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. 

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…

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.

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!

On Tuesday night I had the privelage of attending the Cure Leukaemia Art Auction with one of my works going under the hammer! An array of wonderful art and photography was full sale including my Franz Joseph Glacier image. It was also used as the key promo image on all marketing and ended up selling for the healthy sum of £375.00 in the live auction!

Below are the lucky couple who bought my work!

This time the acclaimed piece of theatre is in Bristol for Mayfest!

I’d recommend you go and get tickets but looks as though they’ve already sold out!

If you don’t know about Black Tonic then have a quick watch of the trailer below. Put together after last years Manchester performance, it gives a tiny taste of this unique theatre performance experience! 

My role has been to create video pieces that fill you in on the characters, such as the ethereal Super 8 sequence at the start of the trailer and the CCTV sections showing a maid ransacking one of the hotel rooms! These elements spring into action on TV sets inside the hotel rooms when you least expect it. The audience really are receiving information from all directions in this experience. I also shot the Paparazzi style photo’s of a couple having an affair! Uncovered by the audience after entering the ransacked room! Exciting stuff!

Keep an eye on the Black Tonic page for more info on upcoming shows!

I remember seeing him perform a year or two back under the Artists Valley banner with the film below showing. Can’t quite remember but I think it may have been part of one of the early Flatpack Festivals…

Ice Dream Van

I’ve been collaborating on Black Tonic since its starting point over a year ago and it’s great to see how it has evolved during that time! 

So far it’s piloted in London, had an incredible run in Manchester and over the next couple of weeks will take place at the Raddisson hotel in Birmingham. It’s also picked up a ton of good reviews such as this one in the Independent.

Recommend you get yourself booked in quick for this weekend or next! See flyer below…

665 film is incredibly hard to find and has been out of production since way back before Polaroid gave up the game last year!

This film offered by Polapremium was by no means a cheap purchase! So gonna have to use it for a set project I think. Actually feel a bit sick in my stomach...That’s what buying the rarest and most expensive Polaroid film on the planet does to you!

If you own a Polaroid 600SE I recommend you get a few packs before they’re all gone! Probably the last chance to get hold of this rare and unique film! They’ll all be sold out before the day is through! 

Tonight sees the launch of the 3rd Flatpack festival! You might be forgiven for thinking it’s a geeky furniture festival sponsored by Ikea but no Flatpack is actually one of the finest film festivals in Britain, the creation of 7Inch Cinema and will be bringing a hours of cinematic delights to the city of Birmingham over the next five days! Check their site for more info…

Flatpack Festival 09 trailer from Dave Gaskarth on Vimeo.

The launch tonight is at Birmingham Town Hall with the Curzonora performance from my old pals The Destroyers, their 15 piece energetic performance will be set against a range of films originally shown by showman Waller Jeffs back in the early 1900s!

I strongly recommend you make an effort to attend as many of the Flatpack events as you can! Inspiration, fun and lovely film making folk guaranteed! 

To keep an eye on her awesome blog jump into the Friendly Fire section of my blog to be inspired by that and many more RSS treats!

Check out the video footage you can get using the Jag lens attachment! Make your handy cam images look closer to 35mm film with awesome depth of field! Amazing what a good piece of glass can do for you!

Best Images of 2008 from jehu Garcia on Vimeo.

The images above & below were taken during Mardi Gras 2006 - I’m not there this year but will be cooking up some creole later!

Happy Mardi Gras to all my friends over in the Big Easy and to all you folks reading this! Go get your beads on!

Well been off on good missions the last few days… Headed out of Auckland up to Piahia and the incredible Bay of Islands. Stunning part of New Zealand, with 144 scenic islands dotted around the bay....

A quirky retro styled bar that immediately feels like home!

There were a few good bands playing…

They’ve got a great design & photography blog featuring some top work!

Whilst there I also stumbled upon a post about a rather delightful book…