useofabook

uses of a book #20 - using their weight  to help glued card to stick together - the card will form the bases for work to show at the upcoming station show. The actual work that will sit on the spinning platforms is evolving as I use 'found' materials within the studio. Some of the papers have been 'waiting' to be used for over 35 years!

Revisiting past episodes of Star Trek Next Generation has been an eye opener; the speed of the editing, the camera angles and once I got over the very angry tone of how orders are giving I've become obsessed with Wesley Crusher's knitwear - maybe something to introduce into presentations next year at NUA.

meanwhile films have been varied - Just Like Heaven - sweet and light, Ava - we have been here before, Coup 53 - staggeringly disturbing. The BBC's A Suitable Boy addressed obliquely some wider issues, it looked good but was a little like The Crown in tone

foldingmusic

I've spent the week mainly working on a new suite of folded structures for the show at the station in Saxmundham. The pieces are based on a range of ideas but the focus is materiality and that the pieces look good as 3D sculptural structures. During all this folding I've been playing a lot of tracks as a result of listening to and then researching Lisa Tarbuck's playlist. She has a fantastically eclectic interest but her taste is always impeccable, especially Reggae and old school Soul and RnB. - some tracks to start with

Marie Laforêt - Et Si Je T'aime https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YFeoX4NNdJM

Nuyorican Soul - It's Alright, I Feel It (feat. Jocelyn Brown)

I DO - Pull It

The Box Tops - The Letter

Johnny Restivo - The Shape I'm In

Boozoo Bajou & Tony Joe White - Keep Going

Don Convay - Everything I Do Goin' Be Funky

Peaches & Herb - Shake Your Groove Thing

The Delfonics - Ready Or Not Here I Come

Resonators - Sweet Love Affair

meanwhile some films - American Pickle - the tonal shifts within the film are a challenge - unsure about where the humour is aimed at although I did laugh. Summerland - was very clean but had some interesting ideas and indeed acting within it. Project Power - oh dear, although maybe it wasn't that bad.....was it? The Puzzle - a calm yet surprisingly stirring film, the underlying currents are very powerful.

installinglandscapes

 

the area around the house has the  feeling of a glorious early 70s conceptual art installation - the industrial farming provides some excellent forms on a huge scale using manufacturing materials.. onto some films - Can you Keep a Secret - you know where it's going from the start but it's very sweet getting there. Clemency - an extraordinary experience for the viewer where everyone is damaged from their proximity to the death penalty. The Judge - a 20 min film stretched to 2 hours and 20 minutes with so many cul-de-sacs of storylines that you are willing it to end....edit edit edit

bogskinroof

 

removing all the roofing felt from the studio and I'm struck by the quality of the surfaces - like a bog man from another time. meanwhile some films - The Traitor - we have been here before but the acting is mesmerizing. Rumour Has It -  oh dear - just so wrong in so many ways. Mrs America https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mrs._America_(miniseries) as ever it tragically seems lessons from the past continue to inform and illuminate our now.