Residency at the Institute for the Art and Practice of Dissent at Home

I have just completed a whistle-stop residency at the Institute for the Art and Practice of Dissent at Home, run by TwoAddThree (Lena Simic and Gary Anderson) from their Everton Address in Liverpool.

The premise for my residency was to explore the streets that my relatives grew up on: Gredington Street (Grandma), Aigburth Vale (Grandad) and Fernwood Road (Auntie May). I also visited the street of the sheltered accomodation where Grandma lived with Grandad until she died and the street of the Care Home where Grandad was looked after nearly five years before being admitted to Whiston Hospital on 25.12.07. He died on the 12 January this year, and upon his death I began to understand just how little I could learn of his youth. Anyway, the walks I made in Aigburth and Huyton were dedicated to the memories of Rene, Ollie and May.

There is something of psychogeography, something of family history on this project, and I am unclear as to possible outcomes, but I think I will end up writing extensively on this at some point.

I am tired and tomorrow I am off to London for the BAC gig with Dad on Thursday. For now I want to extend a warm thanks to Lena, Gary, Neal, Gabby and Sid, and to Ania Bas, another artist in residence at the Institute. Please click on the link and read up on her work.

More soon.