Month: May 2025

Steve Taylor’s business basics session was super important and eye opening for me. He introduced us to business terminology that is often heard but not understood and it felt like the most real world knowledge imparted onto us within three years. He told us how to set ourselves up as a small business as an… Continue reading Professional futures 6

It seems more difficult than ever to live as an artist. It can be seen even with the established people that give us guest lectures that many of them have side hustles/multiple revenue streams related to their practice or not. Otherwise they are an academic and get funding for research from working in universities or… Continue reading Professional futures 5

From studying at university I have realised I struggle very much with organising and motivating myself to make my own work, therefore I feel the freelance artist route is not well suited for me. I weirdly feel I would enjoy a “boring” office job for the structure it would bring to my day to day… Continue reading professional futures 4

I am not sure if I want to continue with my installation practice as without the resources of a university it becomes infinitely more difficult. I have read through some open calls and residencies for the appraisal that might suit my practice of audiovisual, digital, video, projection… arts which may offer me the support to… Continue reading proffesional futures 3

After graduating from LCC I would like to continue with my noise performance practice using no input mixing board, guitar pedals and feedback. Although it was stressful, I really enjoyed the Corsica studios gig and last year Tata and I did a couple improvised performances at Gallery 46, Old Church Stoke Newington and Avalon café… Continue reading Professional futures 2

Looking back over these three years I cant help but feel regretful of all the missed opportunities because I didn’t put myself out there. I spent so much of the course doubting my place on it, often rejecting the term musician or sound artist because I didn’t feel like I did enough to call myself… Continue reading Professional futures 1