July 7, 2020

What’s in a name?

The problem with the internet browser is that it’s exactly that, a browser. We can spend hours browsing, losing days of our life whilst not finishing anything.

What if the browser was called a do-er? Would it change how we use it? What else would we do differently if we gave things another name? What happens to your work if you begin calling yourself an artist, instead of a hobbyist. Or an inventor instead of a dreamer. Language shapes the way we interact with the world, so now I’m going to close my browser, and re-open it as a do-er, just to see what happens.

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June 17, 2025

An act of defiance

Is there are point to making anything when computers (or someone else) already has?

June 10, 2025

Watch to the end

Are we complicit in providing ‘addictive’ content, dressed up as ‘art’ or ‘good marketing’?

June 3, 2025

The secondary job

Am I a software designer who practices art ‘on the side’ or is it the other way around?

May 27, 2025

Mis en place

Might I make better work if, at the end of everyday, I put everything back in its place – just like they do in commercial kitchens?

May 20, 2025

Artificial intelligence and art

Are artists under threat from generative artificial intelligence? Or is the ‘competition’ we see just misunderstood?

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