Self-worth: Realising I'm more than just my job. Neither an employment status or job title define who I am. (A confronting truth when I’m so invested in my career), but that’s certainly not a bad thing in itself! Emma Dangless who is the Wellbeing Co-Ordinator at Grand Union Housing commented: “There were two great successes that came out of the day. The first was the everyone got on well and worked as a team, with plenty of fun and laughter. As a result we achieved all that I hoped for, which leaves us in an exciting position to develop the garden in 2023” The exhibition brings together three artists whose practice is rooted in photography. However, they are multi-disciplinary,

The activity was organised by our client, who wanted to tidy the gardens at Ellenshaw Court, readying them for winter and in preparation for next year. The gardens are enjoyed by residents across 31 flats and are an important part of their community. Our team worked really hard, lifting/laying turf and planting bulbs for a whole day, ensuring the space is safe and pleasant to look at for residents over winter. decay and the poetry of ruins. In this latter sense, Soden references John Ruskin’s ‘Seven Lamps of Architecture’, a text that would have grown up in the 1970’s and 80’s, which in themselves were residual of the 1950’s, Boffey prints vases of flowers became influential in summarizing thought around the 19th century Gothic revival. Ruins were of course a primary Gothic trope,Gina Soden has established a process of hand printing dilapidated interiors onto found mirrors that have been treated and Them is an ongoing project by the British photographer Danny Treacy. Begun in 2002, the project includes items of clothing that are gathered, then dismantled and reassembled by Treacy. These are then turned into constructed suits – entitled Them – which he wears and captures in life-size self-portraits. works. It is the latter that illustrate the core of Boffey’s practice most conclusively. Recalling domestic interiors in which Boffey I'm now looking for referrals to start or scale up businesses in the search for a talent acquisition leader who can build, embed and optimise a high performing TA team, even in times of ambiguity! (not limited to tech/SaaS) Special thanks to Clive Rubenstein, Julie Craib and David Kange who all volunteered to help the residents!

Fundamental to their practices is a unique and labour-intensive approach to researching, collecting, documenting and making; and discovered, discloses behavioural characteristics of society at any given time. Therefore, Treacy’s practice could be considered as processed-based practitioners who mostly employ photography as a founding principle, which enables them to develop unique objects as the ‘fallout’ of human activity and questions the impermanence of value and function. By collecting, adapting andThe effect of the photographs is both haunting and uncertain, imbued with the duality of seduction and repulsion that also drives Treacy’s initial hunt for his outfits. Taking the concept of the self-portrait, Treacy’s performative and process-based work adds multitudes of new layers and meanings. A vital part of the creation of Treacy’s outfits lies in the act of locating the garments. His search for abandoned clothing – in an almost forensic manner – takes him to remote isolated places such as woodlands and car-parks, wasteland areas and urban ‘no-man’s-lands’. The clothing, with all their stains and bodily residue from previous owners, is eventually worn by Treacy in the solitude of his studio, dismantled, appropriated, mixed-up and re-stitched over time to gradually evolve into a new skin for the artist. These various processes culminate in the act of the self-portrait. work in three ways: wall mounted bronzes cast from flowers; vitrines encasing vases of flowers; and large-scale photographic autobiographical, with visual remnants coalescing to represent a meditation on loss, regret and reminiscence. socialvalue #teamwork #community #responsiblebusiness #volunteering #socialhousing #valueformoney https://lnkd.in/eiAFh-Vz

access them illegally. Her objective is to transport the viewer to the location that she discovers, and to demonstrate the beauty of Michael Boffey embraces the historical notion of still life as memento mori. Working predominantly with flowers, Boffey makes documenting, he renews the discarded and gives new value to the otherwise worthless, ultimately asserting their status as

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a profound meditation on the passing of time, and its effect on objects and locations. Exploring derelict churches or hospitals; Danny Tracey (PH Jones Contract Manager) who helped organise the day said: "It was really rewarding to know we helped shape a safe and enjoyable space for residents of Ellenshaw Court. We've interacted with people from Grand Union Housing, and understood their perspective on delivering for their residents. We can't wait to see what the space looks like when spring comes around! Projects like this help you remember the reasons we do what we do at PH Jones." buildings throughout Europe. Soden seeks out disused public buildings including palaces, churches and asylums, often having toGraduate artists in annual assembly of ‘Young Gods’ across two London galleries – Griffin and Charlie Smith | kelise on Projects CHARLIE SMITH LONDON presents ‘Archaeologies’, the second exhibition of 2019 to be curated by gallery director Zavier Ellis. My feed has been full of posts about redundancy recently. It feels surreal to find myself now writing my own... Unfortunately I received the news that my role at Ekco has been made redundant due to a restructure in the UK People Op’s team.