Stuff November

A new year starts tomorrow so I'm making some space for it...

I am the interpreter

An interpreter is someone who has the ability and training to be able to work between two languages (in this case sound and video) and facilitate communication between people.

It was said of me yesterday.

Converging patterns in motion

time work waking play

thought theatre
sound street
image acting
moving
unconscious
pressure
sensation everyday
response consquences
breathing
theory

A 1000 works...

.. at the Factory Studios Norwich an exhibition of works by Muriel and Tom Mallin. Went today and what a varied collection of good work in a variety of forms. Well worth a visit.

Biscuits in an exhibition

Not an exhibit but thought it could've been

I came, I saw...

A few screen shots of the film "I'm leading a quiet life on Alan Road"
Made in conjunction with Rupert Mallin whose poem it is based around.
Which you can see at the Ipswich townhall galleries
as part of the "I came, I saw..." exhibition.

To those that know

To those that broke inside my car whilst it was parked outside my home and took the stills camera, the video camera, a couple of microphones, a mike stand, a mixer and a laptop.

The above equipment has done alot of comunnity work over it's life time.

It's not the end of the world far from it. Just a minor setback.

You've really made a contribution in making a differance.

So thanks.

900 views of witches

Kittiwiches
That many people have seen it by word of mouth alone.

A much calmer sea

The north sea in a reflective mood.

Teenagers on tour

Julian House

Dust that has settled

The solidified state of liquid and gases

Tomb of the unknown alcoholic

Message in a bottle

Broken cycles

Broken and no.

This tin of coffee was a gift from Ethiopia to Great Yarmouth

Whilst doing the Big Draw workshops over the weekend at the Time and Tide museum on saturday this exhibit caught my eye. The inscription reads:

"This tin of coffee was a gift from Haile Selassie, the Emperor of Ethiopia, on 31st January 1953. It was one of a batch distrubuted to victims of the East Coast Floods."

As today is the 31st is the last day of Black History month this year it's apt to include it.

Hidden Heritage

On monday afternoon attended another talk by Richard Maguire
at Great Yarmouth libary. Very interesting yet again.
Got some better pics and sound for the Black History film.

Lack of tourist information part 1

The Tourist Information point on Great Yarmouth seafront on an october evening

All seems well until you look closley

Lack of tourist information part 2

On closer inspection

Nzinga Dance

Nzinga Dance play at the Great Yarmouth finale of Black History Month.
One of the many performers attending.

Two hundred years on

Least we forget.

Big Draw

These are not jam tarts but as enjoyable never the less.
Another view of the ARC Big Draw workshops at the Time and Tide museum at Great Yarmouth

fish out of water

Just Another Urban Phobia

Big Draw

Alternative celebrity sunrise over the sea.
(aftermath of the paper making workshop)

I'm among artists participating in the Big Draw event at the Time and Tide Museum. The work is under the theme of a "Tide Line" which I am turning into a short film piece.

When Ven diagrams collide.

The impact of out of town supermarkets on inner town supermarkets.

Great Yarmouth harbours a secret about the slave trade

Yarmouth harbour

As part of the filming of the events of Black History Month I recorded Dr Richard Maguire excellent talk at the Time and Tide museum. One thing that really struck home to me was although the ports of the west of the country such as Liverpool and Bristol involvement with the slave trade are well documented. The eastern ports such as Yarmouth and Kings Lynn were also involved in the early period of the trade.

So indeed Slave ships in Great Yarmouth did exist.

Prehaps that should be remembered at the next years Yarmouth Maritime festival?

Peter Greenaway

"Here's a real provocation: [US video artist] Bill Viola is worth 10 Martin Scorseses. Scorsese is old-fashioned and is making the same films that [the pioneering director] DW Griffiths was making early last century,"

Peter Greenaway at Korea's Pusan film festival.

Black History Month 2007

We're one week into Black History Month. Pictured above is the The Open Trade Network's popular African Market is in Great Yarmouth for the day. Black History Month is a celebration of the input of world culture in what makes us all who we are.
Myself and Rupert Mallin are going to document this through making a poetry film
of the activities in Great Yarmouth.

Levitation, levitation, levitation...

