Gini
Artist and wordsmith, whose work engages with issues of access, from acknowledged physical needs to perceived symbolic exclusions, Gini begins to explore how online accessibility might affect her arts practice.
20 May 2012
Roaming
Today I spent roaming in the sunshine, getting my bearings. I rolled alongside Sumida and headed for Ginza. There are more cyclists weaving along the pavements, more mobil-phonists standing in...Comments: 0
19 May 2012
Settling in
Smooth as a financial manager, Sumida reflects my sunshine hopes back at me in a glassy smile. Tokyo, gateway to Utopia, or the crutch to support my fantasies? Is the promise of independence sweeter...Comments: 0
17 May 2012
Tokyo. One day
I'm back. Tokyo called and here I am. Sumida, rocking and rolling, reflects my excitement. This time the cherry blossom is over and Tokyo is greening - punctuated by bright splashes of pink...Comments: 0
4 May 2012
My very own one-woman Shape Open Fringe.
I once heard Anish Kapoor say something along the lines of "my art works because I have nothing to say" which struck me as very odd. Triptychos Boxed is a glance at the aspirations of...Comments: 2
30 April 2012
Triptychos, Crow, dammit, Crow
Crow, dammit, Crow. Box 3 and the final part of Triptychos is heart-shaped and Schiaparelli pink, except for the outside of the lid. The box, 21 cms across and 4 cms deep, has a teal coloured...Comments: 2
29 April 2012
Triptychos, Schrodinger's Cat
Schrodinger's Cat. Box 2 of Triptychos, is black and 15 cms deep. It has six sides, each 7.5 cms. The outside has a texture like fine grosgrain which gives it a silk-like finish. The lid has a 3 cm...Comments: 1
28 April 2012
Tryptychos, Are You
Mute, but still complaining, the Triptychos waits. On the down, I created it for Shape Open, but circumstances disabled it. It went no-where. I hate waste, so skipping the selection process, I...Comments: 0
22 April 2012
Waiting
The Dawn Chorus seeps into my consciousness with liquid joy. Night brought sleep, so I open my eyes with a question. These days play out on a yo-yo string, some are stretched out towards the promise...Comments: 4
11 April 2012
For better or worse
I'm planning my next trip to Japan and I hope this time to be bringing back my very own skinny-wheeled chair. Will it actually make a difference to my life? Being in Japan opened my eyes to...Comments: 1
18 March 2012
Re-imagining Wheelchairs
Last weekend I attended a performance related workshop; I had completed two application forms, one for me and one for the chair. Currently the chair, my chair, and I are in a difficult...Comments: 4
7 March 2012
How do you feel about blogging?
On days when I feel quite invisible, even to myself, I have, in the past, found something salvational in my archives; a confirmation, a reassurance of my existence as artist. Surrounded by the...Comments: 2
25 February 2012
More on visibility…
I've been thinking more about visibility since Wednesday when I watched a fantastic performance by StopGAP. In dance, the wheelchair attempts to shed its magical cloaking properties and...Comments: 0
22 February 2012
The creative case for … visibility.
I’m finding communication hard at the moment; a familiar phrase that I read recently has rattled around in my head until I googled it: I am invisible, understand, simply because people refuse...Comments: 3
6 February 2012
Return to digital.
It has been my aim to get Con.text online, not as a downloadable PDF (although that is good too), but as an instantly visible artwork and this week I have been happily distracted from my drawing by...Comments: 1
30 January 2012
Finding head space
Deconsecration: Maria Francesca Tassi and Francesca Lazzarini Curated by Sara Falanga Salisbury Arts Centre, 13/01/2012 to 25/02/2012 My image has been progressing slowly, old pens...Comments: 0
23 January 2012
Where to now?
Without Con.text I hover uncertain of my direction. I feel like my bones have been picked clean and a howling gale whistles through me; it snatches everything and yet still leaves me here. Where to...Comments: 1
8 January 2012
Reality check?
When my computer died I consoled myself with the hope that my work could be recovered from the old hard drive. My current project exists there, as well as all my previous writing and graphic...Comments: 4
4 January 2012
The View - The End
The View from Here finished on 23 December 2011 and I miss making Con.text - the title of my conversations and writings. Just as Con.text took me by surprise, grabbed my attention and...Comments: 0
2 December 2011
The View From Here exhibition: too much honesty?
Sitting in Residence at Salisbury Arts Centre, talking to loads of interesting people is fascinating. I wanted people to be honest with their personal responses and gut reactions, and have been...Comments: 1
21 November 2011
The concept of art... "The View from Here' exhibition
Extract from a Saturday "in Residence" conversation at Salisbury Arts Centre partly inspired by the relative invisibility of Aidan Moesby's artworks in The View from Here, plus People do...Comments: 0
16 November 2011
More from 'The View From Here'
There are so many words; too many for here and I'd like to keep them together as a body of work, but here, more extracts: I felt so self-conscious in the wheelchair, but my eyes saw things ...Comments: 0
14 November 2011
Revealing the view from here...
The View from Here is at Salisbury Arts Centre from 10 Nov to 23 Dec 2011 My intervention is going well. My approach is proactive and flexible which has allowed the project scope to expand....Comments: 1
8 November 2011
Intervention
My computer died, hence the long pause in online accessibility. And I’ve been recovering from an accident and all that stress has resulted in a personal...Comments: 1
26 September 2011
Disabled - so what?
I’ve written two blogs since day out in Chichester and not posted either of them, my self-preservation instinct over-riding everything. I need to overcome this paranoia. My fear is real, but...Comments: 0
11 September 2011
Self actualization.
North begins to whisper and sing to me at this time of year. It is a powerful influence on my work, but defies adequate expression. I don’t often try to research or explain this longing to...Comments: 0