afoldedpresent

todays sounds running through my head include - Joe Goddard feat. Valentina – Gabriel. arrived home after a walk to find a wonderful present from Steel Sculptures in the driveway! @steelsculptures The cube is made of extra pieces from the work created for Goldlay Gardens in Chelmsford. It was manufactured by the lovely Paul and Cath over at http://www.steelsculptures.co.uk/index in Middleton. To entertainment - the online Snape showcase Festival of New Makers was superb - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=heT4Esayg6U&t=1160s the series of films of work in progress highlighted some fantastic work both as pieces in themselves and something to look forward to. The process of demonstrating creativity was stunning with collaboration at the core of their thinking. Join the Din, Maz O’Connor, Shruthi Rajasekar & Reylon Yount, Nadine Benjamin, Charlie Grey & Joseph Peach, Emily Levy were all interesting and Max Baillie & Vahakn Matossian, were so sincere, but Dom Bouffard and his crew of glorious noise makers working in the abandoned space at Snape https://www.dombouffard.com/ was a fave. Meanwhile to screens – ma rainey's black bottom was a little like watching American’s do costume drama. Capital in the Twenty-First Century lays out, again, the injustices embedded within capitalism and talks about how the concept of capital has evolved to continue to serve those in power, power from the point of ownership. https://www.imdb.com/title/tt5723056/ and we are now embarking on the latest season of Snowpiercer.

foldingskies

Found the full size prototype for the work in Chelmsford – decided to play…meanwhile screens - oh dear screens – Yes Day, Coming 2 America, Bad Cupid - no no no. 

themagicbehindtheday

The magic behind the day - a busy week at NUA saw the first Alumni Day – I managed to organise a great day - we had some interesting talks about journeys since leaving the Textile Design Course Chloe Scott - freelance woven designer – graduated 2017.  chloescottwovendesign.com  Jessica Grady - textile artist, lecturer – graduated 2014. jessicagrady.co.uk Georgia Rose Stone - creative assistant at Joules - graduated 2019.  @georgiarosedesign_Mia Sylvia – stylist, machinist – graduated 2018.miasylvia.co.uk/ Meanwhile screens include Moxie which would be ok if you are 12 and the beautiful animation Millennium Actress https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0291350/?ref_=hm_rvi_tt_i_5 which has a great timeslip script. While we are here I recommend watching Richard Dedomenici https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T17YnTQ1Wno

foldedpossibilities

this week I had the opportunity to run a presentation with a Q&A for year 2 biomed students at Kings – as ever when building a presentation there is always a lot to reflect on especially when it has a sci-art focus, I think it went well, with some excellent questions. The online workshops with Leicester Print Works continues with some interesting work being made. checked out the truly glorious ‘dance’ piece how sometimes we cannot believe where we have been: Screensaver Series video essay by Janine Harrington and a host of wonderfully talented people. https://www.janineharrington.com/believe-been It was on The Place website, it is exquisite. https://www.theplace.org.uk/ Meanwhile screen - Blithe Spirit – just no.

 

archivingthepastforthefuture

 

a busy week of clearing away CDs, floppy discs, zip drives, mini discs and tapes that formed the ‘archive of my work’. These have been stored over the last 20ish years and have just been cluttering up shelves in my studio so it was time to copy what was wanted/needed onto hard drives. It was interesting to see work on hardware and software that no longer exists – thinking about archivists and the digital issues they will have in the future. It was fascinating to review the exhibition I had at Focal Point – early digital books created in a program called RayDream, luckily, I had TIFFs saved so here they are. Meanwhile to the screen - I care a lot. https://www.imdb.com/title/tt9893250/ Wonderfully dark characters within a superbly twisted plot. Still deep into living the lives of the characters in insecure – now onto the second series. https://www.imdb.com/title/tt5024912/

beachfolding

working on new models for the Leicester Print Works workshops, building structures that will relate to the set tasks is a challenge but fun one. Long walks. some films The Little Things – Denzel does his thing, unfortunately nobody else does and the women all appear to be dead. Booksmart – alternative values valued. Bliss – good or bad – unsure.  Barb and Star Go to Vista Del Mar – insane, in a good way. https://www.imdb.com/title/tt3797512/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0  The Paperboy – it’s all there, not in a good way. Lupin, gloriously wry in a knowing way.

crushcrushed

The films I have been creating on a subconscious level actually, when reflected on appear to be about the now. squash, squeeze, press, compress, quell, crush, nip, grip, force, crowd, crush – pressure from above. The work with Kings is going well – running practical workshops digitally takes a lot of work and planning to make it look and feel as casual as it needs to be. I’m working with a great, supportive  team so everything is a pleasure. Some screen stuff-  Quo vadis, Aida? – yes, it is challenging – very  https://www.imdb.com/title/tt8633462/  Pieces of a Woman – yes, it is traumatic – very https://www.imdb.com/title/tt11161474/ I can’t get you out of my head – yes, it is truly disturbing – very https://www.imdb.com/title/tt13973190/?ref_=nm_flmg_dr_1 Adam Curtis does it again.