XvDvCO28HPaumxHbkrs73OAJYQgkNjx1-l4veO7reQiCVT1b_S0iDs_MMuXDw9SCdhE7pt6dUxo-FNDb0v8CS6jQ/s1800/B6D96116-C180-4C3F-B7A5-99356EF556DA.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1800" data-original-width="1440" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilP5gOgHjQBVRUTCwgh6pNFxa08QWxivx-gwcfyldgdZyNNPlHsPtn0eD9RwSPNdQMaO98mPGH6PUwqObl1f_7J4zj-AfEbzDKX7XvDvCO28HPaumxHbkrs73OAJYQgkNjx1-l4veO7reQiCVT1b_S0iDs_MMuXDw9SCdhE7pt6dUxo-FNDb0v8CS6jQ/w320-h400/B6D96116-C180-4C3F-B7A5-99356EF556DA.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">This kinetic sculpture that resembles a washing line / wind farm</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">I did not bother to look for the artist info, as I'm not paid enough...</span></div><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgod0w1Fdg_T65Htb1I5z87on2Z-_CbWlngl5loqsSeHoslW2DnCh_LoDlafyE2lyGGH4GTYrN9xuIvVGqxhkH9NvpGJkfkvhb46FV1bpTsjdtZ3tU2WEqgNK22XlCRFoWui0Tw-QtIXsJhPqHp-NH8ioe3ONzcTKg9bieYzVXfhXR-HypjvX-VRH6ssQ/s1800/B3D8C837-DA40-4407-B488-2B5BD39824BD.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1800" data-original-width="1440" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgod0w1Fdg_T65Htb1I5z87on2Z-_CbWlngl5loqsSeHoslW2DnCh_LoDlafyE2lyGGH4GTYrN9xuIvVGqxhkH9NvpGJkfkvhb46FV1bpTsjdtZ3tU2WEqgNK22XlCRFoWui0Tw-QtIXsJhPqHp-NH8ioe3ONzcTKg9bieYzVXfhXR-HypjvX-VRH6ssQ/s320/B3D8C837-DA40-4407-B488-2B5BD39824BD.jpg" width="256" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">There is a long vista that is visible from the gardens at Doddington Hall, with a pyramid at the bottom, so I decided to go for a walk down to the pyramid.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRKH73XydqUDDaAUmFOECEUCkRnBQgvajvdxphAPARW-r4dATPwH66Uy3sUTSm7HpYANPLJ7HAvwTkfNS9xKSmT8Thx8oepS4dp8Q5CU2IUCH8gDqhjHG0wK14zVe2SnoCjuiqTjeZZk1dZiS3I5fdnSyRgMOYqtqpEeerTYpdAXmwEwDV7K3HBaq9Xg/s1800/997E9949-4770-40DF-BD68-C55649987DAC.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1800" data-original-width="1440" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRKH73XydqUDDaAUmFOECEUCkRnBQgvajvdxphAPARW-r4dATPwH66Uy3sUTSm7HpYANPLJ7HAvwTkfNS9xKSmT8Thx8oepS4dp8Q5CU2IUCH8gDqhjHG0wK14zVe2SnoCjuiqTjeZZk1dZiS3I5fdnSyRgMOYqtqpEeerTYpdAXmwEwDV7K3HBaq9Xg/w320-h400/997E9949-4770-40DF-BD68-C55649987DAC.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">This view is looking back at the hall from the pyramid</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcWhC8D9XWXNGnet_erodR8JcsoHsPAnHZJAqCCPkhY85sMdiVV3RkMgvWFkRb1PE-A9zAEIxNbfS3bh_laM-fbPZdQoKPMio7MUBJ5oyFcQTsOS6SxKSKRlWXKocCqKMbi-LryQjlrtDEyi6nlcoN9_fnxY7UyM6HPxmTm0-4KSOPNNl9K2zZ0NWadQ/s1800/3206111A-7256-4B63-8DF7-174D745C1FD4.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1800" data-original-width="1440" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcWhC8D9XWXNGnet_erodR8JcsoHsPAnHZJAqCCPkhY85sMdiVV3RkMgvWFkRb1PE-A9zAEIxNbfS3bh_laM-fbPZdQoKPMio7MUBJ5oyFcQTsOS6SxKSKRlWXKocCqKMbi-LryQjlrtDEyi6nlcoN9_fnxY7UyM6HPxmTm0-4KSOPNNl9K2zZ0NWadQ/s320/3206111A-7256-4B63-8DF7-174D745C1FD4.jpg" width="256" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">The pyramid is a folly built from materials on the estate, and not a tomb.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">However, I did summon the ancient forces of Mumm-Ra, the Ever Living, and it does resemble a mummy's outside toilet!</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnVCUilPQjhbGTr_clAEkQD0EpLaMNqyOndT0ceOsYtYzHrLcRaQoLP-lOwLbXd_FPyL_8DLyIYsAAXxxVynXwWwzNUMRf0oFIEQ-anYN0-2JNepC3zWoiWrQb1QinMuEWH-FRxNQAemo7Egr0r57Vu41ky3ZbEC4q2E8GhcpyN2agJLWeb6E_y1F8aQ/s1800/4656B1D6-881F-4A07-BF99-60E36322E23B.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1800" data-original-width="1440" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnVCUilPQjhbGTr_clAEkQD0EpLaMNqyOndT0ceOsYtYzHrLcRaQoLP-lOwLbXd_FPyL_8DLyIYsAAXxxVynXwWwzNUMRf0oFIEQ-anYN0-2JNepC3zWoiWrQb1QinMuEWH-FRxNQAemo7Egr0r57Vu41ky3ZbEC4q2E8GhcpyN2agJLWeb6E_y1F8aQ/w320-h400/4656B1D6-881F-4A07-BF99-60E36322E23B.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><span style="font-family: verdana;">Inside, there was no mummy, nor a mausoleum, it is an empty tomb... </span><div><span style="font-family: verdana;">However, it would be an excellent location for a video or sound art piece - I wonder what the acoustics are like?<br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLRYoyxUptqoOdS4y6a6NoPTWfhY_p2iGWz0Vj3BEYU4bLtBHqQkjaV9SE3s86jc4ysD-j2fAc0izYWi-2f03FQYcPR3jpPgHJtW3tjXUkzh_PXnZxVg4OKcgoeboX9l5KglLSK3kObGlGVvfhgTh--ievBPGV8gZrx_K_oSe9VaXLke7IKzBBX9nItQ/s1800/00FD3249-5EF4-4924-A59E-3B89D8A34712.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1800" data-original-width="1440" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLRYoyxUptqoOdS4y6a6NoPTWfhY_p2iGWz0Vj3BEYU4bLtBHqQkjaV9SE3s86jc4ysD-j2fAc0izYWi-2f03FQYcPR3jpPgHJtW3tjXUkzh_PXnZxVg4OKcgoeboX9l5KglLSK3kObGlGVvfhgTh--ievBPGV8gZrx_K_oSe9VaXLke7IKzBBX9nItQ/s320/00FD3249-5EF4-4924-A59E-3B89D8A34712.jpg" width="256" /></a></div><div><br /></div><span style="font-family: verdana;">My experience as a sculpture is only as one of Anthony Gormley's plinthers for the Fourth Plinth, but no Anthony Gormley was seen at either location.</span><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;">The lovely Rosanne Robertson has some work in the Summer Of Love LGBTQ exhibition at YSP, which happened after I visited, but I've seen work online.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">I guess that if there's a private view at Yorkshire Sculpture Park, I may be able to make it, but I would also hope that one day it will be MY private view!!</span></div><p></p><p><br /></p></div>Blackbirdhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08802902623684511241noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6234406959579117335.post-2471081004912699122022-06-15T03:54:00.006-07:002022-09-16T08:48:15.547-07:00Peace Paintings<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Back in July 2021, my son kindly bought me three canvases for my birthday, so I have been producing some peace paintings on them with an aim to exhibit and sell them somewhere such as the Nobel Peace Center.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgK1chA0PhVEuvAYdv4TR_wrJ3hRpw0e4WPAdh-Zve6wyF1dcO_QASQJK8j-FGvJrTD76IdfgwC57rNONehmMT1Lyd1i-js6k2yeog2_WlG32XlUZPH5rJpH_tS14Vf6bZj-xKKtHkF54sn/s2048/And+Our+Heroes+Have+Misplaced+Their+Map+-+Ekebergparken.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1696" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgK1chA0PhVEuvAYdv4TR_wrJ3hRpw0e4WPAdh-Zve6wyF1dcO_QASQJK8j-FGvJrTD76IdfgwC57rNONehmMT1Lyd1i-js6k2yeog2_WlG32XlUZPH5rJpH_tS14Vf6bZj-xKKtHkF54sn/w530-h640/And+Our+Heroes+Have+Misplaced+Their+Map+-+Ekebergparken.jpg" width="530" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">They follow on from the Photoshop juxtapositions, so the above is from a photo I took in Ekebergparken, but the golden tree at the top is from South Common, and our Cathedral is visible on the horizon.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">The doves are based on my Grandad's prize winning racing pigeons, which were sort of similar to German Beauty Homers (if you're a pigeon breeder) as far as I know, but they really were a rare breed, so don't actually know.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQg48tCe3JuUp2tEmmnnAayqgEPBtDv8vuUKxWfJcZu6VA_z9re8dBM7bs8BRXgCCeq_OM-lDxDxztKay173svTN4R-q0ezuFqeKucozKXbzzVuRbRF77kJUeJlxGe6UQoEViS92k_9zA1/s2048/And+Our+Heroes+Have+Misplaced+Their+Map+-+Ekebergparken+%2528kintsugi+dove%2529.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="2048" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQg48tCe3JuUp2tEmmnnAayqgEPBtDv8vuUKxWfJcZu6VA_z9re8dBM7bs8BRXgCCeq_OM-lDxDxztKay173svTN4R-q0ezuFqeKucozKXbzzVuRbRF77kJUeJlxGe6UQoEViS92k_9zA1/s320/And+Our+Heroes+Have+Misplaced+Their+Map+-+Ekebergparken+%2528kintsugi+dove%2529.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">One is a white dove, the other is a melanistic dove, and both have been fixed with kintsugi, to follow the theme that peace repaired with gold is more beautiful.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirTmI8XDdupatBXdpx0H0NHPyjpZQB4-LvbIIGS2kiOEtK2P0od0cJrDqd-jJ9xCogefqM89b93B2DM8J7jWWX_WKv9PqLM0-Y0O80lDHbmVTcA-LZ1Ieic_gV3OIHbRvgMzkZb1sSB7gj/s2048/And+Our+Heroes+Have+Misplaced+Their+Map+-+Ekebergparken+%2528kintsugi+melanistic+dove%2529.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirTmI8XDdupatBXdpx0H0NHPyjpZQB4-LvbIIGS2kiOEtK2P0od0cJrDqd-jJ9xCogefqM89b93B2DM8J7jWWX_WKv9PqLM0-Y0O80lDHbmVTcA-LZ1Ieic_gV3OIHbRvgMzkZb1sSB7gj/s320/And+Our+Heroes+Have+Misplaced+Their+Map+-+Ekebergparken+%2528kintsugi+melanistic+dove%2529.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">As part of And Our Heroes Have Misplaced Their Map, I have taken a Syrian girl from a photo from Aleppo, and placed her in Ekebergparken. She is not screaming, nor is the sky screaming, as Edvard Munch painted it. </span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9zl03BD2pyQbJ__Rhh9dGXhraxdxix8JwouiFZmIfZmXUNabEOakrEe2pvFLglOPiwG8AO-ISruoVaQ8Td3OPl4jTcNUYXRwZknkLycc6iT1U6m2p6z3ImTr8_ttyMMTWF1OdvwHQqhFz/s2048/And+Our+Heroes+Have+Misplaced+Their+Map+Afghan+Refugee+.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="2048" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9zl03BD2pyQbJ__Rhh9dGXhraxdxix8JwouiFZmIfZmXUNabEOakrEe2pvFLglOPiwG8AO-ISruoVaQ8Td3OPl4jTcNUYXRwZknkLycc6iT1U6m2p6z3ImTr8_ttyMMTWF1OdvwHQqhFz/w640-h640/And+Our+Heroes+Have+Misplaced+Their+Map+Afghan+Refugee+.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /> <p></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">The second is from a bike ride to Holton-Cum-Beckering, of Lincolnshire fields, and Lincolnshire sky. The sky has no military ruining it. Only doves.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">The woman is an Afghan refugee from a photograph where she is sewing facemasks during the current global pandemic. She is sewing with a golden thread.</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh81sq48SwCiYglvl6FZvD18iSJaT6mshUDDN9mV8amffYftY9UkMdGGPqIaOzr0-PnIiS5rYJbe3hBKSEIpSQF_mKjbtqOWSvR7EIs1aN0zYyHNVbDi96qGRq2T_EmiopI8Dl90v4l0GQL/s2048/IMG_2796.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="2048" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh81sq48SwCiYglvl6FZvD18iSJaT6mshUDDN9mV8amffYftY9UkMdGGPqIaOzr0-PnIiS5rYJbe3hBKSEIpSQF_mKjbtqOWSvR7EIs1aN0zYyHNVbDi96qGRq2T_EmiopI8Dl90v4l0GQL/w640-h640/IMG_2796.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div><span style="font-family: verdana;">The third painting is a field of white poppies - Papaver Somniferum - grown in fields in Lincolnshire for the pharmaceutical industry, juxtaposed with Lincolnshire skies being inhabited by two Syrian boys feeding a flock of doves. </span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;">All three are acrylic on canvas.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;">40 x 50cm</span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;">£1000 where sold.</span></div>Blackbirdhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08802902623684511241noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6234406959579117335.post-81317303314958171982022-06-14T04:36:00.003-07:002022-08-08T06:16:07.712-07:00Lost Dreams<p><span style="font-family: verdana;">I've taken the opportunity to use the Business Revival Grant to make some video art for Lost Dreams tracks. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">I have Adobe Creative Suite to use until it expires in August, and at the rate of commissions and the ongoing cultural assault on #ExcludedUK artists, it's unlikely I'll be able to afford to renew it when it expires. So this means that I need to make use of it while I have it.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">Lost Dreams needed some videos for potential exhibition, either as standalone artwork, or for imagery if I ever perform the tracks at a music festival, for instance.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">Recently, two new tracks were produced from found audio that sounds very similar to the existing sound art tracks: Elvis Clones and The Blackbird Of Chernobyl.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">"Elvis Clones" is based on a small clip of an American DJ talking about Elvis Clones. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">For the associated video, my son has taught me how to use modded Minecraft to make Elvis Clones...</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">In April, I became mayor of Memphis, apparently, and some diabolical researchers transformed a Minecraft mansion into Graceland populated by Elvis Clones.</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiN_OLH-ldSBmtI7T3RppMzmTjWRmxU0K0gd70ZZeB77gzBqcQCVwNgp2qt9wmfVz-EiRW-7_sPm4GOwjs9MRzMHjGeqpGJcnIb7AufkKhDBg5myIvnt3IyAwZSQdmH3MnYKatVmICi_R3BNV1pALd5PAKE5GhWg5fKl7kpHhSGMv8W3umSf1BhZTn18g/s2867/IMG_3891.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2867" data-original-width="2148" height="547" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiN_OLH-ldSBmtI7T3RppMzmTjWRmxU0K0gd70ZZeB77gzBqcQCVwNgp2qt9wmfVz-EiRW-7_sPm4GOwjs9MRzMHjGeqpGJcnIb7AufkKhDBg5myIvnt3IyAwZSQdmH3MnYKatVmICi_R3BNV1pALd5PAKE5GhWg5fKl7kpHhSGMv8W3umSf1BhZTn18g/w411-h547/IMG_3891.JPG" width="411" /></a></div><p></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">All the Elvis Clones are programmed to repeat quotes the the DJ was making in jest.</span></div><div><br /></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3AmuXKqr-9gVC1rLLFzun4v34rSqjmifS4bV-8jaeTDxAVnAOdN0ten7ciNYX0DZfcH2uvDMETnJNPv8PrBCwmuCEPshpTpO5hDiPsGP-_nEPoxCNr9Ug1EZpZHEf9bEzYUJJ6gsYmnrLpznNAzVjOfw66Mg_Qpi3n2Jhw2JrNJM-Omj03R6NbLpcIQ/s4474/Elvis%20Clones%20Graceland.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; 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margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2156" data-original-width="4462" height="310" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbTLZCUZZTC2JKFrROkjXeJBJa76UnMmFpPbHAVLsHH3Xk_hTl3rw-zRaGRPak9i9Z2NlYRDj33FAcv1SCQLfYgcZaKERSR1xTT6rhIDxUYzCSQ7hzXcxUN2if8zH04jDB55mvr1GmckJzqBSERrJ46eFcogLqrdBG86s1gNeoAmK4CWXTzSupa1_Z-A/w640-h310/Jungle%20Room.png" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; text-align: left;">In modded Minecraft, there are various persons that you can delegate tasks to, so all of the building work is done for you, along with the welfare of the inhabitants, who live alongside the Elvis Clones within the world.</span></div><p></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/pKUjPHOJsf0" width="320" youtube-src-id="pKUjPHOJsf0"></iframe></div><br /><span style="font-family: verdana;">For instance, there is a plague doctor, who apparently cures illnesses musically with a potato and carrot!<br />All of these random occurrences form part of the new videos, which are uploaded to Youtube, but are currently not visible to the public.</span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">The Blackbird Of Chernobyl has a different creative process, where I have layered digital footage produced with programming, to match the found sounds.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1xGczPBAyQfZK3eq9TL-P56BMDDw-hMDaL0C6Btfmk2FVcZ4Wn6xGZD1ObaidEX7c5HspTT4tE6vQySIFrrG85p_sajwi_hcDzmN5OEsOdYDBytg4SN9Rxh6cSUYoh07LMpdlDmGMjZcgqL7AvcOpAbLb67SML4aPZOKa8lo7OiLMG3VADMOGpXmuNQ/s3826/The%20Blackbird%20Of%20Chernobyl%20still.png" imageanchor="1" style="font-family: -webkit-standard; 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text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; text-align: left;">The Blackbird Of Chernobyl is also the title of a game due for release soon, but this is not related to that.</span></div><p></p><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLnP5UeVTyMt723QQzWvlCuhTEsaWLqQHiUWL0Aqhfa4zVt0_MQldL38hd6stT6Jkkv3Or7U7aIGvIgflQQ03y-0nZ-1p5zoOFG9AYFODuMDWTPLNcU6_N36WQd9Io2LBCcs0NyIyGPeoNKDqnCc4D7j-aUcSXdI1s83T0ekE8YyLvuui_b6YNBrSWBA/s3828/The%20Blackbird%20Of%20Chernobyl%20Digital%20still.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2082" data-original-width="3828" height="348" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLnP5UeVTyMt723QQzWvlCuhTEsaWLqQHiUWL0Aqhfa4zVt0_MQldL38hd6stT6Jkkv3Or7U7aIGvIgflQQ03y-0nZ-1p5zoOFG9AYFODuMDWTPLNcU6_N36WQd9Io2LBCcs0NyIyGPeoNKDqnCc4D7j-aUcSXdI1s83T0ekE8YyLvuui_b6YNBrSWBA/w640-h348/The%20Blackbird%20Of%20Chernobyl%20Digital%20still.png" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br />Blackbirdhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08802902623684511241noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6234406959579117335.post-47327147076543213762022-03-11T05:53:00.008-08:002022-03-28T07:36:18.434-07:00#IWD #IWD2022 Sleep Piece For Yoko Ono <span style="font-family: verdana;">
