Articles by Adrian Riley
Founder of Scarborough-based design studio Electric Angel (formerly of Bradford) and co-founder of Creative Coast - the North Yorkshire coast creative industries network. Before that I worked in education, marched, played drums, studied at Leeds College of Art, built lego and co-created meditative spiritual multimedia thingys. But not necessarily in that order.
What can you expect when you turn a tiny seaside art gallery into a Kerouac-inspired poetry venue for the night? Nobody knows, and that’s half the fun…
Avant-garde. Now there’s a phrase which has been used and abused over the decades. I’ve seen it applied to revisionist be-bop, shoddily executed paintings in Dulux and the kind of performance that has any sane …
Adrian Riley went to an office with an eclectic assortment of art, who would work in an office like this? And more importantly will they still be there next week?
Adrian Riley gives us yet another reason to think of leaving our urban terrances, tower blocks and rat holes. The sea air is one, but the connectivity is second to none…
Adrian Riley discusses cognitive mapping and how we miss out on hidden gems on our doorstep. How do you find your way around the place you live – do you stray from the path well tread?
We’re not feeding you a line, but do take the bait and go see some art in a rather unusual location
It’s a slightly overcast Friday in June – not quite beach weather but the surf must be good judging by the number of heads I can see bobbing in the sea through our studio window…
So you’ve got the art-buying bug, but the recession has caused some tightening of the purse strings… well South Street Gallery in Scarborough might just have the solution.
