Chats with Artists in Lockdown, is a Podcast of artists talking together. Discussing how the virus has impacted them and their work; what's been lost and what's been discovered. The conversation wanders between artist’s making and thinking and they share their strategies and experiences through this weird time.
Luke Routledge is primarily a sculptor though his practise encompasses painting, drawing, illustration, writing and video making. In this episode, Luke and I talk about the 'in the middle' feeling that we are both in at the moment, in the early/mid stages of making new work. Luke describes his recent exhibition at Eastside projects, "strange matter" and we begin to get into his ideas around his constructed universe and what he calls his 'living collage territory'. We talk about conceptual machines, sculpture making itself, modular bodies and using words in a sculptural format. We talk about Luke's many and tailored materials, his particular colour palette and his relationship with pseudoscience. We touch on skateboard imagery and cartoons, poetry and stories, and we hear a little of Luke’s recent writing, from the horse’s mouth. We get into humour and the kinetic and end on new things that Luke is trying to make and how helpful it is trying to learn new things all the time.
Image:
Strange Matter @ Eastside Projects, Birmingham 2020
Links:
www.lukeroutledge.com
www.eastsideprojects.org
www.coventrybiennial.com
www.theschoolofthedamned.wixsite.com
27 Jul 2021
Chat with Brian Alfred
In this episode I talk to Brian Alfred. Brian Alfred is an artist, podcaster, educator and curator based out of Brooklyn, working in painting, drawing, collage and animation. He is also the host of SOUND & VISION one of the top visual arts podcasts in the world.
Brian and I talk about coffee, before getting into how he started his podcasts and how they have evolved. We talk about environment, being able to paint anything, and being hit by lightning, literally. Brian talks about fractals classes at Yale and being a hard worker and we get into cliches and painting sunsets. Brian talks about his forthcoming show with Miles McEnry Gallery which considers places we are stuck and places we would like to be. And we end on hand washing appreciation and the importance of family.
Links:
http://brianalfred.net/
https://www.milesmcenery.com/artists/brian-alfred
20 Jun 2021
Chat with Harriet Hill
Harriet Hill and I chat about her upcoming live art odyssey, Home-ing, getting into what it is, where she will go and how she arrived at this brilliant project. We talk about words as sculpture, making in a domestic setting, endurance and acts of resistance and making art about politics. We end on family collaborations and absorbing and getting absorbed.
Out take: Harriet Hill will set off walking from London on 22nd June arriving at her childhood home in Wales on 25th July. To find our more about this project or to meet Harriet along the way you can access her route at www.harriethill.co.uk/home-ing or follow her on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/harrietlhill/
We will speak again after her walk and may add some of that conversation to this episode so watch this space…and good luck Harriet.
Image:
Credit Daniel Crawshaw
Links:
https://www.instagram.com/harrietlhill/
#home-ing
Feminist Library: https://feministlibrary.co.uk
HOME Slough: https://www.homeslough.org.uk/news/
OVADA: https://www.ovada.org.uk
About Face Theatre Company: https://www.aboutfacetheatre.co.uk
Sidney Nolan Trust: https://www.sidneynolantrust.org
Home-ing is supported by public funding from the National Lottery through Arts Council England
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