Saturday 18 April 2020

alternativedimensions


away from the alternative world where I am working out what to watch at Glasgow International, creating a full schedule that includes all the parties and what would of been an extraordinary 4 days.......I have been busy reading - the issue of the model, how we use it/them and how we communicate ideas through both the eye and the hand. A key text is Models the third dimension of science edited by Soraya de Chadarevian and Nick Hopwood and supported by Geometry and the Liberal Arts by Dan Pedoe which has some great illustrations. The work in the studio continues with the reading informing an exploration of geometry and its relationship to the model through string, knots and wire.
meanwhile some watching Collette is stunning with gloriously outrageous acting from Dominic West while Keira Knightley makes sense of her world. Ozark  continued to disturb with its demonstration of how one person can destroy lives in such a seemingly casual way, it's all about survival. The main lesson continues to be to not get involved with drugs!! Unorthodox https://www.imdb.com/title/tt9815454/ is truly harrowing yet there is a strength that keeps you watching. Deep into season 3 of Westworld - episode 3 is a true mind blower with its commentary on existence through its commentary on the constructed world - or is it.....

Monday 6 April 2020

alternativescale


so in the alternative universe somewhere I am returning from Spain after a few days in Seville it's been the first trip I've had cancelled as part of the current situation - meanwhile the work continues - changing the scale changes alters how the work operates in the hand. The video is a starting point both in documenting the work and developing  new work in itself.
films include - Bloodshot if you like your films superheroish with a twist, Little Joe if you like your films complex and layered. and there is Instagram - where to start.......... why I might get a dog - https://www.instagram.com/p/B6TJ1Q_nbXv/ textiles are important - https://www.instagram.com/p/B-VRUt3joBG/ teamwork is vital - https://www.instagram.com/p/B804rMahiBl/ working out how to behave - https://www.instagram.com/p/B-UnL9hhAL2/
observing the various systems companies have put in place to support social distance whilst shopping is intriguing -  there is a project there (this one is the coop in Halesworth).