I am currently working with the Institute of Contemporary Interdisciplinary Arts at the University of Bath, co-editing a publication on interdisciplinary arts practice with contributions from Becky Shaw, Vera Frenkel, Victor Seidler, Department 21, Wallace Heim, Jane Trowel, Brandon La Belle, Mike Pearson, Jane Rendell, Daniel Hinchcliffe and Jane Calow.
Alongside working with the ICIA I am developing the publication project FEAST. FEAST is a series of three publications presenting contemporary visual art and film works that explore our relationship with food as a social event, a marker of identity, a product of history and a commodity for trade. The publication combines articles on contemporary arts practices with recipes, film histories and literary narratives in an eclectic mix that serves to explore, highlight and question the varied roles food holds within our everyday. The first edition of FEAST takes the theme of indulgence and will be launched in early December.
From 2008-2010 I was assistant editor for Corridor8, a visual arts and writing magazine based in the North West.
Other written works include: Traits of Sidney - a bookwork produced in collaboration with the artist Daphne Wright exploring the thematic threads surrounding
her 2010 exhibition at Frith Street Gallery, London.
The Contemporary Art Society Guide to Public Collections of Art in the UK - a written guide to 63 museum collections and their contemporary art works.
Roses
and Palm Trees - text on Graham Fagen's newly commissioned public
artwork for St.Agnes Park, Bristol produced by Foreground
Projects. Industry and Idleness - Bureau Gallery Rotate exhibition at the Contemporary Art Society Offices, London.
The
Short Score - essay on the work of Jennifer Douglas for a publication with Workplace Gallery
Dream Birds - Essay on the work of Catherine Bertola for a publication with Workplace Gallery
Permanent Vacation - text on Andy Holden's exhibition at Bureau Manchester
Stallion - Catalgoue ssay on the work of artist Daphne Wright
for Visual - the opening exhibition at the new Visual Arts Centre in Carlow,
Ireland.
Beyond
Pattern - Catalogue Essay for touring exhibition
developed by Oriel
Davies Gallery Wales Sisters
of Lady - Contributed to the publication Sisters of Lady edited by
the
artist Lady Lucy and published by the Chutney Press.
Office
on
the Borderlands - Text on the work of The Salford
Restoration Office for
publication in
Corridor8 Magazine Art and the Supercity
Openended - Text on Manchester based exchange exhibition for
Castlefield Gallery and Rogue Project Space www.openended.org
The
Body and the Death Cast - Feature article on the work
of the artist Daphne Wright in the Spring
issue of Circa Magazine
Hannu
Karjalainen Portraits - Commissioned to produce a text
for the Catalogue of Karjalainen's solo
show at Spike Island Gallery 2, Bristol.
The
Drawing Exchange Festival - Text on the festival for Spike
Island, Bristol.
Spike Island Journal 2 Currency & Exchange - Edited and produced the second issue of Spike
Island Journal.
Inviting 5
international writers; Charlie Danby, Axel Lapp, Eddie Chambers and
Yane Calvoski, to contribute to a continual exchange of text centred
around notions of local and global identity.
Situations Papers - Commissioned to review Heather and Ivan Morrison's installation I lost her near Fantasy Island as part of British Art Show 6, Bristol.