“A drink that celebrates the place of the earth on its journey around the sun and our place in nature.” As part of STC projects a proposal through GMP projects, the creation of two new beers through a brewing course at Pipes Brewery(TBC). One ale is the lightest possible in colour and the other the…
Author: richardhiglett
Contemporary artist, curator, musician, writer, designer and active dreamer.
Richard Higlett is currently based in Cardiff, Wales, UK. He works equally in a gallery setting or in the public environments, on works and projects that he describes as acts of folly. Examples of previous work are the creation of a dog choir, a series of fiddle jigs inspired by water flow, a digital typeface from eighth century Welsh handwriting, a minimalist sculpture using 10,000 pennies, a zebra crossing designed for cats and a 10 metre mirrored bill board hidden in a forest.
His practice is dependent on humour and chance and he rarely exhibits the same work twice. This makes him difficult to define or catalog as an artist as his methodology and ideas are what he describes as his intangible medium and he is not known for a signature type of work.
As a curator, he was one half of Mermaid and Monster an agency which represented Contemporary Welsh artists in the late noughties. In twenty-ten, he founded Goat Major Projects an artist-led project space in Cardiff which hosted a number of off-site projects and events. He also presents mobile sound art/bands/poets via a speaker system mounted on a car roof.
Richard Higlett also exhibits under the names, RE: Higlett, Wally French and Manyfesto. He is a member of the Ironirock Art Pop duo Starlings Planet, his stage name is Elton Braces.
telio Typeface
****NEW Version of Typeface loaded inserting the typo mark for unknown letter on all platforms.***** HERE you can Download “Teilo” created from the handwriting of the person which is cited as the earliest evidence of written Welsh. Named Teilo after Saint Teilo. Saint Teilo, (Latin:Teliaus, Issell, Teillo in Breton, Teilou, Dub, and Theliau, Télo in…
Minor Arcana Pin Badges for Game Play Conference
Created for lecture at Oxford University by Game Play presented by Anna Powell featuring reference to Prop as piece I made in 2004. Lecture Text: Copyright Anna Powell HERE
Salt Celler
Invited to present by Anna Powell for conference on Game Playing at Oxford university click image for more 22/07/13 initial sketch for Salt Cellar More on Anna http://www.hud.ac.uk/ourstaff/profile/index.php?staffuid=sdesacp
Goat Major Projects at Sluice 2013
GMP is excited to be in creative partnership with Outcasting and Mermaid & Monster; presenting a micro pavilion at the Sluice Art Fair London October 2013
Proposed graphics for Venice 2011
Digging through old files I came across the graphics i’d put together as part of a initial proposal for Wales in Venice in 2011. The design was the result of using a dice to pick fonts and colours. This is the inverted version. The four artists proposed will remain nameless. This Image is inverted. Original…
55th Venice Biennale Edition Bag H/G
After just returning from Venice to see amongst other things, Bedwyr William’s The Starry Messenger for Wales at Venice. Blog/review to follow shortly. Sara Wyn Walker Artist/intern at Welsh Pavilion sporting bag October 2013
‘What Next’ Download
Active 1 month Hi Bath Students, you should be able to download the ‘What Next’ doc here as a PDF, contact here if any problems, regards Richard (apologies for typos) Bath Info sheets
RICHARD HIGLETT 