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Maria’s conversation with 3 friends… 15 Aug 2013 | 12:00 am
Three friends, three perspectives on ‘things’. This conversation (Sunday afternoon, 4th August), like all the conversations I’ve had with visitors to Curiosity, was enlightening. Something particula...
Maria’s train journey to Margate thinking… 8 Aug 2013 | 03:26 pm
Materialism: What is the value of materialism? Do we have a right to own things at the cost of other people’s wellbeing? Who’s affected by what we buy? How much responsibility do we have when we c...
Maria’s blog 23 July 2013 23 Jul 2013 | 05:41 pm
The missing image I didn’t get a chance to photograph last week: Los Alamos National Laboratory Rolodexes (adjacent to lift on first floor) Los Alamos National Laboratory Rolodexes So far 13 people...
Maria’s blog 17 July 2013 17 Jul 2013 | 03:38 pm
As part of my commission I decided to have a Philosophical Inquiry (PI) in the gallery, which was initiated with the question: can art change the world? New questions were posed, and ‘do we all need o...
Maria’s blog 20 May 2013 30 May 2013 | 07:30 pm
Some thinking… I have yet to select one piece, I find many of the pieces interesting aesthetically, and find many of them interesting conceptually but the two interests are not necessarily part of th...
Maria’s blog 8 May 2013 8 May 2013 | 11:36 pm
The week before last I received my invitation to Curiosity: Art and the Pleasures of Knowing. This is all the information I have so far about the show. By choice, I might add. I like the image: Misfi...
Maria’s blog 3 April 2013 3 Apr 2013 | 08:43 pm
My initial proposal (but it may all well change… such is the nature of art making) “I’m very interested in people, very curious about people’s psychology, whenever I am on a bus or the tube or in an...
Maria Amidu artist residency 3 Apr 2013 | 06:31 pm
As part of People United’s Artists Commissions 2013, artist Maria Amidu is our resident artist for the duration Curiosity: Art and the Pleasures of Knowing exhibition (25 May – 15 September 2013). Cur...
Platform Graduate exhibition ends by Naomi Eaton-Baudains 21 Nov 2012 | 05:24 pm
Sunday 18th marked the final day of my piece at Turner Contemporary and an opportunity to photograph the piece in solitude and in full. I love the shadows of the roots against the gallery walls. The...
Platform Graduate exhibition by Naomi Eaton-Baudains 10 Oct 2012 | 04:48 pm
This autumn, Turner Contemporary is showcasing the talent of emerging artists from East Kent in the Ground Floor and Clore Learning Studio spaces, as part of the new Platform programme which aims to s...
