Nevermind

Last night I watched a Nirvana tour video and then some of Stan Brakhage's hand painted films (all on VHS, no less) and marvelled at how they were both a product of the mid-90s and then lamented the loss of this lovely coloured aesthetic which I failed to recognise for what it was when it was actually happening, perhaps because I was 10 years old. Then I coloured in these rocks.

'In reality light is either a particle or a wave. In art it is solid'.

Recent small scale drawings influenced in part by conversations with artist Jo Lewington about relative and ultimate reality, which I am trying hard to understand. Also reading up on Joseph Albers and Goethe colour theory. My obsession with spattering continues. More on this to follow...

RIP Lee McQueen

The world is a poorer place.

Carrot

Carrot costume I made for a Los music video. Other vegetables available on request.

Performance Rules

I attended two err performance/happennings last year. Marina Abramovich Presents at the Whitworth Gallery, Manchester in July and Subtle Mob, London curated by Duncan Speakman and chums. Neither bore much resemblance to the other, except for their reliance upon the participant’s commitment to utter openness for the whole duration of the piece. I didn’t know what I was letting myself in for or what or what might be asked of me. The idea was to turn up and put yourself at the mercy of the curator. And voluntary submission is a great thing! Putting my trust in the, as it turned out, very capable hands of the artist was on both accounts hugely enlightening. Of course it was! A good exercise in learning not to be fearful of potential humiliation - what a waste of worry that is.

Jacket

Finally finished making my jacket. The hexagons are all hand embroidered in satin stitch.

Lead Squid

My acting debut! in music video for The Kilimanjaro Darkjazz Ensemble, cleverly filmed and composed by Jason Kohnen using cine 8 film footage in June, deepest darkest Sommerset.