by Simon Swale | Aug 20, 2020 | Handshake6, Sample, Simon Swale
Much of my MFA work focussed on considering and exploring notions of space and place. Of finding ways to articulate spaces of the everyday that operate as thresholds and/or places of transition; where land meets water, such as ports, as well as other points of...
by Simon Swale | Apr 17, 2020 | Handshake6, Simon Swale
LOCKDOWN… What a difference a few weeks make. This is a crazy time…. Just struggling to get any perspective on life at the moment. At least we have art I suppose…. My MFA exhibition was meant to open, basically the day we went into lock down. It is still there in the...
by Simon Swale | Feb 29, 2020 | Handshake6, Simon Swale
Simon Swale / Gabi Schilling Mentee / Mentor Dunedin, New Zealand / Berlin, Germany … My recent work looked towards the flow of material culture in the age of globalisation. Thinking about American brand cigarettes: Swiss based multi-national, African farmed tobacco,...