The #inspirationalwomenartists exhibition and auction ended on Tuesday evening #IWD #IWD2022</span><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8PKBfaAo9QwmtRHij_DMQs3UirvDEMM035IqQdHGBTOuPDeXOYX0KKu88KyUs2hEbRPDDYn6EJTGrmvi8nId9rglliG_9hd0rGumy83ripKajir6zbUngUC326CJYXF70UgYDiDkbKjQCHBIOhrmeM9uHXpPRGRSUvEvfBgUxKUwREoavMVOEJxgbxA/s1080/Event%20Calendar%20Instagram%20Post.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1080" height="440" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8PKBfaAo9QwmtRHij_DMQs3UirvDEMM035IqQdHGBTOuPDeXOYX0KKu88KyUs2hEbRPDDYn6EJTGrmvi8nId9rglliG_9hd0rGumy83ripKajir6zbUngUC326CJYXF70UgYDiDkbKjQCHBIOhrmeM9uHXpPRGRSUvEvfBgUxKUwREoavMVOEJxgbxA/w440-h440/Event%20Calendar%20Instagram%20Post.png" width="440" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><a href="https://my.encliptic.co.uk/tour/gods-house-tower" target="_blank">You can have a virtual look at Sleep Piece For Yoko Ono in the exhibition here</a><br /></span><div><span style="font-family: verdana;">Sleep Piece For Yoko Ono sold to one lucky owner, which is great news!</span></div></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEj_gYE0fglA_O0i1EFnahot9SuvUBEYR0se7QRV14B4kofT--b55mWYqWm_tqL0tJOsp1hPQvtSsQBNpOzLi02trvF5fBogOwS7a4d4zSsVz8LXHk8659pTOibm26Qlp9mlroUASbKQoF4GkkU3h9-UloalexUSY8KKabSLVaBcFHOSq4NLRzeZfXv4OA=s4086" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2328" data-original-width="4086" height="298" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEj_gYE0fglA_O0i1EFnahot9SuvUBEYR0se7QRV14B4kofT--b55mWYqWm_tqL0tJOsp1hPQvtSsQBNpOzLi02trvF5fBogOwS7a4d4zSsVz8LXHk8659pTOibm26Qlp9mlroUASbKQoF4GkkU3h9-UloalexUSY8KKabSLVaBcFHOSq4NLRzeZfXv4OA=w523-h298" width="523" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhNlxm1dWXIPN9gurKGqhwfVAp41nxAi1or3Jfbhymo8tYMCoqBESavxrvxfxep0Jam_Mj6eYV5uie2ikMpnwoPrRTdqfhJfTKSVnY30gPmKlyEwl7NCm42ultMOlcP5M2UYya6paHyaRaqoDn7FwZiF2sIh4ILu6YeuLBRitOxAa5Gtq95nXfaAvVGsw=s4052" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2312" data-original-width="4052" height="297" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhNlxm1dWXIPN9gurKGqhwfVAp41nxAi1or3Jfbhymo8tYMCoqBESavxrvxfxep0Jam_Mj6eYV5uie2ikMpnwoPrRTdqfhJfTKSVnY30gPmKlyEwl7NCm42ultMOlcP5M2UYya6paHyaRaqoDn7FwZiF2sIh4ILu6YeuLBRitOxAa5Gtq95nXfaAvVGsw=w519-h297" width="519" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">The exhibition was in a great space!</span></div><br /><div><a href="https://www.voice.com/creation/100000001086309" style="font-family: verdana;" target="_blank">The #NFT version is now available here.</a></div><div><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(41, 41, 41); color: #292929; font-family: charter, Georgia, Cambria, "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-size: 20px; letter-spacing: -0.05999999865889549px;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="caret-color: rgb(41, 41, 41); font-size: 20px; letter-spacing: -0.05999999865889549px;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><a href="https://wax-io.medium.com/voice-platform-to-make-it-easier-than-ever-for-creators-to-mint-and-share-nfts-ce2301356d79" style="background-color: #bf9000;" target="_blank">"Voice has moved away from the type of business model that exploits artists’ NFTs for personal gain. Instead, it ensures that creators and their works are at the forefront of the platform’s success."</a></span></span></div></div>Blackbirdhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08802902623684511241noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6234406959579117335.post-54100007502672501322022-01-26T02:18:00.009-08:002022-01-27T06:43:52.583-08:00New business branding and NFTs!<p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b></b></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEg2TzqlG6_LjIdWzWsshjhP55MNHL2kIi8bjy8csG59-PliNuxG0kZHyR0nSQ20z2396zhzmM3i9c6tQZp9L63k-kqbEyyaJTQvGc5-Ik_fftP61zh5VKLbsixZha46ruEr_1z6rUR4fymavID_qENZSqdTTFt9CIjltoj7Dd8RaIgF1CKk9kh6QsBUDQ=s3360" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="840" data-original-width="3360" height="148" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEg2TzqlG6_LjIdWzWsshjhP55MNHL2kIi8bjy8csG59-PliNuxG0kZHyR0nSQ20z2396zhzmM3i9c6tQZp9L63k-kqbEyyaJTQvGc5-Ik_fftP61zh5VKLbsixZha46ruEr_1z6rUR4fymavID_qENZSqdTTFt9CIjltoj7Dd8RaIgF1CKk9kh6QsBUDQ=w595-h148" width="595" /></a></b></span></div><p><b style="font-family: verdana;">Rebranding - use of Photoshop has enabled some rebranding.</b></p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgGjg6UINwfzUGaGPSNAyBN7fwWkWXtPQARqWN5mqRjyv_fdjr9fjYDAWRmXjnGl057i6pWg5azQcwCFVrgC30S1KuUra5cGj8uN-hfMtiW75VbU13BcJc6e8VnZfG3EH2MJKFYlJo4wM6NrSlEw1UMtIHW2td_MDgxkm8ZKNJV0bvZminzyv7W1fDBxQ=s500" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="500" data-original-width="500" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgGjg6UINwfzUGaGPSNAyBN7fwWkWXtPQARqWN5mqRjyv_fdjr9fjYDAWRmXjnGl057i6pWg5azQcwCFVrgC30S1KuUra5cGj8uN-hfMtiW75VbU13BcJc6e8VnZfG3EH2MJKFYlJo4wM6NrSlEw1UMtIHW2td_MDgxkm8ZKNJV0bvZminzyv7W1fDBxQ=s320" width="320" /></a></div><br />Like many other artists, I've made good use of the Business Revival Grant funding to mint some NFTs before my current Creative Cloud subscription runs out in June this year. </b></span><p></p><p><b><span style="font-family: verdana;">Where my work has not generated an income elsewhere,<a href="https://www.voice.com/blackbird76" target="_blank"> it gets minted on what is described as the most environmentally friendly carbon neutral blockchain, Voicehq.</a></span></b></p><p><b><span style="font-family: verdana;">No gas fees, either, so all I need now is for someone to invest in my work!</span></b></p><p><b><span style="font-family: verdana;">That's where you all come in. </span></b></p><p><b><span style="font-family: verdana;">That's why I share my work online - to source clients and buyers, not just for attention, or because I have some sort of strange need to share my work for free. It's not free.</span></b></p><p><b><span style="font-family: verdana;">The reserve price is quite high - that's because the less money I have in the bank, the more I need to recover in losses from people claiming to be artists grifting for arts orgs causing rejection fatigue.</span></b></p><p><b><span style="font-family: verdana;"><a href="https://discord.com/channels/@me" target="_blank">Anyway, you can add yourself as a friend to my Discord server here</a>, which I also hope will be useful :-) </span></b></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiM3vUk82W9MBPIazkBkfrDuqiaC5AG_E84UCV9OqVRoyKn4YlLgH_2helKgePknqBPcvS7ajwui7qDX8Wq6JnSWB7MjSvetD60VYp1tWj1IA2WBBLSbMWZdBmJt65pxMS1PZWroSa43urPNiprn5GcTPCQefRd98-rd1Aesf-tqIgBQB9tdQ1bHatHbQ=s500" style="font-family: verdana; font-weight: bold; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="500" data-original-width="500" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiM3vUk82W9MBPIazkBkfrDuqiaC5AG_E84UCV9OqVRoyKn4YlLgH_2helKgePknqBPcvS7ajwui7qDX8Wq6JnSWB7MjSvetD60VYp1tWj1IA2WBBLSbMWZdBmJt65pxMS1PZWroSa43urPNiprn5GcTPCQefRd98-rd1Aesf-tqIgBQB9tdQ1bHatHbQ=s320" width="320" /></a></div><b><span style="font-family: verdana;"><p><b><span style="font-family: verdana;">Where I use my artist's theme, or for specific sound art projects, this logo applies.</span></b></p><p><b></b></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgK5RDz8Rugmy7dqOvHpGOuuyGMqyu9lGc0yysw_LIq72uM5dZsYiYqhCurgkZlf2K4zbi4XLi_8g8SqnfHRJvevmh-UyNyT9ZZRvlUsgdV-JgU_KAGnhw6-Jg1gc4YCst6G-0aij4Ub_suuNcYLz_BdhHlrnY1ExLjIO0i79rAFFp9yAEjdj3nUbXvAQ=s3508" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3508" data-original-width="2480" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgK5RDz8Rugmy7dqOvHpGOuuyGMqyu9lGc0yysw_LIq72uM5dZsYiYqhCurgkZlf2K4zbi4XLi_8g8SqnfHRJvevmh-UyNyT9ZZRvlUsgdV-JgU_KAGnhw6-Jg1gc4YCst6G-0aij4Ub_suuNcYLz_BdhHlrnY1ExLjIO0i79rAFFp9yAEjdj3nUbXvAQ=w453-h640" width="453" /></a></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The following pricing applies for any commissioned work, and includes admin time. So if you're an arts org requesting artists to provide information, the example is not given to have the chance to "win" £100. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">It's not a lottery. My energy bill is not a lottery.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">For ten minutes to fill out a survey, this works out at £6.60 for my admin time, which must be paid. If your budget is £100, that works out at approximately 15 artists paid this amount (others may have less experience).</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">For information, I received a Community Life Survey from the government. It took me approx ten minutes to fill out, and for this time, they have provided a £10 shopping voucher. This is more worthy of my time.</div><b><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgIY-pdUS3HkM_93CQ3AtKt4_I_dx3tyIbSrKM_-UjynVXs4OdRVJ9BD9416BARmczRmxBVfnmAXblIbEN-Jkj0Mb7H9SZ3lJaVT5iWuTNk_zl6p0yzkl4ylHZ4vYNSj0LuRdJqbVFY8MOt-23laZ5h98SoZdfPW_BOSeUeTx-CR3iVP6rLJ5noyfk29g=s3508" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3508" data-original-width="2480" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgIY-pdUS3HkM_93CQ3AtKt4_I_dx3tyIbSrKM_-UjynVXs4OdRVJ9BD9416BARmczRmxBVfnmAXblIbEN-Jkj0Mb7H9SZ3lJaVT5iWuTNk_zl6p0yzkl4ylHZ4vYNSj0LuRdJqbVFY8MOt-23laZ5h98SoZdfPW_BOSeUeTx-CR3iVP6rLJ5noyfk29g=w452-h640" width="452" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></b><p></p><p><b><span style="font-family: verdana;"></span></b></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></b></div><b><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /><br /></span></b><p></p></span></b><p></p><p></p>Blackbirdhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08802902623684511241noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6234406959579117335.post-87625206216123529572022-01-21T07:59:00.004-08:002022-02-24T05:01:14.016-08:00Sleep Piece For Yoko Ono<p> </p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">Sleep Piece is a new piece I have submitted to <a href="https://aspacearts.org.uk/events/artist-open-call-inspirational-women-artists" target="_blank">A Space Arts' Open Call for International Women's Day</a></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">It's part of Lost Dreams, and will be available for auction unframed.</span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEitG2_WwiraQ1uiWA81bmcjp3cuUDcXB1yBlL-Qy5Mdx05DsvIcmWGfefofQ9kEqNCD3l7_E3JVlvOxcEMO-au9wB3odi0UPPmv2eUt4w92P39rvr_UlE1qzTzixuOdJXcvSN4iaQQXYWV62TFW-J_uyDmJriiwQBE58gc5MTV_tDAmo96Za72rYZWYgA=s1080" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1080" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEitG2_WwiraQ1uiWA81bmcjp3cuUDcXB1yBlL-Qy5Mdx05DsvIcmWGfefofQ9kEqNCD3l7_E3JVlvOxcEMO-au9wB3odi0UPPmv2eUt4w92P39rvr_UlE1qzTzixuOdJXcvSN4iaQQXYWV62TFW-J_uyDmJriiwQBE58gc5MTV_tDAmo96Za72rYZWYgA=w640-h640" width="640" /></a></div><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">The instructions are for Yoko Ono to repeat the experiment in Lost Dreams.</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjs-eReGr6L7IODAwybkYZ4qMVUzK4-gcj0JCiCYtsUsryp3041RWi0FBRZNFsESWJmGT535hAlfo7dw7JTXup2QqRIvusYE57Tl0wSwnLFR1aFASU9XUVTYGQw6WFdzCudRGuu55kK0-veZWL1d3UHRFad6bSIimSRvxQs_7avqGW1koEI6dlE2BCGLA=s2480" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2480" data-original-width="1748" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjs-eReGr6L7IODAwybkYZ4qMVUzK4-gcj0JCiCYtsUsryp3041RWi0FBRZNFsESWJmGT535hAlfo7dw7JTXup2QqRIvusYE57Tl0wSwnLFR1aFASU9XUVTYGQw6WFdzCudRGuu55kK0-veZWL1d3UHRFad6bSIimSRvxQs_7avqGW1koEI6dlE2BCGLA=w452-h640" width="452" /></a></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><a href="https://aspacearts.org.uk/events/inspirational-women-artists-exhibition-silent-auction" target="_blank">Follow this link for the exhibition info launching Friday 25th February - Tuesday 8th March 2022.