It's nearly finished

John stepping back and taking it all in.

John is painting the town

John working on his mural

I'm documenting a new piece of work that mural artist John Dashwood is painting. Its located in Cobholm, Great Yarmouth on the end wall of a house. It's the latest in a series of commissions that John has recieved to make murals whose purpose is part of an iniative to prevent graffetti on various locations in the town. More new murals will be painted at other locations due to the success of the past work that John has done. If you go to Great Yarmouth you will be sure to see examples of his distinctive work in the locality. Which also makes for a distinctive art tour through the town.

The media in Norwich

The means of production

The means of distribution

Time mapping the streets of Ipswich.

Frames from film piece I am working on.

It's a Top Time

" I feel all artistic..." was a comment by a pleased particpant at the end of the workshop at Felixstowe libary. I've been involved with some workshops provided by Aldburgh Music at the TopTime club. Top Time itself is about providing a series of activities for the mature age group of society.

So inspired by music performances given at the start of each session we get the participants to involve sound and poetry into the mix. One particpant called Mark has been inspired to write a sound orientated poem about Felixstowe and enables the whole group to join in with it's meaning through a call and response interpretation.

Against The Grain

It was a good night at the SHORTS film night. A good selection of films and there's more of this to happen at the Norwich Arts Centre in future months. For me having my film playing before Richard Jobsons "I am digital". Yes that guy who used to be in that band years ago was weird but obvious in the scheme of things.
A varied selection from care in the community comedy from Patrick Whittaker "Raspberry Ripple", Alex McConnell animated live action hybrid "Kitchen", Toby Roberts 23 second epic "Chrysanthemums the word" to Claire Blundwell Jones performance film "introducing tumbleweeds to the british landscape".
I must not forget to mention the puppet presenters whose antics we're excellent.

Structures

View fom behind the screen

STRUCTURES is about the cyclic nature of the universe and how we see this being alluded to in the nature of the changing landscape.
Video projected on textile installation at the Ferini gallery, Pakefield.

Having film screened at SHORTS film night at Norwich 10/04/07

My film "I've got one thing to do today and that is the one hundred and one things I should've done yesterday " is being shown at the SHORTS film night at the Norwich Arts Centre. To be held on the evening of the 10th April between 8 - 10pm.
It's one of many films being chosen that work with the theme of Against The Grain.