Personal Blog
De walvisch, Gordinne, anonymous print from the Rijksmuseum collection Earlier this year I decided I wanted to read Moby Dick; or, The Whale by Herman Melville. I hoped to enjoy identifying with the subject of being stuck in close quarters for a long stretch of time, reading life on board ship as an analogy for … Continue reading “I fear not thy epidemic, man” attitudes towards infectious disease in Moby Dick
“that which is repeated has been, otherwise it could not be repeated; but precisely this, that it has been, makes repetition something new.” Søren Kierkegaard When I go for a run in the park I nearly always take the same route. It’s not that I’m a creature of habit in general, but with running I … Continue reading Running in the park with Kierkegaard
One of the permanent public art commissions of the Box Museum opening in Plymouth, is a new stained-glass window for St Lukes Church, made by major Portuguese artist, Leonor Antunes. It sits in the east wall of the building, which has been converted into a contemporary gallery space, and the grand unveiling of the window … Continue reading On Leonor Antunes’ new stained glass window at St Lukes, The Box Plymouth
For a while my morning routine involved walking down to the Hoe here in Plymouth, passing along the balustrades, and taking in the quiet atmosphere of a seafront at dawn. There is a beauty to the natural light, the sun just rising, which would often surprise me, as the light cast on the rocks of … Continue reading A Devil for the South West? On Antony Gormley’s LOOK II
I went for a run recently with a friend who took me to a common-like area on the edge of Dartmoor I had not been to before. We parked up and, not having brought a map, decided to just head off in a random direction for a few kilometres and then make our way back. … Continue reading Slow pheasants in road
Looking for mushrooms and looking at paintings...
During the coronavirus lockdown I was furloughed for about a month. One of the things I made during that time was this short film called The Scroll, with Camilla. https://youtu.be/20a5OyoL2x8 The Scroll | Directed by William Kemp and Camilla Bostock We entered it into the South West Filmathon Thing run by Devon and Cornwall Film, … Continue reading The Scroll – a short film
During lockdown many people turned to the home and the garden to make improvements. It’s hardly surprising - spend more time in the house, and you notice more things that need doing, you start coming up with ideas, and find home improvement tasks that can’t be put off by simply going out for the day. … Continue reading Humans are wasteful – it’s time we made the most of it
At the weekend I took part in a Embodiment and Performance workshop led by actor and Michael Chekhov specialist, Gretchen Egolf, organised by Aller Park Studios at Dartington. It was my first time ever going to a workshop like this, but I was interested in finding out more about Chekhov, since the office where I … Continue reading Embodying Michael Chekhov – an experience
O Yama O is a genre-less music project created by Keiko Yamamoto, artist and cofounder of Cafe Oto in London, and Rie Nakajima, a Japanese installation and performance artist, who had her first major solo exhibition at IKON Gallery in Birmingham last year. I went along to experience it last night at Aller Park Studios, … Continue reading Review: O YAMA O at Aller Park Studios, Dartington