</a></span></div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgcqxw7F5kA_ISs3SXUspJTqy6deyHc8gd2dYOkn8SrG3nstiDk2fQOraETT5qUagjcd13il7bDYeU2ucPOlZuUqISBQGmUMNBgfJQL4-b8W2xUTRSM0rnoK5p-mGKgKKWNsIX7cp-xOiyEv44FF-oqr_PD8NTBj7L7z7xdzLHy7zrDPMR3pfRpWD2bDQ=s1080" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1080" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgcqxw7F5kA_ISs3SXUspJTqy6deyHc8gd2dYOkn8SrG3nstiDk2fQOraETT5qUagjcd13il7bDYeU2ucPOlZuUqISBQGmUMNBgfJQL4-b8W2xUTRSM0rnoK5p-mGKgKKWNsIX7cp-xOiyEv44FF-oqr_PD8NTBj7L7z7xdzLHy7zrDPMR3pfRpWD2bDQ=w400-h400" width="400" /></a></div><div></div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgF_tOb_Tqc9HYlGotQSF4h442leAuanPDOkCOchaQquJbFosq7459MtCeouZgnSzbLE4NiHi_Db4L6EHvXA23_CrU1LYBWPuQj9w0KycP_Rx9jY-l3AazrySHLsWy6JO_otcseYu11QG0qad_dYQcBti2KpSwLBVUvN9unw74LNvhiZ_IYZARQdi5BKg=s1080" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1080" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgF_tOb_Tqc9HYlGotQSF4h442leAuanPDOkCOchaQquJbFosq7459MtCeouZgnSzbLE4NiHi_Db4L6EHvXA23_CrU1LYBWPuQj9w0KycP_Rx9jY-l3AazrySHLsWy6JO_otcseYu11QG0qad_dYQcBti2KpSwLBVUvN9unw74LNvhiZ_IYZARQdi5BKg=w400-h400" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><b><a href="https://godshousetower.org.uk/eventer/inspirational-women-artists-exhibition-silent-auction/edate/2022-02-25/" target="_blank">More information here</a></b></span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;">So, the outcome of my son's ESA assessment was that they have decided that he is no longer "eligible".</span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;">They have cut off all his income, and are forcing him to apply for the hated Universal Credit.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;">In my logical mind, it would make sense to continue to pay it until he has this in place, but they are evil.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;">So now my time is wasted making sure they don't fuck this up, and dealing with the fallout. </span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;">I was hoping that by now, we would have a proper prime minister, and an end to this nightmare, but still it goes on.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;">I didn't get the Peace Painting funding. </span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;">However, I do have a couple of commissions in the pipeline, and some positive feedback from a client last year, with some posters I illustrated due to appear around the city, which I hope will generate more commissions.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;">I'm still trying to recover some stolen income through NFTs. </span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;">I'm not interested in criticism of NFTs, as it's a new thing for artists, as Jerry Saltz states, like any art form, there are bound to be bad NFTs, but I'd rather be the one earning any income from them than someone stealing my work to mint and the income once again going elsewhere. It's high time artists DO earn a living for digital art!</span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;">So if this may also become an NFT, to generate more income following the auction.</span></div>Blackbirdhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08802902623684511241noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6234406959579117335.post-35227415527298403542021-12-20T03:55:00.005-08:002021-12-21T08:07:47.910-08:00End of year reflections 2021<p> <span style="font-family: verdana;">As another year of the global pandemic comes to an end, with the UK in political turmoil, with a completely incompetent prime minister, and still no sign of any #ExcludedUK financial support, there's a strange mix of hope and underlying despair.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">We ended the year with a funeral for Uncle Paul, a final farewell to a well respected chemistry teacher known to many in Peterborough, although we mainly remember him for constantly listening to opera and classical music, and his baritone choral singing will be missed at church services.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">It was the first time many family had gathered together since the pandemic and lockdowns, and he had a good send off. I thought of Sophie Calle again.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">Last year, I was very grateful for some welfare support that prevented us from dropping off a financial cliff edge into God knows where, but that's been withdrawn with nothing to replace it, certainly not wages.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">Of course, the Business Revival Grant has meant I've been able to continue to work, with several other grant applications, despite the ongoing discrimination I face as both a single parent and carer - which arts orgs are still keen to evade any responsibility for. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">I suggest that if you're a funder of arts commissions, opportunities and open calls, and continue to reject applications by single parents or carers, and can't handle the guilt of your discrimination, then please do resign from your job!! </span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">I'm not responsible for your guilt, you must own it yourself. In the same way that the prime minister bears the responsibility for his poor leadership. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">I don't apply for arts applications as an artist to get rejection after rejection. I only apply to be accepted - every time I apply. So that rejection is completely on the rejector, not me. And I do take it personally, as I'm the one that has to bear the punishment of living on £54 a week instead.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">I now invoice for my time taken to apply for these, whether or not they're successful, as that's admin time I could use better otherwise.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">My youngest son, who was made destitute in 2019, and whose destitution has caused some of the severe debts that I still can't recover from, has now got a job, so that's a relief. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">I started to gain a few commissions, but still not enough to cover all the bills or clear debts.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">My latest application is DYCP for Lost Dreams. I have been asked by musicians if I'm going to make it into a full album. I was only paid £50 to produce the EP, so I am hoping to make it into a performance art piece.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">So for next year, I am trying to keep positive, which is hard to do under the current circumstances!</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">I am hoping that at least one grant application (preferably more than one!) is successful.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">I am hoping to sell NFT artwork to earn a living.</span></p><p><br /></p>Blackbirdhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08802902623684511241noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6234406959579117335.post-80928304273775461302021-11-25T09:11:00.005-08:002021-12-10T07:42:20.338-08:00#CarersRightsDay - Artist As Carer - #humanrights<p><span style="font-family: verdana;">Since I became a carer, I stopped doing any unpaid work as an artist, because I kept being given advice about benefits, and was defined as "unpaid" by carer's charities, despite the Human Right to earn at least NMW for work, preferably the living wage, which is what care workers earn for doing the same work for strangers.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">I stopped applying for funding that I knew would be rejected, because it was too hard on my own wellbeing - see Grantium posts. When I ask people how freelance artists can get funding for arts and health projects, I'm told to apply to the Arts Council.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">When I apply to the Arts Council, I get rejection emails telling me things such as "there's not enough funding", which translates as "we fund arts orgs, but you may as well starve to death".</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">In September, I was very pleased to have taken part in a paid online discussion about arts and mental health paid for by the Culture Health & Wellbeing Alliance. Since then, I've had no income as an artist, and my energy company, Bulb have now collapsed and decided to change my direct debit to £271 per month - where this money is coming from, I'd really like to know, because it isn't in my bank account.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">Today is #CarersRightsDay, and I'm being paid £54 per week Working Tax Credits.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">I need to be paid #wagesnotclaps</span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjvzeB4PATqBuLuj0CQuEQP4dFwaefokBUKd4a0QYHJ0onhku4FajPd3FAs_lrtYqUJgClzxHjsD0hk33_XC34Bv2WCVoaxxHDc53kxz5hKeCBo9JjM3G5pLcmXJV64jQDdQWS_XYlI40A/s2048/%2523WAGESNOTCLAPSInsta.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="2048" height="492" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjvzeB4PATqBuLuj0CQuEQP4dFwaefokBUKd4a0QYHJ0onhku4FajPd3FAs_lrtYqUJgClzxHjsD0hk33_XC34Bv2WCVoaxxHDc53kxz5hKeCBo9JjM3G5pLcmXJV64jQDdQWS_XYlI40A/w492-h492/%2523WAGESNOTCLAPSInsta.jpg" width="492" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">I still have debts from 2019 caused by the DWP making my son destitute for ten months, including the Bulb energy debt that no one is helping to clear off.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">I've tried:</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">Step Change, Carers First, Citizen's Advice, NEA, none of whom seemed to help in any way. I need the debt writing off completely. I'm also told it isn't a big enough debt. But the bank seem to think reducing my overdraft is in some way useful... I'm currently relying on that to keep a roof over our heads. It's not a long term solution. I keep being told this, but how am I supposed to resolve it when I'm not being paid enough? Where are my rights?</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">Last year, during the pandemic, I had help from the welfare team at City Of Lincoln Council to keep it from spiralling out of control. That help has now been withdrawn.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">I've tried to focus on the positive Business Revival Grant, in the hope that building from that will encourage more income to manifest, but I've applied for several other funding applications, and I'm still getting rejection emails.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">I'm currently waiting for the outcome of a Joseph Rowntree Charitable Trust grant for Peace Painting, and a Reinvent application to run some workshops here in Lincoln. I've just applied to Grimsby Creates Fund to run talks and workshops in NE Lincs next year. I need these to be accepted, not rejected!!</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">I'm not being paid to apply for funding, for the admin time, so not only are these rejections preventing me from working, they are adding further abuse to the existing abuse of carer's charities that are defining us wrongly as "unpaid", and not fighting for #wagesnotclaps.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><a href="https://baringfoundation.org.uk/news-story/how-can-heritage-and-creativity-support-mental-health/" target="_blank">The Creatively Minded Report Launch</a> showcased similar projects to ones I've been doing, that are getting funded. But when I ask how artists can gain funding to run projects, I'm told to apply for Arts Council funding.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">This is a problem. So I have to ask why arts orgs are getting funding, but freelance artists are not. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">This is because they ask for questions, not solutions, and I'm more interested in solutions to problems, not asking constant questions to get no useful answer.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">The solution here is for funders to fund freelance artists directly to run or co-produce our own projects. We can still co-produce with NHS partners or others, but the funding comes to artists first, and we can then allocate that funding appropriately, not anyone else.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><a href="https://outsidein.org.uk" target="_blank">I came across OutsideIn, who I am hoping to work with to fund and run workshops next year, if by then I'm not completely bankrupt.</a></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">So, how has my day gone today?</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">I submitted an Arts Council DYCP grant application for Lost Dreams.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">I checked through the Sainsbury's online shopping to add a few things we need before tomorrow's delivery.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">I cancelled a Bulb energy direct debit, as Bulb have gone bust, but they decided to increase my direct debit to @271.28 per month, and I do not have this level of income. No Black Friday deals on energy bills, eh?</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">My son had an ESA assessment this afternoon, so some time was spent making sure he was up in time for that, and then answering the call and being there while he answered their questions, in case he needed any support, as he can't do these things by himself.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">A carer's group meeting with the psychiatrist has been changed, because the psychiatrist can no longer make it. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">I cooked tea for us all, because my son runs out of money in the week before his ESA goes in the bank, as he doesn't have enough income, and has poor financial management. I made sure he had food in his stomach. Food bought from supermarkets, not foodbanks.</span></p><p><br /></p>Blackbirdhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08802902623684511241noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6234406959579117335.post-16243891789773649862021-11-05T10:51:00.003-07:002021-11-05T10:59:41.264-07:00Peace Painting research - the Lincolnshire Conchies<p><span style="font-family: verdana;">I'm trying to find a way to do Peace Painting workshops, and I have three canvases bought for me by my son, which I decided would be best to do three peace paintings for potential exhibition at a commercial gallery, or for funding applications for Peace Painting. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">My son was once an extra in The Young Victoria, and worked with Jim Broadbent, so <a href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/insideout/eastmidlands/series6/lincolnshire_peace_community_conscientious_objector.shtml" target="_blank">I have been interested in the Lincolnshire Conchies</a>. I remember there being some information available online, but when I search for it, some of it is unavailable / censored. It's almost as if there are some that want to forget about anyone other than dead British soldiers, which is censoring history, so I think it's very important to make sure that no one is erased from history to suit a military agenda.