Tag Archives: Culture

Levenshulme Close Up #1

Posted on September 28, 2017 by

Having become a resident of Levenshulme recently, I’m going to undertake series of blog posts over the next year or so, that look at the neighbourhood in close-up, in detail, at textures, patterns and surfaces. I saw these collages on … Continue reading →

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InspiralLondon – re-imagining the built environment #3

Posted on March 30, 2017 by

Several artists spoke at InspiralLondon’s Friday event, including Alberto Duman and Claire Qualmann. Artist Alberto Duman described his recent Leverhulme Trust Funded project ‘Music for Master planning’. It focusses on the area of Newham, London – which he described as … Continue reading →

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InspiralLondon re-imagining the built environment #2

Posted on March 28, 2017 by

This second post unpacks some of Rebeka Clark’s presentation at InspiralLondon Festival in September 2016. Rebecca is the site manager of Stave Hill Ecological Park in Rotherhithe, London, where the Friday events for the festival took place. The park has been … Continue reading →

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The 4×4 series on place-making and the built environment: On Love

Posted on July 21, 2016 by

The second of the 4×4 series of discussions in Manchester on 11.5.16 of this year had the theme of Love – asking how does love impact on our understanding of the built environment. Mick Timpson is an architect and yoga … Continue reading →

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Edge Hill station sound-place walk – investigating planning and movement practice

Posted on April 8, 2016 by

I’m part of a peer-to-peer sharing/learning network of artists/performers who meet in the North West, known as the Sunday School Network. In March we were hosted by Mary Pearson, whilst she is in residency at Metal’s space on Edge Hill station … Continue reading →

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Musings and reflections on Leeds city centre – housing, consumerism and ‘narrowing the gap’ #2

Posted on March 21, 2016 by

In my last post, I made the connection between my 2011 collaborative drawing project Dwelling: a visual gazetteer, which included my own drawing of Skyline Apartments on Duke Street, and the new Victoria Gate shopping centre on Eastgate/Duke Street, sited … Continue reading →

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Alternative perspectives of Manchester along a short stretch of Rochdale Canal #2

Posted on March 30, 2015 by

Further images from a walk along Rochdale Canal taken a couple of weeks ago (see previous post).   Image credits: Sarah Spanton

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