Another month, another great opportunity to extend my Perfume as Practice body of work beyond portraiture. Notes of the Bard combines fragrance, poetry, colour and photography in order to highlight how each of those disciplines can act as a foundation for creative processes. It also attempts to elevate perfumery as a viable medium for communication, as when placed within the context of other creative disciplines a capacity for interpretation, investigation and inspiration is

This week has seen the opening of The Court of Love – a group art and poetry exhibition examining Valentine’s Day. The exhibition is held at Exchange Place Studios, Sheffield and has been devised and curated by myself. Initially, the exhibition was driven by purely selfish reasons – over the last two years I have neglected the chance to use Valentine’s Day as an excuse to exhibit Perfume as Practice and I didn’t wish to miss the opportunity for a third year. However, further

We are currently crowdfunding for The Court of Love – our upcoming art and poetry exhibition examining Valentine’s Day at Exchange Place Studios, Sheffield. The Court of Love is a group exhibition that sees artists and poets respond to the theme of Valentine’s Day. The exhibition itself is themed like a medieval court – referencing the first ever occurrence of Valentine’s Day which featured a feast, poetry competitions and jousting. Some artists have chosen to incorporate the

The Court of Love seeks poetry submissions responding to the theme of Valentine’s Day. The Court of Love is a group exhibition due to take place at Exchange Place Studios, Sheffield, from 9th – 18th February 2017. Each of the artists involved will be responding to the theme of Valentine’s Day in whatever manner they wish. The exhibition will include an opening evening and a Valentine’s Day special event. The exhibition will be themed as a medieval banquet – referencing the fi

Three collages, in situ in an exhibition at Unity Theatre, Liverpool alongside the work of six other artists, each responding to the theme of ‘Patterns and Poetry: I appear to return to the premise of extracting poetry from video games a few times a year. Almost in a hobbyist fashion. I tend to use certain exhibitions as an opportunity to develop the premise, which has altered slightly from writing poetry about video games to extracting poetry directly from video game code: T

Three works of mine – all based on extracting poetry from video game coding then responding to the end result visually – will be on display at Unity Theatre, Liverpool, from tomorrow (13th January) until 14th February. Here’s a sneak peek at all three of them: To see them in all their glory – alongside the work of 6 other artists all responding to the theme of ‘Patterns and Poetry’ – then pop down to Unity Theatre tomorrow, 13th January, from 5.30 – 7.30pm: We will be hosting

What better way to kick of the year than three collages that extract and illustrate poetry from video game code?! ‘No Origin’ (2016) All three pieces, including the one pictured, will be on display at Unity Theatre, Liverpool, from 13th January until 14th Febrary. They will be displayed alongside the work of six other artists, all of which have responded to the theme of Patterns in Poetry. My particular work seeks to extend the experience of video gaming onto other platforms

Positioned in between satisfying my crowdfunding rewards and waiting for perfume materials to arrive, I find myself in a brief period of reflection. Able to turn my mind away from the world of perfume briefly, and revisit something initiated last year – finding art in video games. However, I wish to further my exploration into extracting poetry from video games rather than aping it. And so, I present to you poems creating by taking video game code and isolating parts of it, r

Over the last week I have been doing a fair bit of juggling; visits to BasementArtsProject, Leeds and Access Space, Sheffield have re-kindled my desire to explore and develop my Speculative Studio Space project – with exhibitions now planned in September this year and June next year. As a project that has been superseded slightly by Perfume as Practice, it’s great to give Speculative Studio Spaces a little attention, with exhibitions to work towards and events to plan. Not to

Last Thursday I attended ‘In Our Corner’ – an open mic might at Bank Street Arts which highlighted the fact that politics is able to exist within innumerable defined spaces, including within creative practice. I already knew this, but what it highlighted was the concept of removing something from its original context and providing a platform for it to be assessed within a different space, thus drawing alternative conclusions. Via a few leaps of logic, a few cups of tea and a

Leaving food alone for a bit to think about trees instead. Landscape. It’s a subject that – like still-life – can be given a bit of a kick up the arse in order to allow it to become relevant in the 21st Century. If we take into account my incessant desire to progress and embrace new artistic direction, it seems appropriate that a departure from food can emerge in the shape of re-considering landscape. So winter is (Finally) beginning to recede, buds are tentatively emerging f