Year 2 of the Sizewell C residency has focused on three areas. 1 - creating a plan for Leiston Town Council to have a year of temporary art residencies. The idea I proposed was to link artists with local groups to help build community and develop creative thinking towards a larger permanent artwork in the future. 2 - Working with Aldeburgh hospital staff and volunteers to create work for a corridor and waiting room, which is almost complete and 3 - a body of drawings that use materials from the site, both what was there and what remains, materials literally rooted in this changing landscape. Mostly year 2 of the SZC residency has been fairly hands off, with limited input so it was really great to get feedback over the weekend on the natural material drawings I’ve been creating and to decide to give them away. This ‘give away’ will be a feature of the exhibition; the plan is that there will be nothing left after the show. Onto screens – an evening of Suffolk Shorts at Woodbridge was most excellent – some great ideas, tight camera work and creative editing, highlights include - Three Wise-ish Men by Jonnie Howard, Crossing the Earth by Aasaf Ainapore and a fabulous idea well executed in Minic by Christopher Bonwell. Finished Furious – sex workers seeking revenge, female serial killer, maverick cop – what’s not to like! The Uprising – an epic story telling us the powerful will hold onto their power – do not trust them.
