Sarah Cole and I spent most of 2018 working with a small charity in Kent, Joining Hands Joining Hearts, who support survivors of domestic violence and sexual abuse. Commissioned by People United, the resulting videos, Messy Business, will form the backdrop to our work at Fabrica. We will use this time together to experiment with performance, video and installation, exploring ideas that emerged from Messy Business, of co-dependence, silence and agency. Our aim is to generate new material, that deepens our engagement with this subject and the ways that art work about violence can engage people to think about this aspect of their own lives and self-care. Audiences are invited to see what has be
Over the last couple of months I have been in and out of Towner Art Gallery and schools in Sussex delivering workshops for this year's children's and young people's annual exhibition to launch at Towner in April. A steering group of teachers and artists helped shape the theme for the exhibition, including the selection of twelve artworks, all by women, from Towner's collection. These have provided the starting point for inspiration, alongside a specially designed Resource Pack, sent to all schools in East Sussex and available to other groups on request. Pictured is a piece of work made by 60 year 5 pupils following a 2 hour non-stop drawing they participated in that I set up in a primary sc
