Richard Keating Artist

PhD Archive

Welcome to the Phd Blog

  • thesis, Norway, Stroud Nature

    13th to 16th

    meeting with Kel Portman to begin making drawings as part of Norwegian Walking Assemblage.

    Thesis coming on slowly – still not sure where boundaries between chapters fall – writing it changes it.

  • Thesis, Stroud Nature and Museum Box

    6th to 11th May – writing chapters 1 and 2.

    Meeting with Steve Roberts to plan feedback from Spring Green Conference and Networking event.

    Helped Suze Adams, Jackie Storey and Michele Whiting install Museum Box exhibition at Museum in the Park.

  • River Walking exhibition and Walk

    Community Discussion event, with Kel Portman, Ahrabella Lewes and Lucy Guenot, exhibition up and down plus two walks, all within 24 hours – guerrilla gallery. Not many people though. Some good comments about the Settled Valleys.

  • First Friday Walk and setting-up exhibition

    First Friday Walk along Canal/River corridor and up to Rodborough Common. Pilot for Saturday’s walk.

    Set-up exhibition in Brewery with Kel Portman, Lucy Guenot and Arabella Lewes and David Moss

  • River, thesis, Folly Wood

    28th, 29th, 30th, 31st, 1st and 2nd – preparing for exhibition. Meeting with Fiona Meadley re.video, shopping to buy materials for video both, picking-up prints, meeting with Kel, meeting with Lucy re. settled valley map.

    1st May – Folly Wood, Good From Woods research meeting

    Evolving chapters 1 and 2

    and oh yes – Nel arrives to create chaos… photo by Tom Keating

  • Vision 21

    meeting with Joolz Bennett, Glenn Hall, Alison Parfitt, Sue Porter ; no particular agenda, more free ranging comparison of experiences of sustainability.

  • River, Thesis, Stroud Nature, Folly Wood

    16th. Meeting with Kel Portman, Lucy Guenot and Tara Downs going through SDF project plan and preparing work for brewery exhibition…
    17th to 26th
    printing people’s photos and drawings, preparing texts, delivering fliers for River.

    18th and 24th – Folly Wood:- Good from Woods meeting with Alice Goodenough, Seb Buckton, Ali Coles and Jackie Rowanly – planning research

    Thesis – writing chapters 1 and 2

  • Spring Green Conference

    well attended and supported event.

    Support for further networking and collaborative projects.

  • Tutorial

    Tutorial with Dr. Robert Newell – annual monitoring, revised timetable, additional ethical considerations.

  • Stroud Nature, Watery Landscapes,

    9/10/11 finalising Spring Green Festival – meeting with Abigail in Museum, meeting with BBC, Final amends to Watery Landscape article.

    Thesis – writing with Guattari quote as a riddle challenge.