‘A bridge to far’ Portsmouth May 13th Been a week since I last posted Been a difficult week since I last posted Sometimes interactions can be so tiring that they can affect you perceptions of the world around you. Yes […]
The Perfect Cloud Portsmouth 13th May 32 days to go a short poem twittered today about granular synthesis ITakeMomentsOfYouSplittingSonicGrainsOfEcstasyLayeredWithinMyPerfectCloudForMicroMovementReturnNotatedBliss Recent soundwork made with this ‘perfect cloud’ https://soundcloud.com/fieldoffragments/an-ecstati…
Examples of methods used to trade The primary aim of this project was ‘To set up both virtual & physical spaces and times for ‘TRADING STATION’ Here is a list of methods tried during the project. Virtual trading · Photos, […]
Haven’t had anything interesting to write here for the last few days, been working on my project report, didn’t want to keep telling you all about that. It has been briefly interrupted as I prepare my poster presentation for the […]
It has been an exciting morning. I got a first glimpse of one of my maps (site one) arrive in my inbox. Jillian seems to be making good progress and from this first version, seems to be interpreting my rough […]
I have been working on my piece for the Snip exhibition this evening, it feels good to be getting it ready for the show – which opens the same weekend as my degree show – I see it as the […]
Final Designs for my Human Enclosure !!! Final designs for my degree show piece. The final design will have three areas within it : 1. area for “sleeping”2. area for “eating” and “living”3. area for the “animals” to run through […]
Guillotine 86400 clocks: one for every second of the day, each clock different by one second. The clocks should be digital, in the old fashioned sense (like they used be on train stations), mechanical and rectangular not round with hands. […]
Stray envy and Tantalus pencils Portsmouth 13th May Wake early thanks to the cat with strange dreams holding fast but have the joyful pleasure of discovered ‘layouts of performance’ in my mind alongside ideas for new images….. Clearing everything for […]
Busy day today, in and out of the studio. Second day in my degree show space today didn’t get all id hoped I would but I’ve made a start. I spent well over an hour removing copious amounts of white-tac […]
Following on from my conversation with Martin Franklin, the Manager at South Hill Park Digital Media. IS this use that he is making at South Hill Park Digital Media with new technology to engage a new audience to contemprary art. […]
The Praxinoscope has been added to today, making it start to have the shape of the praximoscope which I am planning on making. Shown in the pictures, are the outside frame and the inner frame which will hold the mirrors. […]
Thought I would share one of the artists that I was looking at for my dissertation, Francisco Goya. His works have fascinated me with the content and how it had not been seen in his lifetime, due to how shocking […]
Bruce Nauman , an American artist who’s work often involves the use of light. I dislike a lot of his work however there is one video created by him which I do enjoy watching as a piece of art. This […]
Tour of Art of Change: New Directions From China. This is the show which I remember seeing the most in london compared to any art show that I have ever been to. The piece which I mentioned from the last […]
More Angels! well one angel and two ‘humans’…. Here is an image of more of the little people I have been making, I have made one of the angels appear as if it is holding a rope which is hanging […]
Time for the ‘lanterns’. The lanterns which I ordered, I thought were going to be larger than what they were. So I have improvised. I have used the heads and added on the top of each lantern. From here I […]
I have covered my arm chair now in a super king size flat sheet. It took a while to work out how to do it and still now I am not really sure I tackled it in the right way. […]
After reaching the deadline on Friday, the very last thing to do to finish my degree was a short presentation of my work to the teaching staff before they begin the long task of marking everyone´s work. It felt almost […]
Recently hung my paint boxes in different ways to see which looks best. Firstly I tried a single row which was my first vision for hanging these when making them. Then I tried a box consisting of nine, (I have […]
GET YOUR 5-A-DAY York St John University’s Create ’13 degree showcase is fast approaching, and in our usual spirit of camaraderie (and general concern for your wellbeing) we offer you this ‘5-a-day’ of artist splendor. For the next few days, […]
LONDON 10th MAY Deleted my last post. Hope not too many people saw it. Full of doom & gloom. Panic set in & confidence deserted me so took myself up to London to see Joan Eardley at the Portland Gallery. […]
After a further mad few weeks things seem to be going smoothly (touch wood) this may be thanks to my billions of to do lists, I can only apologise to the rainforest and swear I recycled them all. After a […]
SUNDAY Quite enjoying the messiness of oil-bars mixed with some old oil-paints which I found in a drawer. Am sloshing indian ink onto them too… I know you shouldn’t really mix these up but it looks OK to me. The […]
A GOOD DAY The resulting mess after painting. My lovely new oil-bars have been well used. Can see that they won’t last very long !