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><a href="https://smudgyguide.net/conchies-play-2/" target="_blank">I missed out on this Conchies play in 2019, as I was dealing with my son's destitution :-( </a></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjor4TGYZqzl8CFLsFpaLrs1ct4xaWsE-0WxosflPzicgXOlSrImFZpsOVdT2e9CtDKaxsP19A0dE_zCI-dQPDH0MkCiE4pWiCJG9A8Ju6Rn0nXS0XneQqtsCcIrvtfFWE9D5G2wyytydMz/s2048/Screenshot+2021-10-17+at+12.09.21.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1221" data-original-width="2048" height="219" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjor4TGYZqzl8CFLsFpaLrs1ct4xaWsE-0WxosflPzicgXOlSrImFZpsOVdT2e9CtDKaxsP19A0dE_zCI-dQPDH0MkCiE4pWiCJG9A8Ju6Rn0nXS0XneQqtsCcIrvtfFWE9D5G2wyytydMz/w367-h219/Screenshot+2021-10-17+at+12.09.21.png" width="367" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">I had made a trip out to Holton-Cum-Beckering during lockdown, but hadn't ventured into the church - but I remember reading that there was info there, so I decided to make a return trip to see if I could find out.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">It's a 30 mile round trip by bicycle, and I somehow got a puncture on the way home... more on that later.</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOjPAy6KNnB3kqbingonDFUtipO3eYchqQrjVG0r_p1LbB7aqPBhs5Bk_2BKUCKYb4zO61F8ugXRgLzSS8jRai67Y3g9iB7MDYLdieqF39QOMT6C0AOCc3kQCO6e_E4KyrWxqEOYGi3TLP/s2048/IMG_0396.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1365" data-original-width="2048" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOjPAy6KNnB3kqbingonDFUtipO3eYchqQrjVG0r_p1LbB7aqPBhs5Bk_2BKUCKYb4zO61F8ugXRgLzSS8jRai67Y3g9iB7MDYLdieqF39QOMT6C0AOCc3kQCO6e_E4KyrWxqEOYGi3TLP/w400-h266/IMG_0396.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdu3GgHl4zuOpFDXtsgqnlyhWfwRhwb0O5HreE0D9oSjipEnaa-DOqToUX7p2HjKiSKJB9PTMCedcs6VcqaSXL8MRT-W6Ad0sJ1clfovwmeypArHIJ9Rkf_uMuPd-xNRmRLkUbh7S2vUWz/s2048/IMG_0369.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1365" data-original-width="2048" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdu3GgHl4zuOpFDXtsgqnlyhWfwRhwb0O5HreE0D9oSjipEnaa-DOqToUX7p2HjKiSKJB9PTMCedcs6VcqaSXL8MRT-W6Ad0sJ1clfovwmeypArHIJ9Rkf_uMuPd-xNRmRLkUbh7S2vUWz/s320/IMG_0369.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQPpELW6Oj2gso-y1MyIgHh3bE8HYRn1PEz12w2eRxRt4OtAQ4sXccFKTO5OKfGg8PSzR9obitkKjhxO6SGtNnu_PacUs0_aK0sLwZvbm9AVJFAvrOlCAldMjZ-ruimXqH-T9Rz6y0kvDu/s2048/IMG_0393.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1365" data-original-width="2048" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQPpELW6Oj2gso-y1MyIgHh3bE8HYRn1PEz12w2eRxRt4OtAQ4sXccFKTO5OKfGg8PSzR9obitkKjhxO6SGtNnu_PacUs0_aK0sLwZvbm9AVJFAvrOlCAldMjZ-ruimXqH-T9Rz6y0kvDu/s320/IMG_0393.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKHoX1G5Ab1yG5HKBGhX4VeowGcEZ5kbaWRoC3ofEPdCYoY5v2Q7ulrpG7VNL5e79gOOgeBoOl_4LN7920KwbMLOpbMkCyMJZECcwno0ESPQr6B2A6yWQ932FPGfiWvWSCh6P4DycPlhkJ/s2048/IMG_0382.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1365" data-original-width="2048" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKHoX1G5Ab1yG5HKBGhX4VeowGcEZ5kbaWRoC3ofEPdCYoY5v2Q7ulrpG7VNL5e79gOOgeBoOl_4LN7920KwbMLOpbMkCyMJZECcwno0ESPQr6B2A6yWQ932FPGfiWvWSCh6P4DycPlhkJ/w400-h266/IMG_0382.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Look up inside the church porch, and there's a bird skeleton trapped in some chicken wire. Across the road, there's a dovecote with no doves in it, so for peace painting, I think it's a good idea to replace those doves!</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhaiI18ZK-se0FbqLQRPWVEpdyd-5ebid7IGOfXm_zvc1PTmXb7pMqylwoeMpsZIuMGy6SfSboY30H4a44aowHnt7eimBOQSOQlbJbuyryiAGYCX-PPgATNHkcBGsOXGptZr1c8QyecPmAr/s2048/IMG_0392.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1365" data-original-width="2048" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhaiI18ZK-se0FbqLQRPWVEpdyd-5ebid7IGOfXm_zvc1PTmXb7pMqylwoeMpsZIuMGy6SfSboY30H4a44aowHnt7eimBOQSOQlbJbuyryiAGYCX-PPgATNHkcBGsOXGptZr1c8QyecPmAr/s320/IMG_0392.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2kvo2hVsxlKOMU64cQePCva6SR4tbhgE6AtqVuQ9uJsgvx9yA3Uare5iiIGmpN3qo7mV5qltncfMopNNJMkpPayxUOB6z4bExull5W_4Stg1qYGlOwvrxUV0psZrX3VWIbLYsUO-OvvB-/s2048/IMG_0390.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; 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text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">I do not know if these graves belong to any conscientious objectors, and there was no one around to ask!</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-YriBrGiLlO01lvUL3i_c-duGaH2tAcTXW9QKBr9YZstrqtOFXWVCt-7s91lT0BtJtTTNPNVto6TEE9oHduUIYwd6itzMyIhl0Uibz-Mq6y4ouT7ia0K3XvjAyCa2_jVW1n_Nb8tVSUlD/s2048/IMG_0383.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1365" data-original-width="2048" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-YriBrGiLlO01lvUL3i_c-duGaH2tAcTXW9QKBr9YZstrqtOFXWVCt-7s91lT0BtJtTTNPNVto6TEE9oHduUIYwd6itzMyIhl0Uibz-Mq6y4ouT7ia0K3XvjAyCa2_jVW1n_Nb8tVSUlD/s320/IMG_0383.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJlpk3AKFOgrJS6HbVkamf3KjHc9kSvMkk-_QlPDiVXtnq9-hW9D9P1DjHAS5R5prekSs1L9BwsTCSwlqWw4D-23gGS9uGHg8luQI80EoijS2esAhI3MCzHWI9-x9kREd1EqEMdZ8yBFL0/s2048/IMG_0373.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1365" height="376" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJlpk3AKFOgrJS6HbVkamf3KjHc9kSvMkk-_QlPDiVXtnq9-hW9D9P1DjHAS5R5prekSs1L9BwsTCSwlqWw4D-23gGS9uGHg8luQI80EoijS2esAhI3MCzHWI9-x9kREd1EqEMdZ8yBFL0/w250-h376/IMG_0373.JPG" width="250" /></a></div><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">I do like to see stained glass windows in churches with images of saints and Jesus, not the red arrows, which I have come to refer to as the dead arrows, as flying military aircraft during a global pandemic and a climate crisis is now an obsolete activity.</span></p><span style="font-family: verdana;">Much better for airfields, such as the nearby Wickenby airfield, to only be allowed to fly things such as the Air Ambulance.</span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSeSyiCeRN97jwgqFytHRgrF1DBpRUslqKHsyfD7CIyZKmVicliDPVkot0KbKc3niIw5A51FjEKJEIUSPpd4p1v9d6oEXHR3a2kEWk3oK2e2L5gzrrxj5XvZ_qRkjVcFeNcFkH3cHAjbGw/s2048/IMG_0397.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1365" data-original-width="2048" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSeSyiCeRN97jwgqFytHRgrF1DBpRUslqKHsyfD7CIyZKmVicliDPVkot0KbKc3niIw5A51FjEKJEIUSPpd4p1v9d6oEXHR3a2kEWk3oK2e2L5gzrrxj5XvZ_qRkjVcFeNcFkH3cHAjbGw/w640-h426/IMG_0397.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br /></div><br /><p></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">These Nissen huts on the road past Wickenby airfield look very similar to the ones in photos of the Lincolnshire Conchies, where they set up the origins of the Broadbent Theatre. </span></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgk5HzJFAcJBC581y34Qhnj62mJTraCGBgwgGGA3ltUJDADjNjOW7ixtpImA2Hsjk9XLwP3CkheCvcyLri_s5D120xKcxk0Hulz3v1X0hyVt6QjqOKQwf9y2_o3dsKjymv5L8RHSOFicO3I/s2048/IMG_2449.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgk5HzJFAcJBC581y34Qhnj62mJTraCGBgwgGGA3ltUJDADjNjOW7ixtpImA2Hsjk9XLwP3CkheCvcyLri_s5D120xKcxk0Hulz3v1X0hyVt6QjqOKQwf9y2_o3dsKjymv5L8RHSOFicO3I/w640-h480/IMG_2449.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">So, I somehow got a puncture on the way home, a few miles from Wickenby. I had no puncture repair kit, so I had to ride home on the flat tyre, because it was faster than walking, and being out in the wilds of Lincolnshire, I needed to get back to the city lights before it got dark.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">I have since fixed the inner tube with the remaining kintsugi.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Advice from Halfords was that there is no way of fixing it, so any repair is not going to seal it. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">But I actually like the metaphor, to represent the fragility of the peace process - and all the hot air released by those with military agendas!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSgyMnvtbsKRAVnsaEsoUIQh25Iqqyz64BKe8kDW11NWC_0Pjvm1nNisKb1Aqi3DdVn8YX5vWQghOdIpfcx65Edr3pnyNfp4V4L8VNqs4RXa6LyFFO_Mz5G7gXna6LsNb5Ctzh0UQC-AHB/s2048/9246C1E0-E9B5-4AFB-8D87-CCCC1597801D.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1639" height="521" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSgyMnvtbsKRAVnsaEsoUIQh25Iqqyz64BKe8kDW11NWC_0Pjvm1nNisKb1Aqi3DdVn8YX5vWQghOdIpfcx65Edr3pnyNfp4V4L8VNqs4RXa6LyFFO_Mz5G7gXna6LsNb5Ctzh0UQC-AHB/w417-h521/9246C1E0-E9B5-4AFB-8D87-CCCC1597801D.jpg" width="417" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">This will be part of my ongoing research.</span></div><br />Blackbirdhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08802902623684511241noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6234406959579117335.post-46029816377016510502021-08-17T07:01:00.000-07:002021-08-17T07:01:20.190-07:00And Our Heroes Have Misplaced Their Map - research<p> <span style="font-family: verdana;">I was invited to visit Gloam gallery in Sheffield, which is curated by a group of artists, including Stu Burke, for a private view. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">So I decided to use some respite funds to make a day trip out of Lincoln, to see some other art exhibitions in Sheffield, now that galleries are open again :-)</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">The first stop was Site Gallery, for coffee, and the Heavy Water <a href="https://www.sitegallery.org/exhibition/platform-20/" target="_blank">Platform 20 exhibition.</a></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvt8WpswXWOpp0D7U-43Rp1HrPCdg7CeNpjA5VH5aTv8rLdre2d4BfQB3UXTlZoj3GzBEB9gxTGNCkwVd5IwNH4AETMTRS3YAivTiSwF73n3UpC9ebro4xRPEjmDivA1-Gyd5zX7ODlFwW/w400-h300/IMG_1953.JPG" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Victoria Lucas</td></tr></tbody></table><br /></div> <br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7Qf7fc78ba_PqrG6ELdtg6uX1oRZp5qY79z341qtUMFDaxtInmN7xpAGYXBTSYSLYhMrqhDDWOr9lDYU6yiCh1DLo7tctUYm-P11Wt8VfMje_EBnreLLJyA_L15eLgEkJw4Dn5yXwQwPB/s2048/IMG_1959.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7Qf7fc78ba_PqrG6ELdtg6uX1oRZp5qY79z341qtUMFDaxtInmN7xpAGYXBTSYSLYhMrqhDDWOr9lDYU6yiCh1DLo7tctUYm-P11Wt8VfMje_EBnreLLJyA_L15eLgEkJw4Dn5yXwQwPB/s320/IMG_1959.JPG" width="240" /> </a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioDXaf1xXiD2dCyZncHu49HEf4rprvTY05BvdpYmCeKcGIKlsQXh7_jSjhYO6bxjqmt6E0c04U-VLeEv8xO9JI0jXM1hypysdwkC8HaLiIKjqweUN8y3wNE6reTZaEmunOzwRs4Q5Y72pQ/s2048/IMG_1958.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; 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text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">In the Millennium Galleries for <a href="https://www.museums-sheffield.org.uk/museums/millennium-gallery/exhibitions/earthbound-contemporary-landscape-from-the-roberts-institute-of-art" target="_blank">Earthbound: Contemporary Landscapes from the Roberts Institute Of Art</a></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><span style="font-family: verdana;">The idea here of carefully curating particular film stills from what would ordinarily be moving images, now frozen in the moment, those particular moments, to stop and look at in more detail, and the idea of watching a film in a motel room on location, is really interesting:</span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh55bmB_yXA-LjTG7v_xEXZNABpQEnGBoLuN_HQXDXJanD3__D3CwYyLHABKJTyYnmOLDLxnkLxjGMKk8mQs_i009uV2l6cSCHsGBtYMTZFLSU5BtAkc8EDYZJRs0HBZK-mzJM4r7Sv3N1m/s2048/IMG_1983.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; 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text-align: center;"><br /></div><span style="font-family: verdana;">Dirk Bell's use of double exposure here mirrors my earlier research into Imagine, and how the Imagine album cover was created:</span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBoduRe6no_X_D8nfU9wss95bhTMlBuoddF5CZk5eXRL6BwN4U1KwKoGFgqPxuiv0Zzvvl4A2W-ctlfq1Gh6sGJKcsScRZKGYB8q6dqENS_Ym_efKLDB7nQ6H2bYny2URmPFl1ecJAOb1o/s2048/IMG_1977.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBoduRe6no_X_D8nfU9wss95bhTMlBuoddF5CZk5eXRL6BwN4U1KwKoGFgqPxuiv0Zzvvl4A2W-ctlfq1Gh6sGJKcsScRZKGYB8q6dqENS_Ym_efKLDB7nQ6H2bYny2URmPFl1ecJAOb1o/s320/IMG_1977.JPG" width="240" /> </a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzhDtPAAptB6IvARKzO0NGPQgqwoDnIwOk6iIRr5dULjicAb6wZx8H-xHfUqhE16kM0ZZ2Alel-bJaWOz8JCOjNgPMK6lSfkncKDDZhq3ISmk7-Bmy0ZxSGU9JyIzgZIt0LgsEkcSl8V37/s2048/IMG_1979.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzhDtPAAptB6IvARKzO0NGPQgqwoDnIwOk6iIRr5dULjicAb6wZx8H-xHfUqhE16kM0ZZ2Alel-bJaWOz8JCOjNgPMK6lSfkncKDDZhq3ISmk7-Bmy0ZxSGU9JyIzgZIt0LgsEkcSl8V37/w400-h300/IMG_1979.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCee8NuTtUAqs1LNwfmjT90-dXCasH3YBgqCUOBXFghbd8qo_LFVvFOPe6pkIPJn6WPY1MFdTV7ihjk5tS7x2DVM35QXw46vuHMDhBghAueiX1ZarUzImBOauXV_tuM4mEWGA-WT4HCfVc/s2048/IMG_1978.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCee8NuTtUAqs1LNwfmjT90-dXCasH3YBgqCUOBXFghbd8qo_LFVvFOPe6pkIPJn6WPY1MFdTV7ihjk5tS7x2DVM35QXw46vuHMDhBghAueiX1ZarUzImBOauXV_tuM4mEWGA-WT4HCfVc/w640-h480/IMG_1978.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">This piece below, entitled Wallpaper, again appeals to the concept of the simulacrum, as it looks like a vintage landscape photograph, but is a poster on the wall of a cafe, which almost mirrors the lyrics from A-ha's The Blue Sky:</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">"</span><span style="caret-color: rgb(32, 33, 36); color: #202124; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; text-align: left;">There are no girls in here</span></div><div class="ujudUb xpdxpnd" data-mh="-1" jsname="U8S5sf" style="caret-color: rgb(32, 33, 36); color: #202124; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.58; margin-bottom: 12px; max-height: none; overflow: hidden; transition: max-height 0.3s;"><span jsname="YS01Ge">As far as I can see</span><br /><span jsname="YS01Ge">Only faded posters</span><br /><span jsname="YS01Ge">Looking down at me</span><br /><span jsname="YS01Ge">Watching paper cups of coffee</span><br /><span jsname="YS01Ge">Growing cold before my eyes</span><br /><span jsname="YS01Ge">All the things I see</span><br /><span jsname="YS01Ge">That make me realise</span></div><div class="ujudUb xpdxpnd" data-mh="-1" jsname="U8S5sf" style="caret-color: rgb(32, 33, 36); color: #202124; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.58; margin-bottom: 12px; max-height: none; overflow: hidden; transition: max-height 0.3s;"><span jsname="YS01Ge">I'm in this big world without you</span><br /><span jsname="YS01Ge">Nothing to my name</span><br /><span jsname="YS01Ge">Oh, I never knew that</span><br /><span jsname="YS01Ge">Blue sky meant such pain"</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZ-GDTj3mys9ulIGob29blPzxC_sYHDIWgCLyCMn8GhxjzgfJh8cpPgQXoypmLwTiQadkDrXqqlrKbdHnQaPA4hN1AQnL0j8g6VSv8yAc8wOE6GyUMgCDbZUaAvI65j5InGk78ADclTKdp/s2048/IMG_1976.