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Prefab Portrait in Colorado!

2009-11-06T13:05:00+00:00

Tonight sees the opening of the Portraits exhibition over at the Centre for Fine Art Photography, in Fort Collins, Colorado. My Prefab Tom work was selected from over 2,500 submissions by Mary Ellen Mark, one of the most respected and influential photojournalists of our time.

The show consisting of 52 unique portraits runs from today until the end of November in the main gallery space at C4FAP

Russian Artist Docs

2009-10-27T10:57:00+00:00

I recently completed two new video docs for the Ikon Gallery, giving an insight into two independent Russian artists Semyon Faibisovich whose paintings are constructed from mobile phone images taken around his home town of Razgulyai…

and artist Victor Alimpiev. Both can now be seen on the Ikon website...

I recommend a trip to the gallery to see both shows and in particular the incredible video work of Victor Alimpiev which I found both mesmerising and slightly disturbing with intricate choreography set against a backdrop of nothingness…

Jump right in at the deep end…

2009-10-08T11:43:00+00:00

Just came across this music video for Feet of Courage by Nancy Elizabeth… Really like it! Inspired to try and make my Merman film again…

Nancy Elizabeth - Feet Of Courage from Leaf Label on Vimeo.

Beatniks in Cornwall

2009-10-01T14:23:00+00:00

Just came across this fantastic 1960 Alan Wicker TV documentary when looking up guitarist Wizz Jones… Beatnicks outlawed in Cornwall.. How times have changed!

Sony Z5 - Slow Motion Test

2009-09-24T13:53:00+00:00

I recently moved into an office space at The Custard Factory and now share a space with the fabulous 7 Inch Cinema and Flatpack Festival crew!

They just uploaded a quirky slow motion clip I made whilst testing out the slow motion capabilities of the Sony Z5 HDV video camera. It’s a pretty cool function on the camera allowing you to record 200fps in bursts of 3, 6 and 12 seconds! The camera records into its own memory at a slightly lower res than SD then records back to HDV… The quality still looks pretty good…

Slomo tea from 7inch cinema on Vimeo.

Bloodface

2009-09-24T08:31:01+00:00

My good friend Mr Ben Lister recently completed an incredible music video for ‘Bloodface’ by Lisa Li-Lund. Inspired by traditional Greek folklore he uses beautifully handmade puppets and detailed sets to weave the dark tale of love, betrayal and retribution!

One of the best music videos I’ve seen in a long time… Huge congrats to Ben and his talented crew for pulling off such a great piece…

Kutiman - King You Tube Masher!

2009-09-18T09:43:00+00:00

I just came across the You Tube music masher - Kutiman! Super good remix of You Tube music content generated by individuals… Love it! Check out Thru-You.com now!

The Art of Photography - San Diego!

2009-08-29T17:25:01+00:00

I’m currently in sunny San Diego for the opening of the Art of Photography!

The Art of Photography Show 2009 is a world-class international exhibition featuring all forms of photographic art. This year they received over 16,000 entries from 57 countries, 111 pieces were chosen for the final exhibition and my image of Franz Joseph Glacier was one of them! The selection was made by Charlotte Cotton, curator and head of the Wallis Annenberg Department of Photography at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA). Cotton was previously curator of photographs at the Victoria & Albert museum and head of programming at The Photographers Gallery.

It feels a great achievment to have my work selected by a leading authority on photography today, especially from such a vast amount of entries! The show opens in just a few hours at the Lyceum Theatre Gallery next to Horton Plaza, Gaslamp quarter, downtown San Diego. It runs for two months until 1st November. So if you’re around this part of the world then go take a visit!

I’m off now to get ready for the opening… Exciting!

The Glass Coffin Burial of Professor Zrinack

2009-08-13T11:03:00+00:00

A new Destroyers music video from talented director John Humphreys who I last worked with on the Out of Babel video. Paul Murphy aka Professor Zrinack gives an incredible performance!

Summer Song!

2009-08-06T15:36:00+00:00

Just got sent a link to this hilarious music video and had to post up!

Reverend Billy & The Gospel Choir of Life After Shopping

2009-07-29T12:50:00+00:00

Back in May this year, NYC performance artist Reverend Billy and The Gospel Choir of Life After Shopping visited Birmingham’s Ikon Gallery to preach the good words of anti-consumerism through sermon and song!

