Alex Pearl is not in the Antarctic

Friday 9 October 2009

Postscript

Yet another conversation looms this time at BCA, Bedford. I am to talk to Chris Dobrowolski. Last year when I was not in Antarctica he was and we are to compare our experiences. I am assuming he was generally colder than me although I spent several dangerous hours at a bus stop in early March. http://ajpjournals.blogspot.com/2008/02/incident-in-birmingham.html

After this Goodbye to most of the daydreams opens at ICIA University of Bath on the 4th November, I will be talking to JJ Charlesworth on the opening night.

I can only hope

Saturday 18 April 2009

Goodbye to most of the daydreams in the Guardian

Sunday 12 April 2009

Private view images

Monday 6 April 2009

Sunday 19 October 2008

I am losing interest in the antarctic the images are slowly being replaced by my real life.

This morning I received a letter from Dr John Shears of the British Antarctic Survey's Artist's and Writer's Fellowship. It was a nice letter which said:

Now that the judging panel has met and made it's final selection of the two successful candidates, I thought I would write and thank you for your application to "not go to the Antarctic".

The panel were most intrigued by your very unusual proposal and I would like to thank you for sending it in.

So there I was, rejection in hand, wondering about what I should do next. Flippantly I thought, surely this means I have to go to Antarctica, to stowaway and then suddenly pop my head up and say: "well you told me I couldn't not go". This was probably the better idea, but it was my second one. My first thought was: "well, I can not go to the antarctic without help"

My plan is to:

1. Track, as best I can, the progress of the two successful artists and if possible set up some sort of communication with them.
2. Advertise my non appearance at the pole.
3. Write about what I do while not there.