A place to rest

There is something familiar about this image. It reminds me a of a place to rest at the seaside, with your back against the rock, a little pocket of smooth […]

That’s it for 2014

What a year it has been! Not an easy year, but one that has included Quartet at Uppark, A Space for the Bittern at Waterhay and Passage in The Verne, […]

By the rivers of Babylon

Following on from yesterday’s post, I just had to quote you this from Thomas Huxley’s essay ‘On a Piece of Chalk’ (1868), because it is nothing if not ambitious: “A […]

On a Piece of Chalk

Not only did he coin the term ‘agnostic’, was instrumental in establishing scientific education in the UK, and through his advocacy of Darwin’s theory of evolution become known as ‘Darwin’s Bulldog’ (not […]

A Coccolith Odyssey

There are some single-celled algae that produce intricate circular discs of calcite inside themselves before secreting them onto their surface (see here) for…well, nobody really knows: defence? exchange? sheer delight in […]

X marks the spot

This is where the Observatory is going to be placed. Right next to the Science Centre (a structure that Dr No would have been proud to use at his HQ) […]

Between ‘in silico’ and a hard place

One of the many reasons for working with universities is […]

Procession for climate change

Love this! I am working with the artist Cedric Titcombe who is making a wearable bittern head for me at the moment, to feature in a ‘Procession for Climate Change’ that I […]

One step closer…

Yesterday the Observatory project came one step closer. Five of the artists along with the organisers met and went to see the Observatory under construction. Here are the two parts: on the left […]

28 minutes 20 seconds

That is how long it takes for a message to reach us from the Rosetta spacecraft that is currently circling around the P67 comet. That message travels at the speed of […]

Lookin Lookout

Lookinlookout is the web address for the Observatory residency that I am part of next year. In fact, I am going to be the first resident, January to March, so hope […]

I love Philae and Philae loves me

The outpouring of emotion towards the comet probe Philae over the past few days has taken me quite by surprise. The poor little thing, going to sleep in the freezing darkness of […]

Paper round dreams

I never did a paper round as a kid, but now I am doing one every Monday morning as my eldest son can’t do his on that day because of […]

Token gesture

Well, this is a first for me! Just as with some supermarkets, as you leave you are given a token to put into one of a selection of boxes which will […]

Talk at Torre

If you are near Torquay next Thursday then do come to Torre Abbey. I am giving a talk on residencies at Torre Abbey, part of Smooth Space‘s programme to bring contemporary art […]

To see and be seen

Just discovered! Next year I will be artist-in-residence for eight weeks in The Observatory, a specially designed mobile artist’s studio, that will be sited next to the Winchester Science Centre in the […]