Bricks from Norwich

Reclaimed bricks from Norwich for Brick Project at Outpost on Thursday 13 December.

Cow Tower, Norwich

Entirely made of bricks, The Norwich Cow Tower is an historic military tower that stands in Hospital Meadow beside a sharp bend of the River Wensum, Norwich. It is one of the earliest purpose-built artillery blockhouses in England and gets its name from the water meadow, once known as Cowholme, in which it stands.

It is about 15.2m high, with an internal diameter of 7.3m.

It was erected at the end of the 14th century as part of Norwich’s defences, but it was not linked with the city walls. The city records include a treasurer’s account for purchase of bricks and recorded as complete by 1398-99, when the mason Robert Snape was paid for making 12 shotholes. He was subsequently made a freeman of Norwich. 

The bricks vary in size, colour, texture. Apparently place bricks, not evenly mixed or always flat, but strong. 2 inch thick only, but length varying from 9 to 12 inch (10 inch perhaps most common) and width from 4 to 7 inch. Colours: dull straw, dark red, red, pink, orange, bright yellow, green, grey. Courses not true horizontal, but rising especially around the stair turret. Largely stretcher bond. Some header courses, especially in turret.

Brick Project at Outpost Members Show 2012

I am presenting a lecture on Brick Project as part of the Outpost Members Show 2012 selected by Ruth Ewan which opens this Saturday 1 December. The lecture will take place at Outpost on Thursday 13 December, 6-9pm, Tom Smith will also be performing work the same evening.

More information on this ongoing work please visit the Brick Project blog http://www.brick-project.blogspot.com/
OUTPOST MEMBERS SHOW 2012

Selected by Ruth Ewan

Johann Arens / Maeve Brennan / Tom Crawford / Will Cruickshank / Mark Essen / Candice Jacobs / Leo Koivistoinen / Simon Liddiment / Scott Massey / Terence McCormack / Stella Ouzounidou / Andy Parker / Tom Smith / Laura Wilson

Opening View: 1 December
Exhibition runs until 21 December

OUTPOST
10b Wensum Street, Norwich, NR3 1HR
questions@norwichoutpost.org / www.norwichoutpost.org
+44 (0) 1603 612 428 / charity number 1109254

Brick Project at Whitstable Biennale 2012

Photo: Cush

On Sunday 2 September, I will present a talk about Brick Project as part of the Whitstable Biennale at 3pm in Whitstable Library. (Click here for more information on this event: http://bit.ly/TDkuIQ, and see below for further information on the Biennale)

THE 6TH WHITSTABLE BIENNALE 2012 

September 1 - 16

Full programme details are available at www.whitstablebiennale.com and a NEW Whitstable Biennale 2012 smartphone App will be available nearer the opening date.

Three main programmes thread their way through the Biennale weekends.

Programme 1: curated by The Island (Victoria Brooks and Andrew Bonacina)

Programme 2: curated by Jeremy Millar

Programme 3: curated by Emma Leach

Artists 2012

Tanya Axford • Oliver Beer • Emma Bennett • Iain Boal • Tim Bromage • Chloe Cooper • Phil Coy • Shezad Dawood • Maya Deren • Benedict Drew • Angus H Braithwaite • Martin John Callanan • Tom Gidley • Emma Hart • Sam Hasler • Internet (Siân Robinson Davies & Diego Chamy) • Derek Jarman • Jesse Jones • Ben Judd • Joachim Koester • Tessa Lynch • Gareth Moore • Jenny Moore • Daniel Oliver • Performance Klub Fiskulturnik • Possibility Archive • Kieren Reed • John Smith • Tim Spooner • Patrick Staff • Cara Tolmie • Touch • Uddin & Elsey • Aaron Williamson. Most are new commissions.

Talks 2012

Artist and writer Jeremy Millar • artist Laura Wilson • Mike Harding, BJ Nilsen & Jon Wozencroft from Touch music • choreographer Siobhan Davies & artist Marcus Coates • artist Shezad Dawood • Professor Paul Allain • Producer John Wyver.

WCMT Award Ceremony

Baroness Tanni Grey-Thompson

Lady Soames and I at the reception

On Wednesday 30 May I attended the WCMT Award Ceremony where I received my medallion and officially became a Churchill Fellow. It was a lovely event at the Church House Assembly Hall in Westminster and a great chance to meet with the other fellows. For the Ceremony I wore a dress by Olivia Rubin which features a brick print.
To download my report please follow this link http://www.wcmt.org.uk/press/greater-london.html

Ally Pally

On Sunday I went up to Alexandra Palace for the first time, a great brick building completed in 1873 and constructed by the Lucas Bothers who also built the Royal Albert Hall. For more information click here .

Mini brick

Thankyou to Georgina Corrie for the mini brick-what a lovely surprise! (the blue high lighter is for scale)
Made by the London brick company!