Where to begin...

Since the last entry everything has gone into overdrive. I’ll try and list everything in chronological order.

I’ve been reliable informed that the Luster exhibition in Washington DC was a success for Project 4. The only image I have is from the Hatchets and Skewers blog.

In November ‘Flight’ was part of a group show hosted by Bank of America situated in Canary Wharf, London. This exhibition was organised through the RCA and featured such artists and designers as Anders Ruhwald, Darren Swanborough and Kathleen Hills to name but a few. I would like to thank Bonnie Kemske for her curatorial skills and extreme patience.

So with the pending New Year nearly upon us I am currently preparing for the Cologne Furniture Fair in January 14th – 20th. I will be showing ‘Attracted to Light’ as part of Tatort, a satellite (Passagen) exhibition curated by Martin Neuhaus. I’m a bit sketchy on the concept of the installation but I am under the impression that it will be ‘set’ within the studios of cult German TV police drama.

During February 24th – May 12th, I will be exhibiting a new version of ‘Attracted to Light’ at MOMA New York, as part of Design and the Elastic Mind. Curated by Paola Antonelli, the exhibition will highlight examples of successful translation of disruptive innovation, examples based on ongoing research, as well as reflections on the future responsibilities of design.

In March I will be exhibiting at DNA, a sister-show of Form London. This provides the opportunity to show four pieces of work. I am planning to show a new piece that materialises the water displacement of a duck landing. Alongside this I will be presenting Flight (now in white resin), Dogfight, Attracted to Light more to follow…

April brings the Milan Furniture Fair and in particular the International Bombay Sapphire Awards. I have been short listed for ‘Dogfight’. I will also be showing an animation alongside the piece. This is my second time of being short listed for the award, previously for Flight in 2005. There was some confusion over which piece was actually short listed. I have found out that both Dogfight and Attracted to Light where actually considered.

Starting in January till December I will be part of a research commission through the Past, Present and Future Craft Practice (New Craft, Future Voices). The research intends to explore and extend articulation of ‘visual thinking’ as thought itself (rather than a skill), thereby demonstrating the capacity of craft to contribute to future economic development in conjunction funded through the AHRC.

Now I think that is everything so far...