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZ-GDTj3mys9ulIGob29blPzxC_sYHDIWgCLyCMn8GhxjzgfJh8cpPgQXoypmLwTiQadkDrXqqlrKbdHnQaPA4hN1AQnL0j8g6VSv8yAc8wOE6GyUMgCDbZUaAvI65j5InGk78ADclTKdp/w640-h480/IMG_1976.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7Qf7fc78ba_PqrG6ELdtg6uX1oRZp5qY79z341qtUMFDaxtInmN7xpAGYXBTSYSLYhMrqhDDWOr9lDYU6yiCh1DLo7tctUYm-P11Wt8VfMje_EBnreLLJyA_L15eLgEkJw4Dn5yXwQwPB/s2048/IMG_1959.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"> </a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><a href="https://visual-arts-sheffield.com/gloam-is-back/" target="_blank">Gloam gallery is a small artist-led gallery and studio space</a> next door to a pub, not far from Bloc Projects. It has some studios where Sheffield based artists work, and exhibitions are supported by Arts Council England.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">It is hoped that I may be able to exhibit work there with support and funding, for a solo show of Lost Dreams.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">The exhibition was by Flo Main. My favourite of her paintings was this figurative work, which caught my eye, and reminded me of Sarah Lucas</span></div></div><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUmj4c7wiv6C2x6yqvl6MLKxsOFTryyKE2hmU6Mo0heFp7LmqBM76kFxUUOpFu-OvkWS27x2j9HuT0lsOEcr9BgT5cPiOTolxCxDiPlFdDlP3y6aZGMvTJ1wGwHUw1jTeclPOoE84XXRXH/s2048/IMG_1991.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUmj4c7wiv6C2x6yqvl6MLKxsOFTryyKE2hmU6Mo0heFp7LmqBM76kFxUUOpFu-OvkWS27x2j9HuT0lsOEcr9BgT5cPiOTolxCxDiPlFdDlP3y6aZGMvTJ1wGwHUw1jTeclPOoE84XXRXH/w300-h400/IMG_1991.JPG" width="300" /></a></div><p></p>Blackbirdhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08802902623684511241noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6234406959579117335.post-18790625469901135572021-08-10T04:55:00.001-07:002021-08-10T04:55:12.638-07:00Imagine if Grantium was fit for purpose! Ha!<p><span style="font-family: verdana;">Let's imagine that Grantium was fit for purpose, and I applied for DYCP, and they had accepted my proposal like they should.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">Here is the fully realised sound art installation concept for Lost Dreams for Latitude Festival.</span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJ6uXi8uNHtA2P4yU5kDjerccCaOnKi3QoEeOYCm4OGs5_k_-OWUzK9FSUbpsRRfNa3bo-2Le7jRZ-F2EIxsJJoT4Ak_8skiLyrdrx9AleiPkxj8SxKNsChDD4goB889E8i7YuBwVqybct/s2048/Lost+Dreams+Installation+%2528Latitude%25292.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1365" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJ6uXi8uNHtA2P4yU5kDjerccCaOnKi3QoEeOYCm4OGs5_k_-OWUzK9FSUbpsRRfNa3bo-2Le7jRZ-F2EIxsJJoT4Ak_8skiLyrdrx9AleiPkxj8SxKNsChDD4goB889E8i7YuBwVqybct/w426-h640/Lost+Dreams+Installation+%2528Latitude%25292.jpg" width="426" /></a> </p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">The tracks would be played on speakers in the woods near to the BBC Introducing Stage.</span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">A mannequin would have electrodes attached to the head, which would be fed into various equipment - in my original concept, it would be via the keytar. </span></p><p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCa5IA5seBonUiLukBPBz8Qs29GtOScllV97WfAZS1rNClFgqtWtYdUXGBRr7raQ_xYjvb9zSmmcPa73Z5MpMmBtq4LrptTeTkuo_20HEADI6FAtHGrU-KigDh6Qfi-xtwG2AtpYG5Wg37/s2048/Lost+Dreams+Installation+%2528Latitude%2529.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCa5IA5seBonUiLukBPBz8Qs29GtOScllV97WfAZS1rNClFgqtWtYdUXGBRr7raQ_xYjvb9zSmmcPa73Z5MpMmBtq4LrptTeTkuo_20HEADI6FAtHGrU-KigDh6Qfi-xtwG2AtpYG5Wg37/w640-h480/Lost+Dreams+Installation+%2528Latitude%2529.jpg" width="640" /></a></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">This would visually represent the sound waves being produced by my own brain waves. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">But Grantium is not fit for purpose.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">I once dreamt that there was a branch of the Nobel Peace Centre in Lincoln.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">The empty former train station building at St. Marks would be perfect for the Nobel Peace Centre, Lincoln.</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqB-RUDbGmcuFGto7DkPBqiF3ZpKqJU17TAe3KmWM1SkTEt4jKAnZi8CZJ1In6f7uOrEkO8dRmYsgyulwtvSB6jm0KReIcDzCBX2bohkPRBfgp1sqtYvxWCG361bYyxOPWNRQQ7luQaYWh/s1086/NobelPeaceCenterLincoln.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; 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text-align: center;"><br /></div><span style="font-family: verdana;">Imagine a Nobel Peace Center in Lincoln!</span><div><span style="font-family: verdana;">Imagine if Grantium was fit for purpose!<br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><p></p></div>Blackbirdhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08802902623684511241noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6234406959579117335.post-28047989012802291672021-08-10T04:21:00.002-07:002021-08-10T04:58:34.409-07:00Respite break vs Grantium stonewalling<p> <span style="font-family: verdana;">Why do I apply to Grantium knowing it's not fit for purpose?</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">How is it possible for them to reject a proposal for DYCP?</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">Respite funds appeared in the bank, and I went away for the first proper respite break since lockdown to visit my sister and experience Latitude Festival!</span></p><p></p><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggq2djdijhKz76zq9w3Yj22vn4tZKrf22vWbcH-CXVMe0skqk-ulfybWBoN5jbA6KNcAIFwOUk27R9EBWUCuVvxkdJf4ZChvxutnWprYiq0f16AJ1njHc2MwSDtNLQYt0kHWGOC-Q2hozv/s1600/7f810a16-1bc8-4a58-aac7-3aac5ac4c056.jpg" imageanchor="1"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1600" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggq2djdijhKz76zq9w3Yj22vn4tZKrf22vWbcH-CXVMe0skqk-ulfybWBoN5jbA6KNcAIFwOUk27R9EBWUCuVvxkdJf4ZChvxutnWprYiq0f16AJ1njHc2MwSDtNLQYt0kHWGOC-Q2hozv/w640-h480/7f810a16-1bc8-4a58-aac7-3aac5ac4c056.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiutvRJYiwCLUiSiQX55B9fa_IrqLlBp35mExQEI_ZWJQ9SewLmgiB5FL_5PYr8wtjp1TUvvtZWvspun36U08xVVpSzu4Uo5rojawwrYdRtutfyn8YGQbw_XqX4lNaaJ4OTr8Hqhn8FUbxF/s2048/IMG_1691.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="2048" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiutvRJYiwCLUiSiQX55B9fa_IrqLlBp35mExQEI_ZWJQ9SewLmgiB5FL_5PYr8wtjp1TUvvtZWvspun36U08xVVpSzu4Uo5rojawwrYdRtutfyn8YGQbw_XqX4lNaaJ4OTr8Hqhn8FUbxF/w400-h400/IMG_1691.JPG" width="400" /></a><span style="font-family: verdana;">The iconic Latitude sheep, a live art installation by Amy Cadillac titled Woollen Deity. </span></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9Jnzt-gL2XZo4UkXYN6UB96EwC8Vck8SayNSCf3V5mtF6j8Meg-El1cYGSN8E0iM8NGcZ6AJ-qK_lu4eq_-vPQXP8LSUSR2LCpJcjBVjfWZcB8Dj8OGcXv9aglINnRTpDAHHOkzO3x8td/s2048/IMG_1710.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9Jnzt-gL2XZo4UkXYN6UB96EwC8Vck8SayNSCf3V5mtF6j8Meg-El1cYGSN8E0iM8NGcZ6AJ-qK_lu4eq_-vPQXP8LSUSR2LCpJcjBVjfWZcB8Dj8OGcXv9aglINnRTpDAHHOkzO3x8td/w300-h400/IMG_1710.JPG" width="300" /></a></div><span style="font-family: verdana;">Art Installation titled Ray Of Light by Steve Macleod in the woods at Latitude.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvv-9kf9ssqwZn3BH2LcXLm9JIreZZCS8FwTXmE6SrpN6rruvwOHw81jWQXMuO3ITh-nTIi27e1grsRkVVbAzdqaM0JsnAr4VKfQxDMY7oduHNma_PjzUgZP8KdHQrdmC4Nc_GqYbe1x7F/s2048/IMG_1711.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvv-9kf9ssqwZn3BH2LcXLm9JIreZZCS8FwTXmE6SrpN6rruvwOHw81jWQXMuO3ITh-nTIi27e1grsRkVVbAzdqaM0JsnAr4VKfQxDMY7oduHNma_PjzUgZP8KdHQrdmC4Nc_GqYbe1x7F/w300-h400/IMG_1711.JPG" width="300" /></a></div></span> <br /><div><br /></div><span style="font-family: verdana;">There was a large Steampunk Disgustoscope with video images - this was how I'd imagined the Disgustoscope would be if I had funding. But for some weird reason, no one ever wants to fund my work. I wish they did!</span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyosYikemaohyWBEjas3ermC-dEVRxRFNbG31eE93f7OEkbo5UwAaKrN5ZbMJSd36XPrzppl5AR7CehyHtwtMrDEncwyoU8DvtrUVGE-tDc9RDMLOrPF4CJwsX5U4B9dwE3jMmQIQezkVP/s2048/IMG_1705.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyosYikemaohyWBEjas3ermC-dEVRxRFNbG31eE93f7OEkbo5UwAaKrN5ZbMJSd36XPrzppl5AR7CehyHtwtMrDEncwyoU8DvtrUVGE-tDc9RDMLOrPF4CJwsX5U4B9dwE3jMmQIQezkVP/s320/IMG_1705.JPG" width="240" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDptZ8zoIoMF9gmbtbcGMKXeTrfCy8bIeH6ejYIrtsXsYnYS6rvKTwNFtHn2P1kYG2cFtloI1Du4lCFeIIX4FGEHboP8o3PqdfKv_2EOkERDqo35N3xCWvYJgXyUoJcA7fwA9MMox61f4w/s2048/IMG_1704.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; 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margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjI3lFUyVAC-ar3yUDxcHRbGunaEbIEEPCpK8XjFkR0j2xDyqwt_ulSNVE1NvMazp1Z4oSHjv7X0F5Ajguj7WcA0kGoakVE8HM0M29cWIuslNgEtq4zVohicJQo1mVjU7HA84Brfg_cezTe/s2048/IMG_1706.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjI3lFUyVAC-ar3yUDxcHRbGunaEbIEEPCpK8XjFkR0j2xDyqwt_ulSNVE1NvMazp1Z4oSHjv7X0F5Ajguj7WcA0kGoakVE8HM0M29cWIuslNgEtq4zVohicJQo1mVjU7HA84Brfg_cezTe/s320/IMG_1706.JPG" width="240" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Dregs of Zen...</td></tr></tbody></table><div><br /></div><span style="font-family: verdana;">I really wanted to test out my new camera for the first live music event since lockdown, and who better to do that with than Damon Albarn on the Waterfront Stage! </span><div><span style="font-family: verdana;">This is one of my favourite shots of him with the audience:<br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiytxO1LuCfkGS-JMarTdwBINb8EcOVw88XDRneig3R67aA3hw3-0QtyJ0jYLPCJHwGj1C4fmKsA1372JBLwTV2YtRrVEzLS6MZKaSLryB_rHYPzYF589A_KNdO6DiaKGO0V4fR8j9FC7mj/s2048/IMG_0279.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1365" data-original-width="2048" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiytxO1LuCfkGS-JMarTdwBINb8EcOVw88XDRneig3R67aA3hw3-0QtyJ0jYLPCJHwGj1C4fmKsA1372JBLwTV2YtRrVEzLS6MZKaSLryB_rHYPzYF589A_KNdO6DiaKGO0V4fR8j9FC7mj/w640-h426/IMG_0279.JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Damon Albarn live at Latitude Festival<br /><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-90J7yy-S6sPIlbkSBhMrYu2FGk1YW-FhOf9a6sH3gXbMT8XJ03IWM7JOhwkucnyCAQqxIN-56YbKDX5ff2E4h2o3qF0ZnN6URR9GfnDzdfo3ekNcPYgngjCTV-Ttwoq2xcLBYJzp8-M0/s2048/IMG_0283.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1365" data-original-width="2048" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-90J7yy-S6sPIlbkSBhMrYu2FGk1YW-FhOf9a6sH3gXbMT8XJ03IWM7JOhwkucnyCAQqxIN-56YbKDX5ff2E4h2o3qF0ZnN6URR9GfnDzdfo3ekNcPYgngjCTV-Ttwoq2xcLBYJzp8-M0/w640-h426/IMG_0283.JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Damon Albarn live at Latitude Festival</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEha1v9dcJ8R37AIhB_3S74FHZd6GKA9sKEcURZ6rOoGFMszHGgR1hvj9WH1Qtgji5WVNXOPGef0P9SoQdPn5cxlq7ScnJR00FeE2AedsVhmjsFwCO2kKrm1-8LqyVq5HopNa7_4T2KASWJu/s1440/06827F6C-529F-4B92-9DB8-FB5C4692E37F.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1440" data-original-width="1440" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEha1v9dcJ8R37AIhB_3S74FHZd6GKA9sKEcURZ6rOoGFMszHGgR1hvj9WH1Qtgji5WVNXOPGef0P9SoQdPn5cxlq7ScnJR00FeE2AedsVhmjsFwCO2kKrm1-8LqyVq5HopNa7_4T2KASWJu/w400-h400/06827F6C-529F-4B92-9DB8-FB5C4692E37F.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Damon Albarn on The Waterfront Stage</td></tr></tbody></table><div><br /></div><span style="font-family: verdana;">If BBC Radio Lincolnshire play Lost Dreams on the radio, it might be broadcast as part of BBC Introducing...</span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNIvZRPkQNkfWu4z00C-YkvJJdd1Yq8-_g2RJDkwsJnuVS5GJuV32z1uig1GbWQ5L9TU7OaJhWB3mguSnAIt9To8o7qgBig3BhWXoUFQttkZ6Qsc-hA6MigxRgAX2P-ya39fDQRRdZ4pO0/s2048/IMG_1845.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; 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text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfx4gN6G0lsJKhYBxCwI124iiyWnW14rLtD1PCbHZ63ztZBTxJcVnCqyXnIl_Sv0-VVRswYfDpdwWbeJ849gaypiYF3MCWb6md7S-qWinujkoHj_OgTcQQMuuh67P6r6d3gUL4urskJ6Fw/s2048/IMG_1847.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfx4gN6G0lsJKhYBxCwI124iiyWnW14rLtD1PCbHZ63ztZBTxJcVnCqyXnIl_Sv0-VVRswYfDpdwWbeJ849gaypiYF3MCWb6md7S-qWinujkoHj_OgTcQQMuuh67P6r6d3gUL4urskJ6Fw/w400-h300/IMG_1847.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">More live art in the woods at Latitude - inspired me for Lost Dreams!</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMmPi71B7REg92W8HafRhAZ2d5kMFUC51sO5U2BhNZNoSl4rrpFGLJ_XMvUPOcY2hNJOgyrwVXDLdYYwJP6DTM60lsFSMALni2L9rgtQEOxz0yfxEPLlAYZGpBIArIFzzoKxln1clL0cyo/s2048/IMG_1849+2.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMmPi71B7REg92W8HafRhAZ2d5kMFUC51sO5U2BhNZNoSl4rrpFGLJ_XMvUPOcY2hNJOgyrwVXDLdYYwJP6DTM60lsFSMALni2L9rgtQEOxz0yfxEPLlAYZGpBIArIFzzoKxln1clL0cyo/s320/IMG_1849+2.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p></div>Blackbirdhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08802902623684511241noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6234406959579117335.post-32596905012147995322021-07-16T10:19:00.004-07:002021-08-10T03:44:37.804-07:00Professional branding for Sanitisation Station and new work.<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6V0FXtLtPzQlquY2S7wugLb6w90UBNzFLkPAI4Os7gKgkEgJGnD2sttUeL_NiOnsspBasY8Gls8fY-HKX-5uU7H7zVTQQbWK70B7sEansKl62ttv_d8PzgRjdnzNLa-HOqScpdH8hbEqe/s2048/Sanitisation+Station+HD+Art+%2526+Illustration.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="2048" height="457" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6V0FXtLtPzQlquY2S7wugLb6w90UBNzFLkPAI4Os7gKgkEgJGnD2sttUeL_NiOnsspBasY8Gls8fY-HKX-5uU7H7zVTQQbWK70B7sEansKl62ttv_d8PzgRjdnzNLa-HOqScpdH8hbEqe/w457-h457/Sanitisation+Station+HD+Art+%2526+Illustration.JPG" width="457" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Part of the Business Revival Grant was for a sanitisation station, so last week, I spent some time designing the bespoke branding for this. The artwork template I was sent originally was wrong, which meant that some additional tinkering meant that now it has added Hall & Oates to remind everyone to continue to safeguard vulnerable people during face to face workshops and events.