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Donation Station
Donation Station is a sculptural installation proposal submitted to Dorset County Hospital. The intention of the Illustrate is to encourage organ donation and the chosen piece to be sited by the cardiology department in Dorchester. Donation Station aims to locate a collection of concrete portable organ transplant refrigeration units within the cardiac courtyard. Each…
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A Light from Above
A Light for Above is a Flash fiction piece written by Alison Little, potentially to be used for the opening of a short story or Novella, the text is read by herself. All characters and events are fictitious and not based on real life. Reading of text by Alison Little In the distance, she can…
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Virginia Woolf and the Hours
The Hours Three Women, One day. Michael Cunningham’ novel, The Hours and the movie version, Directed by Stephen Daldry, gives a very accurate portrayal of Virginia Woolf beginning with her final act: suicide. The narrative intertwines the lives of three women: Virginia Woolf, Laura Brown an unhappy housewife in 1950’s Loss Angeles and Clarissa Vaughan…
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In the Red Dress I Wear to Your Funeral
In the Red Dress I Wear to Your Funeral is a poem written by Erin Belieu which appears in her latest book Black Box. The textiles based machine embroidery was created by Alison Little as a response to the poem. Erin has kindly given her permission to use the poem as the subject matter for the artwork…
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Putting your Heads Together
The latest exhibition: Speakers, created by Nicholas Party brought some much-needed colour to the December days. In entering the discretely fronted Oxford City centre Modern Art Gallery then making your way up to the first floor, then slipping into the Piper Gallery you encounter an array of colours. The walls are painted a yellow tone,…
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Pendle Sculpture Trail
A Quick look at the Prosal put forward by Alison Little for the Pendle Sculpture Trail. The Proposal Bat Hanger presents an installation where an Aitken wood tree is to be taken over by bat-like forms. The main structure of the tree to include around 100 hanging forms, similar in form to the way in…
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Grown Up Rug Rat
These are the latest song lyrics being worked on from Alison Little Grown Up Rug Rat Saxon curls flow from my head Skin glows with innocent Beauty I sleep safely near the parental bead From birth, I have never been naughty At twenty I have toddler style body actions Arms stretched up ahead of…
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The Alter Ego
The Alter Ego is a poem from Alison Little, it was performed at the Brink in Parr Street as part of Liverpool World Mental Health Day celebrations. The Alter Ego I am so sensible, so responsible Offering guidance, stable as a rock The family, in narcotics they dabble My lectures keep them from the…
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Rags Boutique & Museum of Liverpool
The unique mask making workshop showed the Museum of Liverpool how to reclaim last weekend. An onslaught of miniature sized artists, we normally call children, overtook the ground floor space as part of the Liverpool Irish Festival. Alison Little is the North West based Artist behind the workshop, working across the creative spectrum. Often working…
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Jane
Jane, the sculptural form was exhibited for IN:VISIBLE women, full-day conference held at Liverpool Central Library on Friday the 27th October. Simply Jane was the accompanying fictional works read at the event, both were created by Alison Little in autumn 2017. The following piece was commissioned by the Liverpool Irish Festival, from artist Alison Little, as…