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The Kick-About / 6 Years Later
Improbably, this marks the 156th edition of The Kick-About – a fortnightly creative challenge first started in response to the longueurs of lock-downs. The premise is simple: make something new in response to a given… Read more
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The Kick-About #156 | 313.071
In our last Kick-About, we considered movement and influence — the forces that set things in motion. This time, we pause. Six years in, and some 313 weeks of prompts later, this edition looks back… Read more
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Vis Viva (2026)
A few things in the mix this time as I figured out my response to The Kick-About No.155 (“Movers and Shakers”). For those readers not familiar with UK television, there was a long-running programme on… Read more
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The Kick-About #155 ‘Movers & Shakers’
In our last Kick-About, we embraced the raw energy and instinctive mark-making of Karel Appel. This week, the focus shifts from expression to action. Our prompt is “Movers & Shakers”—an invitation to think about the… Read more
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Dove After Appel (2026)
I was very drawn to the ‘buildability’ of Karel Appel’s sculptures—our prompt for The Kick-About No. 154—with structures comprising sandwiches of flat, simple shapes. With no real plan in mind, I set about creating some… Read more
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The Kick-About #154 ‘Karel Appel’
In our last Kick-About, we spent time with the bold planes and quiet intensity of Nicolas de Staël. This week, things take a more unruly turn. Our prompt is Karel Appel—an artist of instinct, colour,… Read more
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Three Tumblers (2026)
In good Kick-About style, I took this week’s Nicolas de Stael prompt as an opportunity to try my hand at oil painting. I don’t paint much, and never in oils, so I didn’t quite know… Read more
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Drosera (2026)
As a kid, I was fascinated by carnivorous plants, so whenever I think ‘puppets’, I think about Audrey II—the all-singing venus-fly trap from Little Shop of Horrors. For this much more diminutive prompt, I looked… Read more
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The Kick-About #152 ‘Finger Puppet’
In our last Kick-About, we looked up — to steel, symmetry, and the Art Deco ambition of the Chrysler Building. This week, the scale shifts dramatically. Our prompt is finger puppet — small, handmade, and… Read more
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