Quite simply a video record of my exhibition Installation in Bristol just before Christmas 2011.
Friday, December 30, 2011
Historical record of the postings on my website so I can update it!
I have just completed two new videos, 'Dark Matter : Pragmatic Fables of Incunabulum. The First' and Gegenstand (The Magpie Mummy)
They can both be found on my new page at:
vimeo.com/heathertweed
as well as the youtube versions http://www.youtube.com/user/heathertweed
01/06/2011
Another Lost Not Found Abscission Artwork reported
The New Year has started in a very interesting manner as a piece of Artwork has been reported as being found '..outside the courtyard shop, at the Mains of Taymouth, Kenmore,Scotland, in a flower pot.'
At first I believed the work to be from the Edinburgh Art Festival project but the Finder mentioned it as one of seven so it may be from another project.
The piece has obviously been moved without the initial find (s?) being reported, more details when I know them......
10/19/2010
Chapmans Monkey:
- New Artwork now in development. Expect new 3D, online and 2D works based on research I have been carrying out..
- Busy times. I have a sense that at least one more piece will be reported as found from Edinburgh.
Most locations can be found on the Googlemap.....please click link above.....
09/01/2010
The Farmers Market piece has been relocated.....
09/01/2010
Two More Finds Reported
Found by Sue 'Edinburgh Farmers Market Castle Terrace Edinburgh : Edinburgh Art Festival
To be resited somewhere more remote in Scotland.'
Found by Pina at St Bernards Well, Water Of Leith.
Mr Woods Fossils piece has been relocated.....
08/26/2010
Four Finds in Edinburgh
A good day today with the penultimate sitings, two reports from today and two from last week.
FOUND at The West End Craft Fair and relocated.
(No photo)
FOUND at The International Book Festival.
This find was reported in person at Edinburgh Printmakers in a coincidental conversation during a questionaire on the same day as it was sited.
Sited on 'Time' by Eva Hoffman.
FOUND By Magpie & Stump on Royal Mile.
Synchronicity dictated that a Gegenstand (Magpie Mummy) Artwork, was sited by this 'His Majesty the Bird', the antique mascot of the Magpie & Stump Comedy Society of Trinity College Cambridge.
FOUND at Mr Woods Fossils on Cowgate.
'The Universe Is Poisonous' by Carl Gent.
08/15/2010
Another Surprise Find!
This one was reported yesterday and was found by Greg at Fort Jay on Governor's Island during Figment, NEW YORK in June!
08/13/2010
FOUND! The first piece of Artwork has been reported as found by Lucrezia Walker at The Dean Gallery on the Paolozzi designed tiles in the Ladies. The Artwork is Red Corner by Sarah Tulloch (collage, real gold leaf)
Googlemap of locations here
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08/13/2010
PHOTO CLUES:
These photos may give you a clue as to the whereabouts of some Artwork, they are, of course taken in a great hurry with a pocket camera! They were all placed yesterday, one in a thunderstorm......
Yesterdays notes:
Busy placing Artwork in the rain....
A visit today to the modern Art Gallery and Boyle Family & Gilbert &
George proved to be the highlights of the show.
Narrowly escaped being collared as I cunningly placed an Artwork after
cockily assembling & signing 3 in the same room as a camera.
Then a walk along the water of Leith & Dean Village, drizzle & patchy
rain then a clap of thunder as I stood under a tree just about to
write about the mummified magpie on my iPod. Good idea ....
Fantastic charged & ionized atmosphere by the river as I strolled on
towards Stockbridge...
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08/12/2010
Nine artworks now sited including Millie Burton photo print and two of Sarah Tullochs Red Icons.
Photos of some sited pieces will be posted here later.... can you spot where they are?
Had a rather fabulous day at the Modern Art Gallery then getting caught in a thunderstorm by the water in Dean Village near the Well.
Met some more interesting people in interesting places, you may know who you are & I may be back!
