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The Athole House Studio
Self-Isolation Artist Residency
30th March 2020 - 7th November 2021

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Over my career I have taken part in many artist residencies in various parts of the world; I have even organised and run a residency program myself. 2020 has brought new challenges to us all, I however intend to treat these challenges as opportunities. With this in mind today, the first day of my self-isolation having arrived back from my studio in the Untied States last night, I I launch my new blog which will become an integral part of this website as I redesign is over the coming weeks.

Artist Residencies give artists the space and perhaps more importantly the time to make new work; I intend to treat my time in self-isolation in the same way that I would if I were on an artist residency in another studio in another part of the world. Athole House Studio maybe one of my home studios but for me it is a work space, and lets face it, we all now have the time.

THE SELF-ISOLATION RESIDENCY 29th MARCH 2021: DAY 365

3/29/2021

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'The Fifth Column', situation-specificinstallation,  space expanded polystyrene and paint,
“Where the Garment Gapes”, The Triangle Shopping Centre, 2009.

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'The Fifth Column', situation-specificinstallation,  space expanded polystyrene and paint,
“Where the Garment Gapes”, The Triangle Shopping Centre, 2009.
 
The Fifth Column has become a definitive piece in the catalogue of my work; as it was probably one of the turning points at which the consideration of the exhibition space became as important as what is being exhibited therein.

“Here in a crack in the metropolis scrawlings, traces, objects, photographs, film and sound can be experienced. ‘The garment gapes and hints at what is hidden underneath. Between the contradictions are the gaps, reappearing and disappearing meaning, creating a texture of interpretation, a tissue of sensation.' This is a show of new work by artists from the MSoA Fine Art MA.”  (exhibiton catalogue text, 2009).

In The Fifth Column I for the first time approached the gallery space as a whole and responded with a piece designed to activate and stimulate it into a new and whole experience. Within the exhibition space there already existed, what purported to be “architectural” columns. However on closer examination I realised that they were indeed hollow, mere architectural facades. This fascinated me; the idea that something like the architecture of a space, which is supposed to be there for a reason and controls the way that people operate in a space, was not what it appeared to be. In response to this I came up with the idea of replicating another column and adding it to the space, but this one had to be more than just another facade, this one had to address the inconsistencies of the existing space and highlight them for the observer’s consideration.

This idea was achieved in two ways; the first one which was by the simple omission of the pieces exact nature from the exhibition guide.  The pieces name, my name and the materials used were listed but not the pieces form, dimensions or location, thus leaving the observer free to question exactly what I had added to the gallery. The second way was by the expedient of moving the column to a new location within the gallery on a regular basis; thus questioning the permanence of architecture and constantly changing the exhibition and the visitor’s experience of it.
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  • CODEX
    • plane >
      • Apophenia: An Uncanny Presence.
      • Control(s)
      • Personal Topographies
      • The Self-Isolation Residency
      • Americana
      • Mauve Skies
      • Scotland
      • Selected Drawing & Paintings,
      • The Teaching Years
      • Spatial Paintings 2006-2008
      • Paintings 2006
    • mass >
      • The Blind Men and the Elephant.
      • Spatial Conceptions 2014 - 2022
      • Painted Objects
      • Autograph
      • The Newtonian Nightmare
    • volume >
      • Enso nest
      • Someone else's storey
      • Shower, The Process Residency 2013,
      • Concrete Haiku
      • Atypical
      • The Murder of Crows.
      • Composition in White (Painting), The Breathe Residency:
      • Composition in White (Sculpture), The Breathe Residency:
      • Floorplan
      • Paper Scissors Rock
      • Pilgrimage
      • The Fifth Column
      • Tension
      • Arch
    • blogs >
      • The Self-Isolation Residency: Blog 2020-2021
      • Apophenia: An Uncanny Presence. 2022
    • artist statement
    • cv & education
    • contact