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...
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Michael Borkowsky
- Dec 6, 2015
- 1 min
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...
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Michael Borkowsky
- Nov 29, 2015
- 1 min
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...
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Michael Borkowsky
- Nov 6, 2015
- 1 min
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...
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Michael Borkowsky
- Nov 3, 2015
- 1 min
Perfume Portrait #1 – Henk Littlewood
Henk Littlewood EDT 50ml Description The Henk Littlewood displays a pure affinity with chosen materials. Drawing full-bodied inspiration...
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Michael Borkowsky
- Sep 16, 2015
- 1 min
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...
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Michael Borkowsky
- Sep 13, 2015
- 1 min
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...
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Michael Borkowsky
- Sep 4, 2015
- 1 min
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...
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Michael Borkowsky
- Sep 1, 2015
- 1 min
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...
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Michael Borkowsky
- Jul 20, 2015
- 1 min
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...
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Michael Borkowsky
- Jun 24, 2015
- 1 min
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...
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Michael Borkowsky
- Jun 8, 2015
- 2 min
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...
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Michael Borkowsky
- Apr 21, 2015
- 1 min
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...
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Michael Borkowsky
- Feb 13, 2015
- 1 min
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...
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Michael Borkowsky
- Feb 8, 2015
- 3 min
Perfume as Language
Much like the contents of a perfume bottle, my thoughts towards perfumery are unknown, mysterious and confusing. Having only just begun...
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Michael Borkowsky
- Feb 4, 2015
- 3 min
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...
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Michael Borkowsky
- Dec 19, 2014
- 4 min
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...
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Michael Borkowsky
- Dec 6, 2014
- 2 min
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...
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Michael Borkowsky
- Nov 20, 2014
- 1 min
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...
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Michael Borkowsky
- Sep 27, 2014
- 2 min
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...
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