The Mummified Magpie photo prints were named yesterday:
'A wonderful piece of synchronicity this morning, I'd just had some photos for the project printed and wasn't sure what the title should be without being too obvious so decided, without looking, to put my hand out to the bookshelf in our flat. Without thinking, quick as a flash, 'First book, 3rd sentence, 10th word'. The result: Ludwig Wittgenstein 'Philosophical Investigations' in German/English, the word, 'Gegenstand' that translates as Object, Thing.'
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08/06/2010
First Art Festival pieces now placed.
The Hunt is on!
Click on the Lost Not Found:Abscission tabs above & visit Edinburgh Art Festival.com
Googlemap live from here if/when the first piece is reported as Found.
06/15/2010
Second find reported by Nick B from Brooklyn, he is 'delighted' with his Artwork and also found a Ten Dollar Bill on the same day!
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06/14/2010
First Figment find reported! Found by Alex in the Nolan Gallery, packaging had been attached to the wall in a 'closet' and crocodile sculpture had a handwritten sign 'please do not(underlined) touch the artwork.'
This is one of the reasons I so love this project!
06/02/2010
Saatchi Online Gallery Video Artist Of The Day http://www.saatchi-gallery.co.uk/blogon/
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04/20/2010
Also delighted to announce that Lost Not Found:Abscission has been selected for Figment New York City and a new Artwork for Resort at The Residence in London is currently being created.
Untitled, Resort, Residence Gallery, London
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04/08/2010
Delighted to announce that Lost Not Found:Abscission II (Edinburgh) has been selected as part of the official Edinburgh Art Festival 2010
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Crocodilopolis NEWS:
Please see below and click on Googlemaps link and tabs above for News Images and more.
Googlemap Here SHORT LINK to this map http://tinyurl.com/yzcvply
- Currently 4 pieces FOUND, one relocated to London, one to Glasgow then re found. One piece not reported as Found but relocated to Canonmills then reported.... 15th March.
- *First piece FOUND and reported 27th Feb*
- *Second piece FOUND and reported 1st March *
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Next Projects:
New Solo exhibitions March 2010:
Crocodilopolis The Forest, Edinburgh
Kings College Gallery, Taunton
Edinburgh, Lost Not Found:Abscission continues, August 2010
During the course of the Exhibition seven new Crocodile sculptures will be hidden within walking distance of the Heart of Midlothian in Edinburgh.
Each piece will be enclosed within a clear bag with an instruction leaflet enclosed.
The artwork can be found at locations within walking distance of the Heart Of Midlothian
The Finder then has three choices:
a. Keep the Artwork.
b. Leave the Artwork for others to find.
c. Move the Artwork to another location.
In association with Lost not Found:Abscission.
Exhibition at The Forest Gallery March 1st - 27th 2010
Pieces hidden on Sat 27 Feb
As each piece is found it will be added on the Googlemap with details (Placemarks of NOT FOUND pieces are clustered around the Gallery area on the map. They are Not located there & will only be placed correctly when found or when the project is complete)
Googlemap Here SHORT LINK to this map http://tinyurl.com/yzcvply
*First piece FOUND and reported 27th Feb*
*Second piece FOUND and reported 1st March *
http://www.heathertweed.co.uk
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Lost Christmas. I give you my art.Lost not Found:Abscission II as part ofBlood On The Snow, Colchester Dec 2009
- Desert
Lost not Found:Abscission NEWS
Sun 31st January
- New Photos in Lost Not Found:Abscisson Gallery
Tues 1st November
- Lost Christmas. I Give You My Art (Lost Not Found:Abscission II) Colchester Town Centre as part of Blood On The Snow 17 December - 3 January 2010
Tues 24th November
- Another relocated piece found in Edinburgh Library in Roman mosaic book used for researching MSc.