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgX_lKYNbvsx4aBiCkCztIc_5Kbzqg8pl79X_sZsDDzL4sBm_t1MLerVVA9gXi28FLkUqayQdUkfS9p4IGco1k6ZnrefQwU6d4P001MAC9cWzU9XSnv3hua7dWJGZYdZtqy-iqIfSMPL_eY/s2048/Plastic+Prosthetic+Hand+To+Get+Out+Of+Quicksand.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1365" height="678" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgX_lKYNbvsx4aBiCkCztIc_5Kbzqg8pl79X_sZsDDzL4sBm_t1MLerVVA9gXi28FLkUqayQdUkfS9p4IGco1k6ZnrefQwU6d4P001MAC9cWzU9XSnv3hua7dWJGZYdZtqy-iqIfSMPL_eY/w452-h678/Plastic+Prosthetic+Hand+To+Get+Out+Of+Quicksand.jpg" width="452" /></a><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">This sculptural maquette is entitled The Best Thing. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">The Best Thing is a nod to the phrase "The best thing since sliced bread", as food banks clearly are NOT, despite the toxic positivity that surrounds them. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Plastic forks, spoons, knives and kintsugi.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">The plastic cutlery was donated material just sitting around in my studio, as thoughts have turned to Marcus Rashford and food banks, and my determined avoidance of the indignity of austerity. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwNgDkGFfiRY8u7wn8tzw9HfQ4P_4TFyjv5vxqLJ1tuEj73YpfvMSnTiuecB2vUWCYNL9oNLH1y1gHFoAQWbl759HyRDKPqC8WoI4IMMSiNaFbxesNHTH1uIgGg8KRx_igTHSG1QiDUaBj/s2048/The+Best+Thing+%2528detail%2529.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="407" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwNgDkGFfiRY8u7wn8tzw9HfQ4P_4TFyjv5vxqLJ1tuEj73YpfvMSnTiuecB2vUWCYNL9oNLH1y1gHFoAQWbl759HyRDKPqC8WoI4IMMSiNaFbxesNHTH1uIgGg8KRx_igTHSG1QiDUaBj/w305-h407/The+Best+Thing+%2528detail%2529.jpg" width="305" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">The Best Thing - kintsugi detail</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">The Nobel Peace Center are currently hosting discussions about #fixthefood food and peace, and as a single parent, my concerns are for other single parents currently struggling through the pandemic and the Free School Meals scandal.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZPTaVvuwROxx2w9L7mW8S_Eii2uJ_0YIFSdu0ic7QX9XWCTpqpbRxXlMFrJguED_l-gyh_R8wcjsPZcv5rSlnWanHYQZZxKtgZu6Nd-UpG_BZR0SU_XH2XdcEDih_Rc45rqek2CheWVPk/s2048/The+Best+Thing+%2528White+Poppies%2529.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1365" data-original-width="2048" height="343" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZPTaVvuwROxx2w9L7mW8S_Eii2uJ_0YIFSdu0ic7QX9XWCTpqpbRxXlMFrJguED_l-gyh_R8wcjsPZcv5rSlnWanHYQZZxKtgZu6Nd-UpG_BZR0SU_XH2XdcEDih_Rc45rqek2CheWVPk/w515-h343/The+Best+Thing+%2528White+Poppies%2529.jpg" width="515" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">It's so good to have Photoshop back that I've been digitally editing photos taken with my new camera. Here is The Best Thing juxtaposed with a field of white poppies. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwnmoVXo6M0ZuFpf1aISUMiDlNcOefVACLysSy8fsboXhyad3HX1aHQ0bm50T7CGZ4M9siBu_tvErtfdm6H0dXvBYXxrAALsnc7mtXa8Lt0fpWn9NtOgIN7af9HN6kPGHOxMePF_dzD6p1/s2048/Vikingveien.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="385" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwnmoVXo6M0ZuFpf1aISUMiDlNcOefVACLysSy8fsboXhyad3HX1aHQ0bm50T7CGZ4M9siBu_tvErtfdm6H0dXvBYXxrAALsnc7mtXa8Lt0fpWn9NtOgIN7af9HN6kPGHOxMePF_dzD6p1/w514-h385/Vikingveien.jpg" width="514" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Following earlier research about Imagine, and John And Yoko, my thoughts remained fixed on the way the Imagine album cover was created. The image of clouds is not a photo, as I always assumed, but a painting that John And Yoko had at Tittenhurst.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">My lockdown walks have taken me along the Viking Way at the top of South Common, which overlooks the city in a very similar view to that of Ekebergparken in Oslo. So if I want to imagine being back in Oslo, I go up there and imagine The Best Thing is on display amongst the Damien Hirst and Sarah Lucas sculptures.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">I have recreated the double exposure style of the Imagine album cover, to place the same view from The Viking Way with my original photo from Ekebergparken.</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFlESUEUhkOBVzV0HUiwvb0aW0YrOHvK7DDDs71EaJFdXbq6HNGxCaiCypZYHSJR93ytj3kIy_tafVA7dsZEsFYY2mPwG1-PSMYBx8d6CeIGAfqQZyCBI56b5w8dZmOPsif06jrFroKH5U/s2048/Sunset+Cathedral+With+White+Poppies.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1365" data-original-width="2048" height="338" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFlESUEUhkOBVzV0HUiwvb0aW0YrOHvK7DDDs71EaJFdXbq6HNGxCaiCypZYHSJR93ytj3kIy_tafVA7dsZEsFYY2mPwG1-PSMYBx8d6CeIGAfqQZyCBI56b5w8dZmOPsif06jrFroKH5U/w509-h338/Sunset+Cathedral+With+White+Poppies.jpg" width="509" /></a></div><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">This sunset image juxtaposes the field of white poppies with a view of Lincoln Cathedral from South Common. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">White poppies are grown in Lincolnshire fields during June to harvest the seedheads for the pharmaceutical industry. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">For the horticultural and botanical out there, it's Papaver Somniferum.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">White poppies are obviously symbolic of peace.</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Of course, a similar image was sent to The Lincolnite for their Picture Of The Week, but it was grifted from this, not mine. I will forever have my work copied by grifters in Lincoln, who will always claim all the glory for themselves.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /> <p></p>Blackbirdhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08802902623684511241noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6234406959579117335.post-54160506652506082552021-06-21T05:55:00.003-07:002021-06-21T06:07:18.598-07:00Business Revival Grant<p> <br /><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhP7QtdJqwdw-12G1BF62IgVUkR-7lRVHhbcTSghdNfPoFtyks_NBaB9obntBftiIGSiWF5E0NS-WqMrtTLF_5J_03UKQdYLkePiKVNSlJBQTxp38aM7gesIlQt5use0cH8ZZv4lJK23yNx/s2048/IMG_1364.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="2048" height="410" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhP7QtdJqwdw-12G1BF62IgVUkR-7lRVHhbcTSghdNfPoFtyks_NBaB9obntBftiIGSiWF5E0NS-WqMrtTLF_5J_03UKQdYLkePiKVNSlJBQTxp38aM7gesIlQt5use0cH8ZZv4lJK23yNx/w410-h410/IMG_1364.JPG" width="410" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><span style="font-family: verdana;">Last month, I was awarded a Business Revival Grant from City of Lincoln Council, to replace my iMac (which broke down last year just before my birthday!) some essential software (Creative Cloud), a new camera, and some COVID equipment for future workshops.</span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">I've also more recently received a few small grants to help to clear off some of the debts caused by my son's destitution / austerity back in 2019, and which haven't been helped as a #ExcludedUK artist.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">The grants aren't enough to mitigate against the whole amount, but it's better than nothing, and is more helpful for my wellbeing than grifters.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">I finally got a DYCP application sent, and am awaiting the outcome.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">Fingers crossed this is awarded.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">I'm also awaiting the outcome of the Cavendish Arts Science Fellowship, which I applied for for Lost Dreams.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">I have been able to apply for these, as well as to replace my non arts work to hopefully become a Creative Mentor with The Mighty Creatives, which would be so much better, as I have a wealth of experience that is transferable from my old job, and it would justify all the years I was forced into it!</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">I'm having more Kafkaesque nonsense from my Carer's Assessment.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">We are being told that if you're experiencing Carer Fatigue / burnout - which tbh is all carers, to have a respite break!</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">But when I had a small respite break to visit Mum after a year of being unable to, and to spend time with my nieces, I was told that if my sons can cope on their own, I don't have a carer role :-s</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">So this is why carers won't say they're carers. Because when we do, we're made into liars.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">But anyway, I've been out testing my new camera for research for Peace Painting, and this is a positive step towards returning to creative work after being #ExcludedUK and for both #payingartists and #wagesnotclaps</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p>Blackbirdhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08802902623684511241noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6234406959579117335.post-58014570226750427522021-02-15T14:28:00.010-08:002021-06-18T02:19:41.404-07:00<p><span style="font-family: verdana;">So, social prescribing is a hot topic.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">People want to know what works and what doesn't. I'm currently highlighting parts from A Restless Art to identify this. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">My colour code is </span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">Blue: Positive</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">Yellow: Negative </span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">Green: Important / information </span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">Pink: Relevant information that is applied to my work</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">Purple: A statement where the opposite is true in my own experience</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjR02AIREbVcQWMqZQOSz043yq0azs1D_Lw4W_N5A_4LB75OkQua2IcNt_EpqZJ6EBdydc8ayYYedqTrM87reP273s1ctGhhwytic_Al3m15XI0TTxQFDenENenJ4RO2mnviGb9xU2ImVZk/s852/A+Restless+Art+-+Social+Prescribing.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="852" data-original-width="581" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjR02AIREbVcQWMqZQOSz043yq0azs1D_Lw4W_N5A_4LB75OkQua2IcNt_EpqZJ6EBdydc8ayYYedqTrM87reP273s1ctGhhwytic_Al3m15XI0TTxQFDenENenJ4RO2mnviGb9xU2ImVZk/w437-h640/A+Restless+Art+-+Social+Prescribing.png" width="437" /></a></div><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">Here's a list:</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">What works:</span></p><p><br /></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">1. Artists determining our own requirements for equipment, materials and time costs, and having the funds to source our own, not having some organisation going "we have materials x, x and x, so we don't have funding for materials."</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">2. Not having to apply for funding, but when organisations have been successful in applying for funding, approaching me to commission workshops. "Hi, we need a qualified artist to run some workshops, would you be available to run a series of your workshops for us?"</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">3. Organisations looking at my workshop costs, and thinking "our budget is only £500, we can fund two of them". But I still run two workshops and I am paid properly, so that's fine.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOJ5HzTAMlJlAdJOJ_xCcOrgN7PVgJ4hHVCb4Eice6zAHilJYikwVPzc6kkbaIQQAx_NkMxMN9tj9TX2kHaLKJCHzv1M76Fi76uZExcB5aDv9PIqPA-wE5q3nKUO4tIubeDSslN68haZiL/s843/Screen+Shot+2021-02-02+at+13.45.03.png" style="font-family: Times; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="843" data-original-width="584" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOJ5HzTAMlJlAdJOJ_xCcOrgN7PVgJ4hHVCb4Eice6zAHilJYikwVPzc6kkbaIQQAx_NkMxMN9tj9TX2kHaLKJCHzv1M76Fi76uZExcB5aDv9PIqPA-wE5q3nKUO4tIubeDSslN68haZiL/w444-h640/Screen+Shot+2021-02-02+at+13.45.03.png" width="444" /></a></div><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">Or "Our budget is higher, and we are regularly funded, so let's pay Helen to run her workshops, because she's an expert in her field", and <a href="https://helendearnleyillustration.blogspot.com/2021/03/ms-blackbirds-self-care-arts-workshops.html" target="_blank">not getting an amateur to run them for free whilst keeping the extra funding for themselves.</a> (See blog link for an example of grifting, which is a severe problem in Lincoln for artists.)</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">4. Organisations that specifically choose to fund my workshops to stop Lincoln Art Ninjas from destroying my career.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">5. Anyone that provides a free iMac. Thanks to City Of Lincoln Council for the Business Revival Grant 2021, which was used to purchase a new iMac, Creative Cloud software, and a new camera etc.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">6. Being paid on time. Being paid enough to not need to rely on welfare or have welfare reduced. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">7. People clapping when I've successfully delivered another awesome art project!</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">8. Paying money to my own #wagesnotclaps campaign for carers to be properly paid.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">9. Respite breaks for artists that are carers - allowing time off away from any caring responsibilities. Preferably also paid!</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">10. Artist led open calls where the artists are paid to organise and curate, with all contributing artists paid to contribute work, including artists that are carers, and then any PROFITS go to raise funds for other causes.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><a href="https://www.artsprofessional.co.uk/magazine/article/10-ways-you-can-help-creative-freelancers" target="_blank">Some useful advice here:</a></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><a href="https://corridor8.co.uk/article/reset-or-rewild-perspectives-on-future-arts-infrastructures/" target="_blank">More recommendations to support artists here:</a> </span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">What doesn't work:</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">1. Telling artists there's no money because they've kept Arts Council funding for themselves and refuse to pay actual artists (corruption). Whilst there is a ton of money funding a Margaret Thatcher statue, but I may as well just scream into a void than expect to see a penny of it in my bank account.