Tom Duggan

8 December 2011:

Tom Duggan has created a new work called Black and Red Screensaver Piece which is available to download here. The work is on display in the exhibition Six Degrees at The Monks Gallery in Lincoln from 9th to 31st of December 2011. Also, in November two recent annoucements Duggan made in relation to Lucy Burden were included in Hide and Seek; a new section of publicised works featured on Soanyway.org.uk

5 July 2011:

An interview between Tom Duggan and Sam Mercer has been added to the About section. The interview follows a discussion about Branding and Re-branding, which Duggan had with Tether during their residency at The Lombard Method in Birmingham. Duggan has begun sending out E-mail announcements about Lucy Burden's activities. If you would like to receive future announcements, send a blank E-mail with the subject line "Lucy Burden" to the Contact E-mail address. Previous announcements are available in the Artwork section.

28 March 2011:

Since June 2010, Tom Duggan has been speaking with artists he has met in various chat-rooms, online gaming communities, discussion boards and social media websites. During this time Duggan has been seeking a collaborator who could operate anonymously as Lucy Burden. A collaborator has now been found. An interview titled A Second Conversation with Lucy Burden, which took place earlier this year has now been added to the site. A short series of interviews and essays discussing and documenting their collaborative practice will be published in coming months. Duggan has also been asked to take part in a discussion about rebranding as part of the project ‘16 Days’ by Tether. This will take place at the Lombard Method in Birmingham. The discussion will take place during the morning of 12 April 2011. During the afternoon Tether will be making an artwork in response to the discussion.

08 December 2010:

On 29th October 2010, Tom Duggan removed his student blog from the a-n website. He has written about his experience of blogging in an article titled If something isn't announced then it isn't happening. Richard Taylor has interviewed Duggan for the a-n website. Titled The Anonymous Artist, the interview discusses the current direction in which Duggan is taking his work as well as past works and ideas. Duggan has also appeared on the panel of SideShowShow discussing British Art Show 7 in Nottingham. SideShowShow is a review programme directed by Tethervision. The episode can be viewed here.

10 October 2010:

Diluting Exhibition Listings - An interview commissioned by Tethervision, has been released on the Tethervision YouTube channel and website. In the film Duggan discusses his recent involvement with exhibition listings as well as his aversion to art objects. The interview was filmed on 14 August 2010 at Duggan's studio in Sussex.

30 July 2010:

Throughout July, Tom Duggan has been placing items of sports equipment into the branches of trees found in the parks of Greater London. This performance is the first to be announced solely online. A copy of the announcement has been added to the Artwork section. In June, Duggan visited Great Yarmouth to work on The Heraldry Project for YH485 Press. Around twelve artists were asked to produce heraldic shields or crests which they felt represented the town. The finished works will be published in a forthcoming publication by YH485 Press. Lacuna has been reviewed for a-n magazine by Rose-Marie O’Brien, and for artistsandmakers.com by Dan Thompson. Links to the articles can be found in the Reviews section.

24 March 2010:

This April Tom Duggan has his first solo show Lacuna in two locations at Crate Project Space in Margate and at the Herbert Read Gallery in Canterbury. Lacuna is the final exhibition in a series of six shows curated by Matthew de Pulford under the collective title Bad Translation. Images of the exhibition and the exhibition press release are available here. Then in May Duggan has an exhibition at Backlit in Nottingham curated by Tracey McMaster.