Weds 30th September
Interactive GoogleMap of all 28 locations with information on Found and Relocated pieces with Finder photos can now be found HERE
Finder images can be found HERE or on Picassa
A massive Thank You to all the current participants and those yet make contact.
- Photos are copyright the respective named participants.
- Next project tbc
Wednesday 23rd September
Full list of locations and re-locations with photos from participants will be added later this week.
- First pieces found!
Monday 17th August
Several pieces of artwork have been found around Edinburgh with the first piece placed in Tweedale Court off the Royal Mile discovered by an engineer working nearby.
Other pieces from the Ladies at The Fruitmarket Gallery and The Scottish National Gallery in the 'As Others See' exhibition have been re-sited by the Finders.
New images added to Gallery.
• Artwork 'Lost' in Edinburgh from today, Thursday 6th August.
• New photos on project Gallery page.
If you are here to participate in the Lost not Found: Abscission project please click on the text or on the tab above.
During the course of the Edinburgh Fringe Festival 28
small art pieces will be placed across the City for
anyone to find.
Each piece will be enclosed within a clear bag with an
instruction leaflet enclosed.
The artwork can be found at locations within walking
distance of the Heart Of Midlothian
Wednesday, August 10, 2011
Why Do Cats Sit On Paper?
Why Do Cats Like To Sit On Paper?
Cats are extremely tactile creatures and have scent glands between their front paws, around cheeks, tail and other areas. This means they can exchange scents with other cats and humans and also mark their territory. Feral and wild cats 'nest' together and pregnant Queens do the same but on their own, domestic cats housed together will also do the same, (if they also understand the body language they are also capable of interspecies relationships with other animals, even dogs and birds!)
They appear to enjoy the rustling sounds of crinkly paper and plastic as it may be similar to small prey sounds rustling through undergrowth and leaves.
As they are essentially nocturnal it may be that they want to curl up close to you during the day and that might well be on that important piece of artwork, printout or newspaper you are reading or working on.
Heat exchange with paper is a possible explanation but cats are also attracted to any surface that is on top of another solid surface, throws, clothing, rugs etc, anything they can nest on and possibly get their claws into. They also have extremely tough skins, injured cats can often have extremely bad internal injuries with very little external sign of any damage.
Kittens 'make dough' with a claw kneading action on the mother whilst purring to encourage her to express milk and this behaviour often carries on to adulthood using humans or inanimate objects such as blankets or clothing Therefore the desire to sit on paper or any surface that may also remind it of mothers skin could well be a combination of basic primal instincts such as nesting, comfort and survival.
Having companioned a cat for 19 years I think I may have gleaned quite a lot of useful information!
Cats are extremely tactile creatures and have scent glands between their front paws, around cheeks, tail and other areas. This means they can exchange scents with other cats and humans and also mark their territory. Feral and wild cats 'nest' together and pregnant Queens do the same but on their own, domestic cats housed together will also do the same, (if they also understand the body language they are also capable of interspecies relationships with other animals, even dogs and birds!)
They appear to enjoy the rustling sounds of crinkly paper and plastic as it may be similar to small prey sounds rustling through undergrowth and leaves.
As they are essentially nocturnal it may be that they want to curl up close to you during the day and that might well be on that important piece of artwork, printout or newspaper you are reading or working on.
Heat exchange with paper is a possible explanation but cats are also attracted to any surface that is on top of another solid surface, throws, clothing, rugs etc, anything they can nest on and possibly get their claws into. They also have extremely tough skins, injured cats can often have extremely bad internal injuries with very little external sign of any damage.
Kittens 'make dough' with a claw kneading action on the mother whilst purring to encourage her to express milk and this behaviour often carries on to adulthood using humans or inanimate objects such as blankets or clothing Therefore the desire to sit on paper or any surface that may also remind it of mothers skin could well be a combination of basic primal instincts such as nesting, comfort and survival.
Having companioned a cat for 19 years I think I may have gleaned quite a lot of useful information!
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