tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11979384242584267112024-03-12T17:08:08.714-07:00Ellipsis ...An Art & Design Journal by Dot 23Dot23http://www.blogger.com/profile/14215966624411039208noreply@blogger.comBlogger76125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1197938424258426711.post-16047890719612122862014-04-22T02:24:00.000-07:002014-04-22T02:24:46.702-07:00Dead Rat Orchestra<br />
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Sketched at recent gig in Oxford at <a href="http://www.ovada.org.uk/" target="_blank">OVADA</a> by <a href="http://nathanielmann.co.uk/" target="_blank">Nathaniel Mann</a> "embedded composer in residence at the Pitt Rivers" and his chums in the <a href="http://deadratorchestra.co.uk/" target="_blank">DEAD RAT ORCHESTRA</a></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">O BOYS! (music made with cleavers and bows)</td></tr>
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<br />Dot23http://www.blogger.com/profile/14215966624411039208noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1197938424258426711.post-86042352373144205352013-12-13T14:16:00.003-08:002013-12-13T14:16:57.104-08:00MODULATE 2014<a href="http://arts.commedia.org.uk/news/modulate-array-broadcast/">http://arts.commedia.org.uk/news/modulate-array-broadcast/</a><br />
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a reminder to myself to put something together for this arts/broadcasting project<br />
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<br />Dot23http://www.blogger.com/profile/14215966624411039208noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1197938424258426711.post-43848038572676677912013-08-29T08:15:00.002-07:002013-09-04T06:25:06.984-07:00RECENT ATTRACTIONS<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Stone Sheep - sketch made at recent visit to Woolstone Mill House near Uffington White Horse</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Fiona Rae in Flight - old sketchbook image from Cairo days spruced up in Illustrator</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">rendering mistake whilst experimenting with dropping cloth onto spheres in 3DS Max</td></tr>
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<br /><br />Dot23http://www.blogger.com/profile/14215966624411039208noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1197938424258426711.post-87559448601603689072013-08-18T16:14:00.000-07:002013-08-29T08:19:39.413-07:00Supernormal sketchesFinally made it to <a href="http://www.supernormalfestival.co.uk/programme/2013/" target="_blank">SupernormalFestival </a>which was a weird mix of experimental music, avant garde art
and death metal. Here are the doodles I done whilst roaming in the
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to some guy who told me DB had been living in North Korea for 4 years
prior to returning for this, his first gig. He'd gone with the
intention of using his time there for inspiration, but hadn't created
anything new at all in the entire time, perhaps as a result of the
oppressive atmosphere. My source also added that he'd also been told
that the above is a national delicacy, although I suspect this is CIA
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This guy, David Broughton, was probably
my festival highlight musically - he incorporated folk guitar, spoken
word, electronic repetition, radio randomness, mike glitches and even
packing up became part of the performance. The picture on the left
was inspired by a lyric (at top) which induced me to draw the portait
I'd been about to attempt with my eyes closed. At right, he
complained of bronchitis, got pissed off and sat in a chair drinking
a Guinness whilst the loops he'd made popped and whirled
uncontrollably around him. The phrase is the last thing he said
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Below is a triptych starting with me holding a portrait painted in 15 minutes by quick sketch artist <a href="http://brendazlamany.com/" target="_blank">Brenda Zlamany</a> who achieved internet fame last year by painting <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/06/05/brenda-zlamany_n_1571554.html">888 Taiwanese Portaits</a> in 4 months. She uses a curious optical device called a <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Camera_lucida" target="_blank">Camera lucida</a>. Centre is my 30-second sketch of her drawn in a rush as I was heading to the car to leave the festival and finally on the right is Izzy (?) from Bath (?) who facepainted me with a cool hand clutching an eye in a cube design I found on a badge. This of course allowed me to make the claim that I'd had my face painted twice in half an hour ;)</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">this guy was walking round in circles like an escapee fro the ministry of silly walks; i feel like him right now as I'm having to re-re-do this for the 2nd time. Have I mentioned how much I hate Blogger?</td></tr>
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<tr><td>This was a truly inspirational event, had much fun doing the life drawing classes, taking part in the Talkaoke table discussion, talking about the future of Art funding, making puppets with the Chutney theatre and much more. I'll write some more about it here later probably... </td><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglrleHRISEURmew3ByuXviwmRCbBA9u0Pwug4WIPYthN4mQYEIWmXYQXu9YBBHNYlKbsIvK_IOD9hvSdU-EdrH_J2Cna61w7JjxujA9vRIN8hV0eu78kFzSGmGWwmX3RPCmVQogfsOK8c/s1600/Lettraset+Chaos.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglrleHRISEURmew3ByuXviwmRCbBA9u0Pwug4WIPYthN4mQYEIWmXYQXu9YBBHNYlKbsIvK_IOD9hvSdU-EdrH_J2Cna61w7JjxujA9vRIN8hV0eu78kFzSGmGWwmX3RPCmVQogfsOK8c/s400/Lettraset+Chaos.png" width="243" /></a></td></tr>
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Dot23http://www.blogger.com/profile/14215966624411039208noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1197938424258426711.post-61519568675425371002013-07-31T17:24:00.003-07:002013-07-31T17:24:40.443-07:00"Charging... Clear!" *bzzt* KACHUNK! *Splutter/Cough* "Oh, Thank God, it's ALIVE!"Ok, so I've decided to rekindle this dying flame of a blog to record some more thoughts on art & some of my own images when I've got some to post. <br />
