~ Portfolio
· Our knees are touching. One of my legs is between yours. (July 2008)
Residency in Luxembourg through the "Cascino Forum" Gallery.
I invite eight artists to the bedroom where I stay. We sit looking into each others eyes for around ten minutes then I say somethi ...
I invite eight artists to the bedroom where I stay. We sit looking into each others eyes for around ten minutes then I say somethi ...
· Kissing II (May 2008)
“Kissing II was a striking intervention on a rainy May afternoon in Leeds' Briggate shopping precinct. Like a collection of living Rodins they proceeded to kiss each other with varying degrees of anim ...
· Individually Wrapped Human (April 2008)
AT 1.30pm on 26.04.08 the arts audience will wrap me in (non pvc) cling-film from head-to-foot except my eyes and mouth (son I will be able to breathe and see!). I will then leave Albermarle Music Cen ...
· Kissing III (April 2008)
Kissing III will take place at Live Art Falmouth 08 on Gyllyngvase Beach on Saturday 7th at 2pm. Kissing couples will gather and show their intimacy in close proximity againgst the back drop of the oc ...
· Knot Just Us (January 2007)
"Knot Just us" is an organisational name, ran by Julie Fiala and I. We are leading a project with skilled knitters internationally.
We are seeking to meet skilled knitters within Leeds and bey ...
We are seeking to meet skilled knitters within Leeds and bey ...
· The Mutation (May 2006)
Press Release written by Curator Lawrence Molloy:
Claire Blundell Jones and Tom Poultney work together to change the way audiences approach ‘a delicate matter’ gallery.
The exhibition ...
Claire Blundell Jones and Tom Poultney work together to change the way audiences approach ‘a delicate matter’ gallery.
The exhibition ...
· Girl With Comfort Blanket (September 2005)
In the summer of 2005, I was invited to participate in "The Meat Factory" project by the artist Judy Liebert. "The Meat Factory" was a temporary exhibition space. This 1930s building in Nottingham use ...
In collaboration with the artist, Julie Fiala, I created a project entitled "Lounging on Red Couches: A public dialogue on safety in Hyde Park".
We made this project i ...
We made this project i ...
I started creating work about hugs in 2003.
This was the first project where I made performances outside of art school or gallery. In these performances, I invited complete strangers to hug me ...
This was the first project where I made performances outside of art school or gallery. In these performances, I invited complete strangers to hug me ...
· The Needy Creatures (January 2003)
These drawings are from a 2002 aniamtion about "The All-Needy Cretures". These creatures have evolved to have really long arms because they have a constant need to be huggged. They spend their lives t ...
· I Tried to be Ophelia (January 2002)
The Story of Ophelia.....
Ophelia is a female character in Shakespeare's play "Hamlet". She is Hamlet's love interest and after he turns mentally ill and rejects her; she falls in a river (whe ...
Ophelia is a female character in Shakespeare's play "Hamlet". She is Hamlet's love interest and after he turns mentally ill and rejects her; she falls in a river (whe ...