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I often work alone, however, friendship and hanging out with friends who make you laugh is very good for you, and sometimes that turns into art, I guess. Iām not totally sure how, but it often happens with my friends. Sidsel Meineche Hansen and I recently made the record āAlien Babyā. We also made some āGlobeā paintings, and I wrote a short soundtrack piece for a video she made with Reba Maybury, called āDay of Wrathā. āFingerbladesā is a recent duo exhibition of solo paintings, made with Rachal Bradley. Iāve known Rachal since we were kids at school, and I love her very much. Rachal is currently working on a film about Japanese fashion and the north-west of England, where we both grew up.
Apr 1, 2025
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Member of the also great band Mothers, she writes great and weird and beautiful strict alien dream songs. Iād recommend her album The Opening, or Closing of a Door.
Feb 9, 2024
Seattle-based avant-garde artist, active from the 1980s through now. Her material is normally quite chaotic and free-improvisatory, but her album Birthing Chair Blues could have fit in on the stranger (and jazzier) side of alt-rock at the time (Soul Coughing, Laughing Stock by Talk Talk). More accessible but still really interesting arrangements, Palacinka is sort of like a jangle pop song but with drum machine, bass guitar, alto saxophone, and melodica, no guitar.
Mar 28, 2025
Been following her work since 2015 and made a special trip to NYC to see this show. Sheās a very cool Deaf artist whose work explores the experience of being Deaf in a hearing world. She works across media, dipping into performance, video, sculpture, drawing, and music (often working with amazing collaborators like Blood Orange). Her work contains lots of art history references and often critiques museums, galleries, and academia in a clear and funny way. Also, she used to work at the Whitney and piloted their ASL tours as a museum educator. What an incredible coup it is for her to have a stellar mid-career survey in her former workplace.
If youāre in NYC, make a trip to the Whitney Museum and spend some time with her work. Pictured below is one of her drawings from the āDeaf Rageā series that had me chuckling. Love how humorous and serious her work is at the same time, especially when she calls out ableism in the art world.
Apr 21, 2025
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Throughout January, Iād wake up, light a fire, and play a yellow sleeved record I found in a charity shop. As a compilation it confuses a little in terms of who wrote what, after researching the tracks, itās mostly the collaborations between Charlie Parker and Miles Davis. Iām making new paintings at the moment, and some jazz music really keeps the paint loose. I was almost studying āMoose the Moocheā and āA Night in Tunisiaā before walking to the studio. Another musician who Iām close with is Heather Leigh. She is an amazing improviser and she inspires me. Check the albums āI Abused Animalā, āThroneā, the song āPrelude to Goddessā is about me. Heather also played extensively with Peter Brƶtzmann, and she creates beautiful gardens too @theglamgardener
Apr 1, 2025
Rosie Healey cooks dream food. Fresh yum amazing, she teaches me to make things I love too, like the magic dressings and green sauce. I am not as good as her and she sometimes laughs when I make gravy.Ā
Apr 1, 2025
Ā A lovely noise musician showed me this when I was 22 in NY, and it blew my mind. I love it as a film, and as a recording of sound. I often watch/listen/dance to this with my son, just to introduce him to real music as I call it. I love all kinds of music, but I tend to come back to certain musicians and bands again and again. It makes me think of the Fluxus movement.Ā
Apr 1, 2025