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Slow TV – more entertaining than Big Brother

Posted on 29 December 2013 by beckybendylegs

Today I read about the people of Norway’s love of ‘slow TV’. This refers to the showing on mainstream television of actual events at real time speed. Apparently, this concept has existed in Norway for many years, and is soon … Continue reading →

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Christmas Eve traditions – what’s yours?

Posted on 26 December 2013 by beckybendylegs

Recently we made a family visit to Powis Castle near Welshpool in Wales and I was inspired by an invitation to visitors to write down their Christmas traditions on a cardboard label and tie to a Christmas tree to ask … Continue reading →

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Going backwards, not forwards

Posted on 20 December 2013 by beckybendylegs

I heard some troubling news today, Staffordshire County Council is proposing to remove the gallery and library from the town centre Shire Hall and sell it. I’ve been there a few times with my children to look at art (and … Continue reading →

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My friends’ things

Posted on 13 December 2013 by beckybendylegs

Thinking about our attachment to things this week, I decided to ask random friends to tell me what things they collect beyond the level of need. I was quite surprised with some of the results (toilet roll, bikes) and not … Continue reading →

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We love our things and our things love us back

Posted on 10 December 2013 by beckybendylegs

This isn’t going to be a post related to art as such, but it is related to something I became interested in during my last college art project (the absence as presence project) and something that influenced the art I … Continue reading →

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I can’t not write about the Turner Prize

Posted on 3 December 2013 by beckybendylegs

Last night, lying in my sick bed (or sick settee with a furry blanket) I just about managed to watch the Turner Prize 2013 winner announcement on Channel 4. I would have had to have been very poorly not to. … Continue reading →

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Where to hang?

Posted on 28 November 2013 by beckybendylegs

I live in a town that, just like any other town in the second decade of the 21st century, suffers from empty shop syndrome. This is a sad consequence of the rise in internet shopping. Amazon.com has a lot to … Continue reading →

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Art on and of the landscape

Posted on 24 November 2013 by beckybendylegs

This weekend I have been in Cardiff experiencing a Dr Who extravaganza for the 50th anniversary of the first ever episode of Dr Who. While in that city, I took a short digression from science fiction and strange men with … Continue reading →

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Am I an official artist now?

Posted on 22 November 2013 by beckybendylegs

Last night I had my first ever proper exhibition opening night at a place called The Hive, and in to my childhood self I had made it as a ‘proper’ artist. Myself and the two other students on my course … Continue reading →

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The art of suffering

Posted on 16 November 2013 by beckybendylegs

At the moment I am re-reading How Proust Can Change Your Life by Alain de Botton, my favourite living popular philosopher (if you have can popular science you can have popular philosophy). In this book, de Botton talks about Proust’s … Continue reading →

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