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Category: Art

2 October 2009

Shop Window Exhibition Continues

It's the 3rd week of the 5 week exhibition and that means we are half way through.  It's rather overwhelming trying to make sense of all the various feedbacks I am getting.  From such a wide cross section of the community various different aspects of the project either directly or indirectly related are being discussed […]… Read more »
Category: Art
21 September 2009

I am officially an ’emerging artist’ with Triparks

I've landed myself an emerging artist position on the Triparks project. I did not know anything about the project until an email came through today inviting artists to apply.  With the prospect of spending 2 days working alongside exhibiting artists and getting funded for it I filled out the short application form and emailed it […]… Read more »
Category: Art
19 September 2009

Exhibition Launch Last Night

Here are a few photos from the first night of my exhibition entitled People Watching the People Watchers.  The project is drawing a lot of attention and in the few hours that it's been on display I have received more reactions than any exhibition before.  I concluded about a year ago that by simply including the […]… Read more »
Category: Art
15 September 2009

Picked up the keys for my exhibition location

Today I collected the keys to No. 5 East Reach in preparation for this Fridays exhibition launch.  My video installation will be viewable from the street at times of darkness on Thursday, Friday, Saturday and Sunday nights.  This is my first exhibition in my home town, so lets see what response I get.  I am […]… Read more »
Category: Art
11 September 2009

‘Authority’ paranoia over photography in London (and everywhere else)

Huge thanks to Jamie Gordon of Gordon Valiant Photography for sending me a link to this video after he read my previous post. I think I am going to draw up a letter addressed to "The Police Officer Who Has Just Stopped Me" and always carry a copy with me when photographing.  It will explain […]… Read more »
Category: Art
11 September 2009

Run in with Police during portrait shoot of homeless people

I had just finished taking the portrait of 2 gentlemen on a bench in Vivary Park yesterday.  As I packed away my camera I was approached by a policeman and a community support officer.  They were primarily interested in talking to the two people I was photographing.  So right in front of me they had […]… Read more »
Category: Art
11 September 2009

People Watchers Project Progress

Regardless of all the bureaucracy of the exhibition, the actual art project itself is trooping on well.  I was in town from midday until 5pm on Wednesday and Thursday looking for People Watchers and got some really good results.  On Thursday (yesterday) I actually ran out of model release forms because I hadn't counted on finding 4 […]… Read more »
Category: Art
8 September 2009

Darlingtons Video Now Online

The full version of The Darlingtons - Glitch (music video by Martin Joiner) is now available online! Note the high quality video, YouTube has really improved over the last year or so!… Read more »
Category: Art
29 August 2009

Shop Windows project looking shaky

By this point in time I was hoping to be spreading the word, creating a hype and telling people exact locations of my forthcoming exhibition that is planned to coincide with exhibitions by my fellow members of Kingston Studios Art Group. But this is not the case.  Instead we are less than 20 days from […]… Read more »
28 August 2009

Finished shooting Darlingtons Music Video today

I managed to do with the Darlingtons what I never achieved with the Luscious Rickys I have completed shooting a music video for local band The Darlingtons. With just one weekend between now and the EP launch night I have to edit it and burn to DVD ready to be show at the Perfect 5th […]… Read more »
Category: Art