Raj proves he's on the up.

A view from a flatlandscape

www.flatlandscape.blogspot.com is an ongoing project

that I have put into the 2007 Norwich Fringe festival.

A search for the alternative canvas that otherwise might get missed.

iBook therefore I am

In the ongoing fight against a lack of funding
I have "reclaimed" from ebay this eight year old Apple iBook.

Suprisingly still useful.

Which is more than can be said of the 2012 Olympics.

A tall man wears a big hat

Converging displays of heritage.
Great Yarmouth Maritime Festival

My studio

This is where I do most of my work

Soundscapes and Filmscapes

Like buses they come in twos and threes.

Eyes to the right

Here and Now

Looking for success

Found it!

A form of ID

A marking on a pavement
which I have been using as identification
for projects.

A sequence of events in a shop door way

Captured in a doorway in the centre of Ipswich

The Impact of living

The importance of lists

At this months ARC meeting Tonia writes out a list of things to remind me to do

Chilled Films

I have some films playing at The Big Chill festival 3rd - 5th of August 2007 in the beautiful surroundings of Eastnor Castle Deer Park, deep in the Malvern Hills.

'Slow Motion' and 'A Chorus Of Disapproval' on Saturday and '360 Degrees' on Sunday. These will be at the The Magnificent Revolutionary Cycling Cinema on the arts trail. Thanks to Simon Mullen for letting me know before hand.

Full play list is at http://cyclecinema.wordpress.com/events/big-chill-running-order/

Lowestoft Airshow 2007

more rubbish that nobody wants

Hazy Sunrise

Last monday

Filming everywhere

Filming everywhere

Word Sequencing

01001101 01100001 01110010 01101011
00100000 01010011 01100001 01110010 01100111 01100101 01100001 01101110 01110100

My name in ASCII binary

Psytrance tent Easternhaze

This tent is a fantastic sculptural design.

EasternHaze

Easternhaze festival near Somerleyton preparing to get ready for friday.

"Me and My Friends" and " A Childs Fantasy Garden"

All of last week working with Prue Dobinson and Rachel Thomas at The White House nusery Winterton. I documented the "Me and My Friends" and " A Childs Fantasy Garden" workshops making them into a film which was shown on the 25th aniversery to celebrate the nursery has been running.

The writing is on the wall (part 23)

The Fact Is

More Teenagers activities this week.
Teenagers of then and now finding they have something in common.

Showcase preview

Congulations to Martyn Wainwright with his work "Owd Hin" for winning the award hope it all goes well.

What tickled my interest was the following:

Debi Rutter "How many can you tick?" so much in so small a piece of canvas. How do they fit it all in?

Samantha Epps felt tip on tracing paper endurance works "5 hours, 15 minutes, 15 seconds" and "5 hours 47 minutes 1 second"

"Toe-tapper" mixed media by Sandy Coughlan.

"Make your point" by R Grimsdell which was a hammer adapted to with keyboard letters. Fantastic.

"Loop" a video by Frances Wall.

Katherine Hymers videos "Untitled" where she is standing motionless outside the window in a garden.

"The Crown of the south Quay" a screen and monoprint by Clare Johnson. Which I'm sure is the gas cylinder in Great Yarmouth?

"Where do you come from" by John Williams a woven photograph.

"Plastic Cup" William Clifford which is a cast of a cup in household emultion paint.

Loads of good work but these were what stuck with me in my mind.

Suffolk Showcase

Have a film piece showing
at the Bury St Edmunds art gallery.

30 June to 28 July 2007

Suffolk Showcase
A vibrant and diverse exhibition featuring artwork
from both new and established
artists based in Bury St Edmunds and Suffolk.

Bury St Edmunds Art Gallery
The Market Cross
Bury St Edmunds
Suffolk
IP33 1BT

01284 762081

http://www.burystedmundsartgallery.org
enquiries@burystedmundsartgallery.org 

A storm in a tea cup

Not Sheffield

Reducing the fear of Crime

The Norfolk Arts Partnership Broadland Creative Change project
started touring its exhibition today.
http://www.norfolkartspartnership.org/norfolkarts/DisplayArticle.asp?ID=5402