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">2. <a href="https://helendearnleyillustration.blogspot.com/2021/03/ms-blackbirds-self-care-arts-workshops.html" target="_blank">Non artists applying for funding to deliver arts workshops under the auspices of participatory art, while actual artists starve to death because we are #ExcludedUK from any funding, including Arts Council funding,</a> with insane criteria.</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRdyFt8BieA7TXw66lmR2hsBOWjkiPQk0GXCvj_u-urTswloPx9tFvHce5jKXcXMJGY-ntJpKqM5CH4k7MXBTZFIKW0GFyOyXL_RnSPPY-mZlkp4hgqaDhhtYx1V0nsD9aR6Mg8f8db0Wu/s855/Screen+Shot+2021-02-02+at+14.08.16.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="855" data-original-width="583" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRdyFt8BieA7TXw66lmR2hsBOWjkiPQk0GXCvj_u-urTswloPx9tFvHce5jKXcXMJGY-ntJpKqM5CH4k7MXBTZFIKW0GFyOyXL_RnSPPY-mZlkp4hgqaDhhtYx1V0nsD9aR6Mg8f8db0Wu/w436-h640/Screen+Shot+2021-02-02+at+14.08.16.png" width="436" /></a></div><p></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">3. People asking why artists don't apply for the pitiful amounts of Arts Council funding that only covers the cost of the application process itself, and receiving rejection emails, which is really bad for wellbeing.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">4.<a href="https://helendearnleyillustration.blogspot.com/2021/03/ms-blackbirds-self-care-arts-workshops.html" target="_blank"> People providing arts workshops for carers for free, whilst ignoring the fact that artists don't work for free, and nor do I as a carer either, and thanks, now you have completely undermined my workshops, because now all carers are getting free workshops from amateurs, not a professional artist qualified to run them, who is now starving to death because you're going around telling people that art is great for wellbeing, but this is a LIE if artists are being forced out of our own PROFESSION.</a> See also Lincoln Art Ninjas.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">5. Expecting me to use the free library resources because you refuse to pay me enough that I can afford to replace my broken iMac, or expecting me to lower my expectations to fit some lowball fantasy of how you think I should work, not how I think I should work.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">6. Expecting me to work for free at all, then offering the indignity of foodbanks because you refuse to pay wages. And then refusing foodbanks because I'm not over 70. Also, workfare - expecting me to work for benefits whilst at risk of destitution.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">7. Clapping.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">8. Expecting artists to provide charity to others, who do not provide any support to artists in any way. Similarly thinking that you have something to offer that we need, and getting uptight, mardy or abusive when we tell you that is not actually what we need. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">9. Harassing / abusing artist-carers about work whilst away on respite breaks like Gemma Baker from fraudulent and plagiarist WITA (Lincoln - <a href="https://awita.london" target="_blank">not the actual Women In The Arts).</a></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">10. If you're a nature organisation organising competitions asking artists to send work, but do not offer any Exhibition Payment Fee for displaying work, and are offering our work for auction or sale, with proceeds from the sale not covering the artists' own overheads first, but to raise money for some other charity while artists ourselves are left to rot on benefits, and someone feels good because they didn't ask artists relying on The Alternative Arts Council funding to pay entry fees.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">Some amateurs get to show their work because they have ADHD, and this is the basis of any "positive" feedback.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><a href="https://www.artsprofessional.co.uk/magazine/article/moral-failure-cultural-policy" target="_blank">I am not in any way involved in the example here, because I would never participate in any project where my whole time was not remunerated, but this article describes the failures of cultural policy where artists are treated so appallingly.</a></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><a href="https://www.gingerbread.org.uk/policy-campaigns/publications-index/the-single-parent-debt-trap/" target="_blank">This article explains how economic abuse is rife for single parents, ergo, single parent artists are often stonewalled from the arts completely, as is my xp.</a></span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dyVbNhrE2c5N7bsb1CDG2MgZQDk2wJK8cp3AK1a4NAZNGmyrzr9LZttfALaK484qso6C1xO1f73PO483kL0Mg' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe></div><br /><span style="font-family: verdana;">I have since fixed this issue, however, it was too late for this round of funding, so I will have to wait until the next round. I hope nothing else breaks, or any other issues arise in the meantime.</span><p></p>Blackbirdhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08802902623684511241noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6234406959579117335.post-85069728393458469752021-01-11T07:58:00.003-08:002021-01-11T08:01:28.874-08:00New Year, new research<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">My son very kindly gave me a copy of Imagine John & Yoko, which has been on my reading list since I went to see Double Fantasy in Liverpool.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7NCcT9aZoXrx2nyiuTEsQi6e3NJ6pPWa7QHAFwKBdcvcbYTJjq5zafdxmkff0mJdreVZ0sUa2Gwk0x_J7t8I2ST6nrxGBLKSpOxxdBYiJkTmw0sKpMEm95VXTIsfp2wIRh_-BAaaBezAB/s1440/IMG_0009.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1440" data-original-width="1440" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7NCcT9aZoXrx2nyiuTEsQi6e3NJ6pPWa7QHAFwKBdcvcbYTJjq5zafdxmkff0mJdreVZ0sUa2Gwk0x_J7t8I2ST6nrxGBLKSpOxxdBYiJkTmw0sKpMEm95VXTIsfp2wIRh_-BAaaBezAB/s320/IMG_0009.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">The drawings below were by Klaus Voorman, 2004, recalling the time he met John Lennon at a Beatles gig in Hamburg, showed him some artwork, and got to work with him.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">It sounded very similar to my own old collabs with A-ha and Apparatjik.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">But now it would be impossible for a single parent artist to do this in the era of COVID-19!</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkQdzFeHZJPV39h7fh6Coo-zvKbwc-_ok9O2pH5hAOgE7LCMoMTwbN1HlkKPeVqcJ2FX9POUx79iy4VKtpZhLoqb40018Zudvywgf3vp5qnGmY3QVuV2SvIYEK_dLqpVBDUtS9g2sjtdF0/s1440/IMG_0010.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; 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text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">https://open.spotify.com/track/5CG4RXjli90Zd1KDalPqeK?si=5zad5MtFSa-rhVvo41ZGUg</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgeFJZ15ednYKhM5B2IiwrCBIMlLqIbpZUvu2XY0tgFF5jXPq1GIyHNExOHPUMfBuEHqWfnzSeZET5bazVywxycJyOssDruw3BdYzROYiu5s4kYhpY2izEzVYR3KFZShSrL-2qFA3R2iS-u/s1440/IMG_0012.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1440" data-original-width="1440" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgeFJZ15ednYKhM5B2IiwrCBIMlLqIbpZUvu2XY0tgFF5jXPq1GIyHNExOHPUMfBuEHqWfnzSeZET5bazVywxycJyOssDruw3BdYzROYiu5s4kYhpY2izEzVYR3KFZShSrL-2qFA3R2iS-u/s320/IMG_0012.jpg" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgY-XjQ9dTVUfc5INtnob-qpQRYaU6EeNazK8LS122c6A8fYRRL-VexM8gXO8tWDovKNeunB0gxk49tHTGsKC1DRrlBPeOWyIsIUbhKDcTAw11m9CRTQQ19WtMTWQFJ7PHzaioDnGJ3I6EV/s2048/IMG_9963.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; 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text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcTdtijDAKonb5NxMJJhT3D-yHyf6IzvGUt1Ne2L7mblIiJkpYOhOCOAdCOMvhjPMdoNsW_xb_xi1SVVSY3W0DjhlqN-SzCTFHH8kvA9t8kYgi20KjyUo0AD1HaGMj6vKIEMa_NPsajcZD/s2048/IMG_9965.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcTdtijDAKonb5NxMJJhT3D-yHyf6IzvGUt1Ne2L7mblIiJkpYOhOCOAdCOMvhjPMdoNsW_xb_xi1SVVSY3W0DjhlqN-SzCTFHH8kvA9t8kYgi20KjyUo0AD1HaGMj6vKIEMa_NPsajcZD/w300-h400/IMG_9965.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><br /> <p></p>Blackbirdhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08802902623684511241noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6234406959579117335.post-1811614167364512692020-06-11T07:30:00.007-07:002024-01-15T04:07:46.940-08:00#carersweek - #wagesenotclaps The Lost Wages Totaliser!<br />
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<span face=""verdana" , sans-serif">Carers charities are campaigning to make caring visible.</span><br />
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<span face=""verdana" , sans-serif">As an artist, I am obviously the best person to do that!</span><br />
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<span face=""verdana" , sans-serif">But not for free, as obviously this is my career, not an expensive hobby.</span><br />
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<span face=""verdana" , sans-serif">Carers FIRST apparently produced some kind of virtual magazine featuring carer's artwork.</span><br />
<span face=""verdana" , sans-serif">I wanted to promote my last workshops, which they had funded. </span><br />
<span face=""verdana" , sans-serif">But I had an email asking for artwork. So obviously, I'm not going to just give it away, as I'm a qualified illustrator, and would need to know the publishing fee.</span><br />
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<span face=""verdana" , sans-serif">I don't know if it was included, as the link from Carers FIRST on twitter won't open.</span><br />
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<span face=""verdana" , sans-serif">Current events that are overshadowing #carersweek are the obvious events happening globally for #BlackLivesMatter</span><br />
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<span face=""verdana" , sans-serif">Which is obviously important.</span><br />
<span face=""verdana" , sans-serif">I wholly support #BlackLivesMatter </span><br />
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<span face=""verdana" , sans-serif">AND it's also important to note that carers remain shockingly unpaid.</span><br />
<span face=""verdana" , sans-serif">In no way does this mean I wish to be accepted into any racist all lives matter bullshit.</span><br />
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<span face=""verdana" , sans-serif">We are told of our rights, our rights to work, which we seem to be given no choice but to give up.</span><br />
<span face=""verdana" , sans-serif">We are told we are entitled to benefits, which are Kafkaesque to claim, and are not enough to live on, and force us into debt against our will, which is economic abuse.</span><br />
<span face=""verdana" , sans-serif">I'm not the only carer to point out the basic fact that it is modern day slavery.</span><br />
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<span face=""verdana" , sans-serif">I am still waiting for my son's PIP appeal. If he is awarded PIP, I might be entitled to Carer's Allowance, which is a pitiful £67 per week.</span><br />
<span face=""verdana" , sans-serif">There is a limit to how much I can earn on top of that, and if he is not awarded PIP, I will be entitled to nothing.</span><br />
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<span face=""verdana" , sans-serif">Zero. </span><br />
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<span face=""verdana" , sans-serif">•Update Thursday 9th July* We have a date for his PIP appeal coming up on Friday 17th July.</span><br />
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<span face=""verdana" , sans-serif">Yet I still have bills to pay, food to buy, higher household expenses, and on top of that, to be able to practice as an artist, I need materials, the internet, time and labour costs, and respite breaks. I also have hobbies that are unrelated to my practice as an artist and illustrator, and for self care, it's important to have non work related activities.</span><br />
