Author Archives: beckybendylegs

Swimming with the metaphors

Posted on 3 July 2018 by beckybendylegs

I’ve recently found myself magnetically drawn towards metaphors. Previously, they occasionally floated past my consciousness, barely registering in my busy tumble-dryer of a mind. Now, they seem to be everywhere. They loom in everyday speech, in books, in poetry, on … Continue reading →

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Is this compulsory? Reflections from the 2018 Fine Art Degree Show

Posted on 12 June 2018 by beckybendylegs

It is degree show time in the UK art education world. Last Friday, marked the opening of the University of Wolverhampton 2018 Fine Art Degree Show. It was my fourth in a row. The first I attended as a future … Continue reading →

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Duckie vs Fortnight – what would you give up?

Posted on 3 June 2018 by beckybendylegs

In my research for my Masters I am looking at our relationship with real, tangible objects – things we can have a haptic experience with – compared with our relationship with virtual intangible objects (hyperobjects) such as Facebook, Twitter, digital … Continue reading →

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Do you want to live in cyberspace?

Posted on 27 May 2018 by beckybendylegs

I have been rather consumed with the idea of a parallel place to this place which we all know and love on earth called cyberspace, where things are a little warped, a little strange, a little out of the ordinary.  … Continue reading →

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MA in Fine Procrastination

Posted on 22 May 2018 by beckybendylegs

I am now nearly half way through my part-time MA by research in Art and Design. I am sitting here in my studio in Wolverhampton doing what I do best: procrastinating. Even better, I am writing about procrastinating. I should … Continue reading →

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Can you feel it? The amazing world of the haptic

Posted on 21 May 2018 by beckybendylegs

As I type this, I can feel the dusty yet smooth keyboard keys at my fingertips; the bouncy, malleable sofa against my back, arms, bottom and legs; the soft, cotton fabric of my skirt on my thighs; my tickly hair … Continue reading →

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Fuzzy Things in a Fuzzy World

Posted on 26 April 2018 by beckybendylegs

In my obsession with the thingyness of things, or to borrow the term coined by Jane Bennett, the ‘power of things’, and our relationship with objects, all stuffs, whether they be real, virtual, real, hyper-real, tangible, intangible, factual or fictional, … Continue reading →

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Materials vs Us – review of New Art West Midlands 2018

Posted on 9 March 2018 by beckybendylegs

The New Art West Midlands competition and exhibition is now an annual event. It showcases a selection of up-and-coming pieces from emerging artists in the area. This is the third time I’ve been to at least one of the exhibitions … Continue reading →

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Jerwood Drawing Prize 2017 – things that blend

Posted on 22 February 2018 by beckybendylegs

Every year I go out of my way to visit the Jerwood Drawing Prize exhibition. My first love is drawing. I don’t draw as much as I’d like to. I spent a lot of my final year on the BA … Continue reading →

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‘Digitally born’: drawing in a parallel plane

Posted on 15 February 2018 by beckybendylegs

This week I attended a one-day drawing symposium in Walsall that existed on another dimension to the one in which I sit now.  The symposium was held at the base of Urban Hax CIC market space in Walsall, which is … Continue reading →

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