Fame festival Tag

29 May

Posted at 18:14h in Outside

Touched down in the South of Italy last night for Fame Festival. This was today's warm-up piece, super fun in the sun. 'Fame' is the Italian for hunger and needless to say I've spent most of my time eating. ...

17 May

Posted at 11:36h in Videos

[vimeo http://vimeo.com/23788633] 'Madre', the latest film from my boy Andy Telling is fresh off the editing suite. Soon after following me around the Middle East, Andy hot-footed it to Southern Italy to document Word To Mother's time at the fantastic Fame Festival....

26 Jun

Posted at 09:22h in Music, New Work, Travel

Once my to tower was finished I settled into this nice cool and calm room to work on some ceramic plates. Grottaglie is famous for its ceramic tradition dating back hundreds of years so it only felt right to give it a go, although I...

25 Jun

Posted at 11:16h in Outside, Travel

And so to the Tower. Angelo had this great idea of painting these towers in the countryside around Grottaglie. It was more difficult finding a suitable tower though as many of them store electrical generators and have wires coming out the top. Not so good...

24 Jun

Posted at 10:48h in Outside, Travel

First up, how can I start blogging about my time in Italy without a dedication to all the beautiful food I ate? 'Fame' meaning 'hunger' in Italian is an appropriate title for the festival as eating was nearly all we did. These cherries were freshly...

13 Jun

Posted at 12:51h in Outside, Travel

This is just a quick post about Fame 2009. I got back from 9 days in the South of Italy painting and eating and drinking and painting and eating and drinking. Full report tomorrow with loadsa pix. Ciao....

15 Jul

Posted at 13:41h in Outside, Travel

Also deleted by my internet gremlins was my post about my 10 days spent in the south of Italy painting with the lovely people at Studio Cromie. Many thanks to Angelo and his family for making us all feel so welcome and for sending us back...