I interviewed Reverend Billy and documented this important, powerful and at times hilarious performance which can now be seen on the Ikon site…

Go get converted!

Bewilder Beast!

2009-07-28T08:00:00+00:00

The current Joyful Bewilderment exhibition at Here Gallery in Bristol has been receiving some local press attention from Venue magazine. I was delighted they decided to use my piece to represent the show… Brilliant that they chose a photographic work as the show mainly consists of illustration… So extra special to be featured!

As they say it’s a corker of an exhibition.. so if you’re in Bristol get to the Here Gallery and have a gander!

SynthEastwood HomeMade Exhibition footage online!

2009-07-27T12:32:00+00:00

Back on 15th May I went over to Dublin for the seventh Synth EastWood exhibition, featuring various print and audio visual works around the ‘home made’ theme including my Prefab Tom portrait shot specifically for the Synth Eastwood exhibition.

You can now see all the print submissions from the night on the Synth Eastwood site, plus if you look down at video of the night below and scroll to 0:51 you should see me having a banter about my work…

Giuseppe Penone Documentary

2009-07-11T13:35:00+00:00

A few weeks ago I finished making a short video documentary on the works of Italian artist Giuseppe Penone for the Ikon Gallery. The Ikon are currently holding a major exhibition of his work which runs until 19th July.

Penone is an incredibly important and influential artist, his work linked to nature and how we interact with our environment, it raises many questions and often challenges conventional notions of art.

I recommend giving the documentary a watch and taking a trip to the Ikon before the show closes on 19th July.

Bewildered Bristol…

2009-07-08T08:59:00+00:00

I’ve been part of The Joyful Bewilderment exhibition since it started touring last October, with its first opening at Rough Trade in London.

The show consisting of illustration and photography from over 100 international artists has since graced the walls of Analogue in Edinburgh and opened for it’s third time last night at Here Gallery in Bristol.

The current show runs at Here till 8th August - so if your down in Bristol please give it a look and see if you can spot my Mardi Gras Elephant image in the show…

Art of Ideas 2 - Visual Exhibition

2009-07-01T10:09:00+00:00

Art of Ideas 2, an array of art events and debates in the city of Birmingham launches tonight with an exhibition of works curated by Stephen Snoddy, director The New Art Gallery Walsall and Curator of British Art.

Seventeen artists are exhibiting in a display which includes fine art painting, sculpture, photography and contemporary craft and I’m one of them!

Stephen chose works from the Visual Collection and picked out my Last Flight From Brighton and Franz Joseph Glacier images as they tied in with his chosen theme of nature.

Rockness Recovery…

2009-06-21T10:30:00+00:00

Last weekend I was working up in the highlands of Scotland, documenting Scottish ravers partying hard at the Rockness music festival, overlooking Loch Ness!

I was stationed at the SoCo Social tent which was rammed with wild audiences the entire weekend! A week later and I have just about recovered from the Rockness!

Below are a couple of my favourite moments from the festival…

The Dirty Dozen Brass Band as they walked through the tent onto the stage… Proper New Orleans style…

Dub Pistols font man Barry Ashworth amping up the crowd!

Followed by a bit of crowd surfing…

The crowd loving their glow sticks!

Took way more shots which I’m sure will be going up on the SoCo Social site over the next few days…

Beautiful Disasters

2009-06-08T22:02:00+00:00

The Photographers Gallery have put together another online public web gallery under the theme Beautiful Disasters! Where photographic blunders lend themselves to the outsider aesthetic!

Half of the shots I take using Holga cameras are covered in light leaks and this is what gives them their beautiful random quality which makes them so unique.

I decided to submit the Holga shot below..

What do you know it already has a four star rating!

Flak Photo

2009-06-01T07:02:00+00:00

I recently stumbled upon Flak Photo, an online photography blogzine… It’s beyond inspiring! Put together by Flak Magazine and Andy Adams...

Polaroid 665 Film! First Scans!

2009-05-28T17:08:00+00:00

A few weeks back I bought a batch of the rare Polaroid 665 film…

My early attempts with this positive / negative Polaroid film are now live on the site. The portrait of Log Roper below is probably my favourite out of the first outing with the film…