Etching 26/10/12

Scales

 And fish scales.

A Frank Gehry Building.

Cabins

Olafur Eliasson Watercolours

Colour Experiment No. 3 (2009)

Exercises in perception in space and movement using ellipses and circles.

''All the projects revolve around our experience of spaces, collective and individual, and the ways in which our personal engagement changes both spatial dimensions and our understanding of the social spheres in which we take part.'' p1

''Eliasson does not regard space as a naturally occurring substance but as a completely cultural project , which changes as time passes and as it is used in different ways.'' p13

''Another book central to the understanding of Eliasson's working method is Henri Lefebvre's The Production of Space (1974). Here, Lefebvre outlines a bold ''unitary theory'' in which he attempts to fuse social, mental, architectural, and historical space. Unlike the current idea of space as an empty vessel to be filled with something, he is interested in how space is produced. A body is not simply in space; it generates space itself. In isolation bodies have neither meaning nor existence. They are reflected in and translated into the changes they create in their milieu, or in their own space. Lefebvre replaces the notion of space as a ''geometric concept'' or ''empty milieu'' with ''substance'', which he admits is simpler to experience than to understand.'' p.15

Shingle Roof

Please listen to this video with the sound off.

A collaboration with Mike Ditchburn. Mike's drawing mirrors the room it was created in. The sculpture was made to be occupied and the drawing acts as a record of this. http://www.michaelditchburn.co.uk/MIRROR-DRAWING 

Kidlat Tahimik

Self taught film maker from the Philippines.
-personal films often featuring his family; himself; where he lives.
-references where he grew up next to the American military base and the cultural colonialism they bought with them.
-Some of his films have taken up to 32 years to make. Some still aren't finished.


Perfumed Nightmare (1977) is about the only one you can find online.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q9Wne2xsCiY

Shoreditch Town Hall Show