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<span face=""verdana" , sans-serif">It's EXPENSIVE!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: verdana;">Quite rightly, statues of slave traders are being removed. I went on a tour of Lincoln's statues, as an artist, whilst out on a bike ride for exercise.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: verdana;">The Usher gallery has several non slave trader statues</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: verdana;">What I'd like to see in this space outside the Usher Gallery, or maybe outside the bus station or train station, is a neon piece about being a carer, commissioned for me, not any of Lincoln BIG's God awful statues. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: verdana;">Now is the time to recognise artists that are carers, and to pay us! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: verdana;"><a href="https://www.artistsunionengland.org.uk/apply/?level=1" target="_blank">Then perhaps I can afford to join a union.</a></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: verdana;">The current amount of lost wages is now £998,172.8 MINIMUM</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: verdana;"><a href="https://www.artistsunionengland.org.uk/rates-of-pay/" target="_blank">This is worked out following this framework for artists' rates of pay.</a></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: verdana;">The first three years following graduation, 2008 - 2011, works out at £63,225 per year x 3 years. Plus the next two years, 2012 - 2014, works out at £82, 982.75, then from five years postgraduate, it is £91,790 for 365 days per year, times 7 years up to 2020, which comes to £998,172.8</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: verdana;"><a href="https://www.gilliekleiman.com/to-higher-earners-in-the-arts/" target="_blank">This blog begins to explain how it is for other artists.</a></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: verdana;">I'm a single parent, and now a carer, so I never get any holidays, so I should be paid for every day of the year. "Holiday pay" or "sickness" should be included on top of that. I'm not going to deduct any benefits or wages from non arts jobs from this amount, because I am an economically exiled artist, who has been prevented from producing work.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: verdana;">I applied for two COVID grants for artists unable to work due to the current situation, and BOTH OF THESE WERE REJECTED.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: verdana;">I can't live like this!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: verdana;">But equally, I'm NOT going to give up the career I have worked to achieve, because there are MANY that have tried so hard to ruin it at every stage.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: verdana;">The bully that framed me for stealing art supplies at G.C.S.E. level. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: verdana;">The vengeful student at college that hated me for rejecting him on induction day, and spent the rest of the two years being an abusive loser.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: verdana;">My abusive ex, who tried and failed to destroy my university ambitions.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: verdana;">And the maniacal struck off mental health nurse that kidnapped my son and nearly drove him to suicide. And these are just a few of them. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: verdana;">NOTE: If you're thinking of causing any more mayhem, you're NOT welcome!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: verdana;"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif">I'm not here to provide unpaid mental health care. Nor am I here to watch as my sons are denied NHS mental health care in place of claps, virtual cuppas, signposting, self referrals, waiting lists as long as a piece of string, COVID excuses, mindfulness, or any other virtual signalling about talking, visibility, awareness etc, whilst actually doing NOTHING to change the fact that caring is slavery in the UK.</span><br />
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<span face=""verdana" , sans-serif">And no, I DON'T DO IT OUT OF LOVE. LOVE IS NOT GOING TO CLEAR MY OVERDRAFT.</span><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif"> </span><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif"><br /></span><br />
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<span face=""verdana" , sans-serif">Oh yes. Full Joyce Byers Mode Activated.</span><br />
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<span face=""verdana" , sans-serif"><a href="https://baringfoundation.org.uk/news-story/baring-foundation-launches-first-funding-round-to-support-arts-and-mental-health-organisations/" target="_blank">If however, you're an organisation that fits this funding criteria, you could apply for this funding, and then fund my work.</a></span><br />
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<span face=""verdana" , sans-serif">This blog will still be here next week, and the week after, ad infinitum.</span><br />
<span face=""verdana" , sans-serif"><br /></span><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif">I will no doubt see tweets, articles and links from all sorts of sources, asking what to do about artists ineligible for SEISS grants, and those that fall through the cracks of government support.</span><br />
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<span face=""verdana" , sans-serif">None of this must be permitted to be used to sidetrack from the ongoing care crisis, and the appalling lack of proper wages for carers and artists alike.</span><br />
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<span face=""verdana" , sans-serif">Nor must some male politician, or any other mansplainer be allowed to take any credit for repeating the same words from this blog to advocate for change.</span><br />
<span face=""verdana" , sans-serif">Most will continue to cook up various media storms designed to distract.</span><br />
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<span face=""verdana" , sans-serif">*Update Thursday 9th July*</span><br />
<span face=""verdana" , sans-serif">I rang HMRC earlier this week, to check Tax Credits.</span><br />
<span face=""verdana" , sans-serif">Remember that women are usually told to apply for these things, because no one seems to ever seem able to provide us with properly paid work.</span><br />
<span face=""verdana" , sans-serif">I did this back in 2009 when I became self employed, thinking it would be a temporary measure until I started to receive a proper income. Austerity destroyed any chance of earning enough, and I've been stonewalled from arts funding since approximately 2016.</span><br />
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<span face=""verdana" , sans-serif">Last year, they were too low, due to the situation with my son's destitution (see previous blogs). But I'm told I am "receiving the maximum amount".</span><br />
<span face=""verdana" , sans-serif">THIS IS NOT ENOUGH TO LIVE ON! </span><br />
<span face=""verdana" , sans-serif">IT'S NOT MY WAGES! #ExcludedUK</span><br />
<span face=""verdana" , sans-serif">They steal your entire livelihood, then weasel out this option, then try to make you feel somehow guilty / indebted for the measly amounts paid, that you should somehow be grateful for, as if it's a loan from some "generous" benefactor, not money paid for services given, or work done.</span><br />
<span face=""verdana" , sans-serif">It's simply not good enough. </span><br />
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<span face=""verdana" , sans-serif">It's my birthday coming up, so I would prefer to go back to wishing for travel somewhere nice, not to have to fight for basic survival income that is constantly stolen.</span><br />
<span face=""verdana" , sans-serif">I can't use money off vouchers for things I can't afford anyway.</span><br />
<span face=""verdana" , sans-serif">I need regular online shopping deliveries, not discriminated against by supermarkets. Sainsbury's have been good for this during lockdown, Asda have lost a lot of respect. Morrison's have been great for nipping in to get the things that weren't available.</span><br />
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<span face=""verdana" , sans-serif">News this week from my carer's group was that one of the carers lost her son.</span><br />
<span face=""verdana" , sans-serif">We are all carers of people with mental health, and we all dread this every day. </span><br />
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<span face="Verdana, sans-serif">If you wish to help with the #wagesnotclaps campaign, please email Rishi Sunak here: https://www.rishisunak.com/contact and tell him that carers cannot live on clapping. </span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span face="Verdana, sans-serif"><br /></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span face="Verdana, sans-serif">*Update Jan 2021*</span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span face="Verdana, sans-serif">This year, my lost wages goes up to £1,089,962</span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span face="Verdana, sans-serif"><a href="https://uk.gofundme.com/share/s/share-family-friends/wagesnotclaps" target="_blank">I have set up this fundraiser for #wagesnotclaps</a></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;">Please donate generously.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span face="Verdana, sans-serif">Thank you.</span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;">*Update Jan 2022*</span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;">This year, my lost wages goes up to </span><span style="font-family: verdana;">£1178,752.80 with the Business Revival Grant reducing it from a higher amount.</span></div><div><br /></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;">*Update Jan 2023*</span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;">This year, my lost wages goes up to </span><span style="font-family: verdana;">£2437,505.60</span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;">*Update Jan 2024*</span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;">This year, my lost wages goes up to £2529,295.60</span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;">#ExcludedUK are calling for COVID compensation for self employed small business owners affected, and news at the moment of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_Post_Office_scandal" target="_blank">Post Office scandal</a> means that justice needs urgent attention now.</span></div>Blackbirdhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08802902623684511241noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6234406959579117335.post-5362123430193175042020-05-04T08:08:00.007-07:002023-02-10T05:52:56.552-08:00Lost Dreams<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg53EubHjhjVdS6w_IgHSJHWf1PgMuHUIVk1xBF9Nrcfdsi9ACU8lZ-8MMhyNjAc_Dttb6yW5B-8j2OcxXIV1Rh2UWdmY_GqS20NMVtNz95XqrMcAcH9wBhTShRjSGbH1Dgapoq0KpwqeQBqZMyD1yk-UXv6PoTTBbpbD8QJGuWTdEITz7BFukXcQ0_ag/s5015/HelenDearnley-Blackbird76-LostDreams.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="5000" data-original-width="5015" height="319" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg53EubHjhjVdS6w_IgHSJHWf1PgMuHUIVk1xBF9Nrcfdsi9ACU8lZ-8MMhyNjAc_Dttb6yW5B-8j2OcxXIV1Rh2UWdmY_GqS20NMVtNz95XqrMcAcH9wBhTShRjSGbH1Dgapoq0KpwqeQBqZMyD1yk-UXv6PoTTBbpbD8QJGuWTdEITz7BFukXcQ0_ag/s320/HelenDearnley-Blackbird76-LostDreams.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div>
<span style="font-family: verdana;"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif">I wasn't going to release Lost Dreams online, as I was in the process of seeking a gallery or festival to potentially perform it this summer.</span><br />
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<span face=""verdana" , sans-serif">However, Coronavirus has changed all of that.</span><br />
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<span face=""verdana" , sans-serif">It's made some decisions for me.</span><br />
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<span face=""verdana" , sans-serif">During lockdown, I made some very basic videos for the tracks in Minecraft.</span><br />
<span face=""verdana" , sans-serif">The only reason for this was because all I had to do was do a screen capture, and it created a video with no work involved. I am still avoiding any effort to spend lots of time doing lots of work that I will not be paid for.</span><br />
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<span face=""verdana" , sans-serif">It was for me all along, but now it's for everyone else too.</span><br />
<span face=""verdana" , sans-serif">Many people have been plunged into my world of home working and panicking about not being able to pay bills.</span><br />
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<span face=""verdana" , sans-serif">The reason I made the videos was merely to upload the sounds to Youtube so I could chordify them, to find out what the chords are.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: verdana;"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif">I later discovered a button on <a href="https://soundcloud.com/helendearnley/sets/lost-dreams" target="_blank">Soundcloud</a> to monetise uploads, so I have uploaded them there, because that was where the original Apparatjik collabs went.</span><br />
<span face=""verdana" , sans-serif">I have created a <a href="https://www.patreon.com/blackbird76" target="_blank">Patreon page for Lost Dreams</a>, so I decided reluctantly to upload there.</span><br />
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<span face=""verdana" , sans-serif">I have sent the track </span><span style="background-color: white;"><span face=""libre franklin" , "helvetica neue" , "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif" style="color: #333333;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51);">Hlör U Fang Axaxaxas Ml</span></span></span><span face=""libre franklin" , "helvetica neue" , "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-size: 16px;">ö</span><span style="background-color: white;"><span face=""libre franklin" , "helvetica neue" , "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif" style="color: #333333;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51);"> </span></span></span><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif">to BBC Introducing, and it was also </span><a href="https://furtherin.live/stream?fbclid=IwAR1IFIYNX594DKXI6IGgmaKvnFGSFOLFojgucNvltnPTFabLAQtDgjswkh8" target="_blank">played live here</a><br />
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<span face=""verdana" , sans-serif">I'm currently the only carer campaigning for <span style="font-size: large;"><b>#wagesnotclaps</b></span></span><br />
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<span face=""verdana" , sans-serif">Please do not feel bad if you don't clap on Thursday nights.</span><br />
<span face=""verdana" , sans-serif">We didn't ask for clapping, and all it does is insult us.</span><br />
<span face=""verdana" , sans-serif">It is no replacement for the income I have lost due to austerity, or actual wages.</span><br />
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<span face=""verdana" , sans-serif">The next broadcast is the first track Dreamfall. </span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: yellow;">An update - due to #BlackLivesMatter the previous scheduled broadcast will now be this coming</span><b><span style="color: blue;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222;"> </span><a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://furtherin.live/&source=gmail&ust=1591967695205000&usg=AFQjCNGbZaXtQqBGCyVE-YUFmSiT4Znoaw" href="https://furtherin.live/" target="_blank">Saturday 13th June from 12.00p.m. live here</a></span></b><br />
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<span style="color: yellow; font-family: verdana;">Listen out for Dreamfall, the first track from Lost Dreams :-D</span></div>
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<span style="color: yellow; font-family: verdana;">Massive thanks to Filip for supporting the project :-)</span></div>
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<span style="color: yellow; font-family: verdana;">Filip’s song Spaceship is #1 on soundcloud’s new hot and trending rock chart in the UK and Norway, and #4 worldwide.</span></div>
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