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Inspiration and exploration
The first week of the residency involved visiting Derby to meet the Artcore Team and being shown the two sites they have, I had never been to Artcore before, so it was good to see the gallery at Albert Street and then the space at Charnwood street where we will be working for the next […]
Read MoreCircling
Still working of the image of the rapeseed field in Wales. It has been a huge challenge trying to create a large image from a really small one. It has changed from the first image as it was planned. I am not sure why I get drawn to making circles when working on this size. […]
Read MoreMöbius and The Tale of Sisyphus
I thought I would share two of my current, major inspirations to help viewers better understand the ideas behind my work. Particularly this body of work. You may notice a particular shape, or the idea of a loop, cropping up often. I’ve realised that a lot of the work I’ve made is in response to […]
Read MoreFeeling Inspired
I remember walking through a field of rapeseed, in Wales, taller than myself. It seemed to go on forever, at least a mile. This is part of the same walk we have done many times from Cardigan to Gwbert. For the next large image I intend to recreate some of the memories, colours and emotions […]
Read MoreA splash of colour
After the Eid celebration here at Artcore, the curry was beautiful, as always!, I decided to work on the smaller pieces (above). The idea is to create colour areas that stand out against the dark areas. I am currently experimenting painting with both dyes and paints and looking at how each of these react when […]
Read MoreStarting The Residency, and What Drawing Means To Me
Hello everyone, My name is Emily, and, on this blog, I will be documenting my journey along this residency. Whilst waiting for supplies to arrive (spoiler; lots and lots of graphite and paper) I focused mostly on creating sketches for ideas I’ve been envisaging, which is typically how my work starts. I […]
Read MoreMapping Stories
A week into the residency and I am just adjusting to my new surroundings at Artcore. Its daunting starting a new project when you know beforehand that there is a huge space to fill at the end. It is quite a challenge moving from drawing in an A5 sketchbook, which I have done for quite […]
Read MoreHoli Hai! International Residency review – Masood Sarwer
by hemalhttps://artcoreuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Masood-Final.mp4 Masood Sarwer Artist Residency: Holi Hai! Artcore and FORMAT Festival International Residency. Location: Gujrat, India Artcore residency has been very crucial for me to navigate and cultivate my artistic expression. It has allowed me to collaborate, learn and express my visual language like never before. It allowed me to create a dialogue and challenge […]
Read MoreKawant fair: A fair of Rathwa tribe of Chhota Udepur
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Today is the day when the Kawant fair will mark an end to our residency with colours everywhere. You can find colours in the ice cream that the children hold in their hands in the mid-noon at the fair. You can find colours in the balloon which are tied together in a bamboo stick waiting […]
Read MoreRathwa Tribals Walk Hot Embers for Holi
by ArtistHoli Hai! Residency DAY 8 by Nikki Culley Thick white smoke filled the air as the burning logs turned to embers. An elder man from the Rathwa community we were visiting, emptied a bucket of manure at the end of a short length of the burning embers, to cool the feet of the group of […]
Read MoreHoli Hai! The festival of colour.
by ArtistHoli Hai! Residency DAY 7 By Masood Sarwer There is nothing more peaceful than waking up to peacocks calls. We all packed our bags and sat in the car to attend the Holi celebration in Vadodara. We crossed forests, open landscapes and farm fields and sunlight kept flickering through my window as I gazed and […]
Read MoreChasing Landscape Photographs in Rural Gujarat
by ArtistHoli Hai! Residency DAY 6 by Nikki Culley We loaded our camera bags into the car just as the daylight was about to soften. The daughter of the people who ran the home stay Yashwini was leading the trip with two friends from the kitchen who had a knowledge of the local area. They agreed […]
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