Tracey Warr’s Weblog

Hello.

I am a writer, curator and teacher.  You can view a selection of my texts on contemporary art on this site – see TEXTS.

‘About me’ contains a summary of my work and a detailed CV.

Contact me on warr28@gmail.com or by posting a Comment.

NEWS

February

I am speaking at a symposium on artists’ collaborations at the West Wales School of Art in Carmarthen on 12 February.

A text I have written on Bruce Gilchrist’s work in a book edited by Susan Broadhurst and Jo Machon, entitled Sensualities/Textualities, is published on 16 February.

Rollo Art’s important exhibition, The Body in Women’s Art Now, is at New Hall College, Cambridge until 28 February. I am currently working on a text for part 2 of the exhibition, opening in April. www.rolloart.com

A filmed interview that I undertook with artist Miranda Whall has been published on DVD by Filmarmalade. http://www.filmarmalade.co.uk

March

I am speaking on women’s performance at the FEM10 festival in Girona, Spain on 4 March.

I will chair a discussion on Simulation with Dr Susan Blackmore and Joe Magee at the Knowle Media Centre in Bristol on 22 March.

May

I am currently teaching Fine Art students at Oxford Brookes University. This year’s Degree Show opens on 14 May. Don’t miss it!

An anthology of Creative Writing, entitled Shadowplays, including my short story, ‘The Hole in the Wall’, will be published by Parthian Press in May.

Summer

I am organising an event called The Culture of Rowing and Swimming, with co-curator, Rob la Frenais, hosted by Oxford Brookes University and part of the Creative Campus Initiative. Artists Gediminas and Nomeda Urboni will undertake a residency. New dialogues will be initiated across sport (especially rowing and swimming) and art. If you are interested to know more email me and I will add you to the mailing list.

I am working with artists London Fieldworks to develop artists treehouse studios in Glen Nevis in Scotland. See the link on the right of this page for the London Fieldworks website. The project is called Outlandia and begins this summer.

I am working with a group of artists including Alan Smith in Northumberland on a project about underground, silence, dark … called Parameter. More information coming.

Setting the Fell on Fire: Allenheads Contemporary Arts: Art in a Rural Context which I co-edited has been published by Editions North. See the link to Allenheads Contemporary Arts website. They are an organisation in rural Northumberland.