Jaywick Begins

While Karen was watching her weather tollerant NGS visitors wander round a wet Lawson Park garden at the weekend :-(  I was getting sunburn with the crew in Jaywick, filming the summer fair and finally beginning what felt like making the film rather than research ...

I'm not sure quite what made the shift for me (could have been the pumped feeling caused by lack of sleep and mountains of technical last minute preparation that I now have come to only associate with making films!) but I'd like to think it was being back with our crew from the last two films - Production Manager Lisa - James, DOP - John Podpadec, Sound - Paul Baker, and (of course) Tim Olden. This weekend we even had an extra pair of hands with a runner (luxury indeed) James Gilpin one of my recent graduates from the Royal College of Art.

The chaos of the summer fair kept us all on our toes ... and we even managed to try out some nice shots either side of the main event on our new DSLR (largely the cause of my pre-production lack of sleep!).

It feels good to be making another film and we even have a new webpage & Blog to celebrate. The picture is John and I - the clapper board is sadly not just for effect, in the world of the DSLR synch sound is a distant memory.

Posted Thursday 22nd July, 2010 at 12:42 pm by Nina

Come to my garden on Sunday

A quick plug for my third National Garden Scheme charity garden opening at the garden I've created surrounding the Grizedale Arts HQ.

Lawson Park, East of Lake, Coniston LA21 8AD. Info T 015394 41050 - Parking at Machell's Coppice carpark on East of Lake road (follow signs for Brantwood) then free shuttle minibus up to us.

We open 2pm - 6pm this Sunday, July 18th. Tickets on gate £3.50, kids free.

Magnificent teas and plants for sale too.

Posted Thursday 15th July, 2010 at 9:28 am by Karen

Talking, this weekend in Glasgow

'This Land is Your Land' is the title of a free weekend of talks, performance, films etc at the CCA in central Glasgow.

I'll be talking on Saturday July 10th at around 3.30pm, on our garden project What Will the Harvest Be? - so I hope you can make it....

Posted Monday 5th July, 2010 at 3:45 pm by Karen

What Will the Harvest Be? @ London Open Squares Weekend

We had a busy weekend at the garden, giving tours, tea and cake to visitors. Have a look at Nina's nice photos here on Flickr.

Posted Thursday 24th June, 2010 at 12:54 pm by Karen

Somewhere & pals at Late at Tate

Nina, Wapke Feenstra, Antje Schiffers (of Myvillages) and Fernando Garcia Dory tired and emotional at the end of Grizedale Art's Late at Tate last week.

Posted Thursday 10th June, 2010 at 2:05 pm by Karen

Late at Tate

On Friday we'll be featuring (in video form!) at the Late at Tate curated by Grizedale Arts:

"of Lawson Park, Coniston, Ruskany, Lake District, North England" presenting:
Adding Complexity to Confusion: A Kind of History of Engaged Practice

Friday 4 June 2010 - 6.00pm - 10.00pm Late at Tate
Tate Britain, Millbank, London SW1P 4RG, England, England.

We've done a lot of work at Grizedale over the years and I believe Somewhere highlights from this showing will include our film made in Japan and John Graham our collaborator from the Festival of Lying.

The other highlight of the evening is sure to be Tim Olden revisiting his work for a Dutch street organ!

Posted Wednesday 2nd June, 2010 at 1:42 pm by Nina

Come and eat Cake!

Posted Wednesday 2nd June, 2010 at 10:36 am by Nina

What Will the Harvest Be? opens for London's Open Squares Weekend 12/13th June

Come to see our project come to fruition, open 10-5 both days, plenty of tea and cakes etc for sale - proceeds to the garden.

More info on tickets / access here:

http://www.opensquares.org/detail/AbbeyGardens.html

Posted Friday 28th May, 2010 at 4:57 pm by Karen

Exmoor National Dress on show again

Thanks to Carol Carey's efforts, I'm delighted to say my photographs and films are on show again in Exmoor -

May 16th - June 5th 2010

The Guildhall Heritage & Arts Centre
Dulverton
Somerset

Open 10 am to 4.30 daily. Admission is free.

Posted Friday 14th May, 2010 at 11:35 am by Karen

A Mouse's Impression ...

This was my favourite discovery of the day. We found a mouse nest in one of the crates, and in amongst the bits of food etc. were a 'tiny' cow from the island, a few screws and the little covers that go over the speakers set into the model. The best thing about the discovery was that Dennis (the conservator) was immediately able to tell that the mouse nest pre--dated the Island arriving at Wroughton as the sunflower seeds etc. were from a domestic mix!!

Posted Monday 10th May, 2010 at 10:03 am by Nina