In the last week of September myself and 3 other artists (aka Continental Breakfast): Amelie Scalercio (Australia), Lynette Bester (South Africa) and Marie Snauwaert (Belgium) were artists-in-residence at Brisons Veor Trust seaside cottage, near St Just on the west coast of Cornwall.

The result of our collaboration was a performative installation involving the public presented as part of This weekend…? – a series temporary site-specific public art events commissioned by BOSarts and curated by Ruth Goodning and Veronica Vickery. More info on the project’s website.

Together with sound artist Martin Clarke I’m participating in two artist residencies in the Caucasus this summer: at Art and Cultural Studies Laboratory in Yerevan, Armenia and Art Villa Garikula in Garikula, Georgia. We will spend over five weeks in the region making collaborative work in response to the locality and researching the local arts scene. The trip is supported by the ‘STEP Beyond’ mobility fund of the European Cultural Foundation and Artquest. Keep updated about our Caucasian adventures on our residency blog.

Picture above: Art Villa Garikula.

Click on the flyer for details:

Click here to read an article about the project on the BBC website.

A documentary about the Beyond Text In Legal Education project filmed by Robbie McKillop is now online and can be viewed here. The final conference summarizing the project will be held at the University of Edinburgh on 20-21 of June 2009.

Between the 25th April and 9th May I was working on Travelling Laboratory in Hania, Crete with Laundry and Etz Hayyim Synagogue. It involved working with students from Hania and Kandanos on a multimedia exhibition that presented a view of Hania through the eyes of the young people. The Laboratory was part of Intercultural Dialogue project.

I have recently facilitated some sessions for the photography group at Yewcroft Resource Centre. We were working towards an exhibition at The Custard Factory in July 2009, part of Arts All Over the Place festival of the arts and mental health. Here is a poster we made at our last session (click to enlarge):

The project was supported by Full Potential Arts.

On 23 January 2009 professor Zenon Bankowski from the School of Law at the Edinburgh University and myself attended a Legal Education conference at the UK Centre for Legal Education, University of Warwick. We gave a brief presentation about the Beyond Text project we have been working together on for the last year and showed a film documenting the practical workshops.

Since December 2008 I have been working with a group of young adults with complex emotional, behavioural and psychological difficulties to explore thoughts, feelings and destructive behaviour in a more constructive and creative way using photography.

The project was commissioned by Full Potential Arts and will culminate in an exhibition at the Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery‘s new Community Gallery (18th July – 1st November 2009).

Picture above by Shei.