This week, I won a ticket to attend BBC6music's #ArtIsEverywhere Breakfast Show recording with Mary Anne Hobbs live at Feren's Art Gallery in Hull.
So amid organising things for Birds Yard for the Christmas Market (see Illustration blog), I frantically booked a train ticket and a last minute hotel, and headed the long way round the Humber to go.
(Of course, if I were paid properly, I could afford to run a car, it would be an hour's drive across the Humber bridge).
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| Arriving in Hull, UK City Of Culture |
It was an early start after a sleepless night, up before 7.00a.m. to arrive at Feren's Art Gallery, where this year's Turner Prize nominees are exhibiting work in anticipation of the award. I've never actually been to the Turner Prize exhibition before, it's a wonder if I catch it on TV, so it was a good excuse to go and visit.
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| Gold signs are all the rage, apparently. |
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| This breakfast was not free, it was £1 for some #juice |
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| I got the Juice! #Chromeo |
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| My Turner Prize entry. |
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| Maryanne Hobbs doing her live radio broadcast |
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| Maryanne Hobbs with artist Sam |
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| Maryanne Hobbs interviewing Dominic Wilcox |
The Feren's Art Gallery team provided us with some materials - a piece of paper and some charcoal, although there was a shortage, so the audience were asked to break it in half to share around.
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| Banana Legs |
My live drawing of Dominic Wilcox - he got up just as I was about to draw his legs, so he got banana legs instead, unfortunately. I'm sure he could invent a way of walking with them!
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| Maryanne Hobbs tweeting and interviewing Nick from Blast Theory |
Here is Maryanne Hobbs interviewing Nick from Blast Theory, whose work I haven't had the luxury of seeing in Hull, as I've been busy doing non-art things, such as attending Carer's Rights Day and earning money in non-art jobs where I'm not allowed to take photos or anything creative.
I remember meeting Nick when Blast Theory had their Frequency Festival piece in Lincoln, before I realised that Frequency Festival is a total failure for artists here in Lincoln.
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| charcoal, not all that good for drawing faces! |
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| Just did this to see what it looked like! |
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| At the coal face, I should be on strike #JeremyDeller |
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| When all the poor artists have been eradicated by austerity, most probably. |
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| That's Nick from Blast Theory and Jason Bruges, both male digital artists. |
Women digital artists are priced out of even contemplating doing any work nowadays, by funding organisations that reject proposals, and failure of things like Frequency Festival. Those that do, are often just doing it for free, or worse, paying to do it.
A discussion with David Bowie's photographer. Again, he said that he got to work with David because he was a bit cheeky and asked. Easy to do if you're a healthy white male with no caring responsibilities at all, and you get paid to do it. Not so easy if no one wants to pay you, and Universal Credit.
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| You can't see him, he is hiding behind Maryanne Hobbs! |
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| There he is! |
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| Philip Selway of Radiohead about to perform some live music |
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| A girl drawing a unicorn |
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| Nick Tandavanitj and Dominic Wilcox |
Nick Tandavanitj from Blast Theory and Dominic Wilcox plotting world domination or something. I'm just behind them, but with no funding.
Perhaps they should get together and sort out the Grantium application so that I can get funding.
A live doodle of Philip Selway performing music for BBC 6 music breakfast #ArtIsEverywhere
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| Selfie with Maryanne Hobbs :-) |
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| Radiohead's keyboard #TheFunkLady |
How I left without stroking Radiohead's keyboard is a mystery - mainly that I hadn't really had any breakfast, and needed to go and get some food!
