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An Invitation to the Patterns and Poetry Opening Evening
Three works of mine – all based on extracting poetry from video game coding then responding to the end result visually – will be on...

Michael Borkowsky
Jan 12, 20161 min read
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Perfume Portrait #5 – Colette Lilley
Colette Lilley 50ml EDT Description If the existential questions of life and existence are the illness, perhaps this fragrance is the...

Michael Borkowsky
Dec 6, 20151 min read
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Perfume as Practice Call-Out to Artists
5 Perfumes made, 45 to go! I have had some great responses to the question ‘why do you make art’. What has struck me is the varied and...

Michael Borkowsky
Nov 29, 20151 min read
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Perfume Portrait #2 – Cherie Grist
Cherie Grist EDT 50ml Description All the fun of a padded cell in a bottle! The Cherie Grist fragrance may seem disruptive, but that is...

Michael Borkowsky
Nov 6, 20151 min read
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Perfume Portrait #1 – Henk Littlewood
Henk Littlewood EDT 50ml Description The Henk Littlewood displays a pure affinity with chosen materials. Drawing full-bodied inspiration...

Michael Borkowsky
Nov 3, 20151 min read
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Shaping a Speculative Studio Space
The Speculative Studio Space that I am installing at Access Space is really beginning to take shape! I am reluctant to say to much about...

Michael Borkowsky
Sep 16, 20151 min read
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Cornwall Scrapbook
Last week I was in Cornwall on holiday, taking in both Newquay and St Ives. The bulk of the holiday was spent in Newquay, with trips to...

Michael Borkowsky
Sep 13, 20151 min read
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An Invitation to Speculative Studio Spaces
You are all invited to the Opening Evening of my upcoming exhibition at Access Space, entitled ‘Speculative Studio Spaces’ The exhibition...

Michael Borkowsky
Sep 4, 20151 min read
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The Fruits of Crowdfunding
It’s a whole two months since my crowdfunding ended and, hidden between satisfying crowdfunding rewards and producing works for an...

Michael Borkowsky
Sep 1, 20151 min read
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Studio Spaces, Perfume & Video Game Coding
Over the last week I have been doing a fair bit of juggling; visits to BasementArtsProject, Leeds and Access Space, Sheffield have...

Michael Borkowsky
Jul 20, 20151 min read
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FLUX – An exhibition about change in a changing place
FLUX is an exhibition that seeks to ask questions of change and what change means to the individual. FLUX is devised and curated by...

Michael Borkowsky
Jun 24, 20151 min read
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Reflecting on Crowdfunding
And so, after 50 days of patience, persistence and promotion, my crowdfunding campaign has ended – although it will still be live for the...

Michael Borkowsky
Jun 8, 20152 min read
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Travel Perfume
In the midst of setting up my crowdfunding and really cracking on with this perfume lark I have neglected to write a blog about an...

Michael Borkowsky
Apr 21, 20151 min read
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Research as Advertisements
My research findings towards perfumery have so far proved to be of great value – as a novice to perfumery, it has been fascinating...

Michael Borkowsky
Feb 13, 20151 min read
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Perfume as Language
Much like the contents of a perfume bottle, my thoughts towards perfumery are unknown, mysterious and confusing. Having only just begun...

Michael Borkowsky
Feb 8, 20153 min read
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More thoughts towards Speculative Studio Spaces
A visit to three separate arts organisations over two days last week has reinforced my Speculative Studio Spaces body of work. Enthused...

Michael Borkowsky
Feb 4, 20153 min read
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Charting My Year of Change
2014 has been a joyously productive beast with a tenancy to provide moments of reflection and a degree of transiency. My practice has...

Michael Borkowsky
Dec 19, 20144 min read
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Speculative Studio Spaces
Studio spaces. What are they? Are they a form of refuge? a highly personal space that demands the removal of inhabitation? A platform...

Michael Borkowsky
Dec 6, 20142 min read
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An invitation to my Open Studio & Pop-up Exhibition
As part of Yorkshire Artspace’s Open Studios I am running a two-day exhibition at Exchange Place Studios. The exhibition will act as a...

Michael Borkowsky
Nov 20, 20141 min read
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Pixel Poetry as Political Practice (well, sort of)
Last Thursday I attended ‘In Our Corner’ – an open mic might at Bank Street Arts which highlighted the fact that politics is able to...

Michael Borkowsky
Sep 27, 20142 min read
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