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    • The Festival of Curves, Slopes and Detours (2018)
    • Facing (2012)
    • MKVH [Milton Keynes Vertical Horizontal] (2006)
    • The Volcano Lady (2004)
    • The Daily Hayley (2001)
    • Connotations Performance Images 1994-1998 (1998)
    • Ecomiss (1994)
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  • Textiles & works on paper
    • Tongue-tied (2019)
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    • Domestique (2010-13)
  • Writing
    • Bastards (2019)
    • A to B in MK (2018)
    • Elfie und Eleonore (2013)
    • Common (2013)
    • The Smelly Hillock, 2010
    • MKVH [The Screenplay] (2007)
  • Collaborations
    • HAND (2018-2020)
    • Crisis Cabaret (2013)
    • Cafe Carbon by The Gluts (2009)
    • Bankspeak (2009)
    • A Secret Sculpture (2006-7)
  • Covid
    • About this section
    • Pillows and Lungs (2020)
    • 2020
    • loss and anger, anger and loss (2020)
    • Legs (2020)
    • Wobbly lines for very difficult times (2020)
    • Keeping Track... (2020- )
    • Untitled (2021)
    • Slow (2021)
    • Switch (2021)
    • Letters + Envelopes (2021-2)
    • LifeLines (envelopes), 2021- 

Hayley Newman

Artist, performer, writer, teacher

  • News
  • About
  • Performance
    • The Festival of Curves, Slopes and Detours (2018)
    • Facing (2012)
    • MKVH [Milton Keynes Vertical Horizontal] (2006)
    • The Volcano Lady (2004)
    • The Daily Hayley (2001)
    • Connotations Performance Images 1994-1998 (1998)
    • Ecomiss (1994)
  • Sound & music
    • MiniFlux (2005)
    • Wrapping (2000)
    • Hook and Eye (1998)
    • Crystalline I, II and III (1997)
    • Shot in the Dark (1996)
    • Tour (1995)
    • Record (1994)
  • Textiles & works on paper
    • Tongue-tied (2019)
    • Histoire Economique (2011-14)
    • Domestique (2010-13)
  • Writing
    • Bastards (2019)
    • A to B in MK (2018)
    • Elfie und Eleonore (2013)
    • Common (2013)
    • The Smelly Hillock, 2010
    • MKVH [The Screenplay] (2007)
  • Collaborations
    • HAND (2018-2020)
    • Crisis Cabaret (2013)
    • Cafe Carbon by The Gluts (2009)
    • Bankspeak (2009)
    • A Secret Sculpture (2006-7)
  • Covid
    • About this section
    • Pillows and Lungs (2020)
    • 2020
    • loss and anger, anger and loss (2020)
    • Legs (2020)
    • Wobbly lines for very difficult times (2020)
    • Keeping Track... (2020- )
    • Untitled (2021)
    • Slow (2021)
    • Switch (2021)
    • Letters + Envelopes (2021-2)
    • LifeLines (envelopes), 2021- 

Bastards (2019)

Bastards is an artists’ book designed by myself and Fraser Muggeridge Studio on the occasion of my exhibition Tongue Tied at Matt’s Gallery. The book, initially written in one session as an act of personal catharsis, asks the reader not to look away but instead to linger within its pages, inhabit the book and be a witness to its words. My text was published in solidarity with all survivors of the abuse of power.

The book can be purchased through the Matts Gallery website.

Binding Soft cover, perfect bound

ISBN 978-1-912717-07-1

Pages 134

Edition 125

Size 200mm (h) 240mm (w)

Text Hayley Newman

Design Hayley Newman & Fraser Muggeridge Studio

Published by Matt’s Gallery, London, 2019

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I forget to live
Bastards Cover

All works copyright Hayley Newman and their respective authors, 2025