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I guess the main reason I feel compelled to share is that I've just read some inspiring comics (or Graphic Novels for the pompous Guradian* reader) which have spooked me in that they seem to directly deal with questions or issues I've been facing with my own life and relationship with Art.<br />
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2 main issues I've faced over the last few years are<br />
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Y) A drying up of my imagination circuits - I feel like I've had a severance/separation with the wellspring of creativity - I've put it down to a) the Devil stealing my skills in exchange for sexual favours b) calcification of the pineal gland c) misalignment of the chakras due to a slipped disc d) getting old [eek!] e) all of the above.<br />
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So when I read "Flex Mentallo - Man of Muscle Mystery" by the Invisibles' Grant Morrison I felt a ray of hope - it tells the tale of a washed up artist who tries to commit suicide, thus destroying the universes he's holding inside himself, and only when his characters break out of his mind and rescue him is the world saved. I feel that somewhere within it lies some answers to that question of "where do our ideas come from" and links it to Shamanic thinking and practice - something I think I should look into more... Hmm - I also found a local Shaman's leaflet today! I also constantly feel like the line between fiction and reality is rubbing thin...<br />
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Charles Burns' X'ed Out also has a hallucinatory tone, and his imagery feels like my own; I feel, when looking through it, that I'm seeing creations from my own mind, albeit much better drawn! His foeti, maggots, eggs, half buried statues and cities seem to come from my own inner landscape - the final image of the book is of a dusty shanty town on the outskirts of a giant termite mound, a landscape I have only recently being trying to model in 3DS as it is one of the places I keep revisiting; I also just found a set of sketches of it from my early 20s! This City inside an abandonned giant termite mound is where my PC Game idea The Box is set - elements of which again turned up inside another comic called <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cairo_(comics)" target="_blank">Cairo</a>. Specifically, in my game... well, perhaps I'll put a post about this up on my other blog <a href="http://thetechnohippy.blogspot.co.uk/" target="_blank">The Techno Hippy</a><br />
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So whereas if I was feeling more negative about life I'd be moaning about how I've been robbed of ideas, now I feel, Hell, These guys can get published, why not me? My creativity clearly matches theirs, pound for pound, so all I need is to stop being so afraid of criticism or that I'm not good enough and just publish something, or exhibit my work. Positivism!<br />
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the other thing bugging me is<br />
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X) a deterioration in my penpersonship/ line drawing capability - looking back at drawings from my time in Egypt in 2006 or certainly much earlier stuff, I've clearly lost control of my hands to some extent: the lines are thinner, perhaps more fuzzy, but I sort of 'knew' where the line was going, what it was going to do next, whereas now often I tell my hand to do something and it goes the wrong way - this in turn feeds a subconscious fear that I am developing Parkinson's symptoms like my old man.<br />
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Now, I'm just back from Buddhafields festival, and I want to congratulate myself and Life Drawing coach <a href="http://www.michaelharket.moonfruit.com/" target="_blank">Michael Harket</a> for helping me sketch one of the best figure drawings I've ever done; and also to Robert Mills and Jane Ruell for their Mask Making workshops - I was definitely taken over by the "Dust Devil" character which inhabited my red mask (with Martine's maori marks) - the tickling with Raga Woods' feather dusters seem'd to go down well too - except for one festy kid who bawled his eyes out when I didn't let him steal one of the dusters!<br />
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I'll get a snap of the picture so you can judge for yourself ...<br />
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Just had a look at some of my old sketchbooks, I've got some really amazing stuff in there, just have to get it up online somehow. WATCH THIS SPACE... :)<br />
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NB: for why Defibrillator's are not used to resuscitate recently dead people cf. <a href="http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/MagicalDefibrillator">http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/MagicalDefibrillator</a><br />
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*deliberate typo recognisable to readers of Private Eye as "the Guardian" once famous for poor spellcheckingDot23http://www.blogger.com/profile/14215966624411039208noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1197938424258426711.post-43281288436409441142012-07-28T16:28:00.001-07:002012-07-28T16:28:45.564-07:00flatline___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________/\______________________Dot23http://www.blogger.com/profile/14215966624411039208noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1197938424258426711.post-40209856721605386742012-06-25T10:52:00.001-07:002012-06-25T10:52:27.522-07:00Archive: At the Psychdelia ShowFound this account whilst trawling my archives: <br />
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I got thrown out of the exhibition on psychedelia TWICE! 1st time i
put on rollerskates & REFUSED 2 remove them when i was told they
were a safety hazard! they then proceeded to initiate a high speed
chase round the gallery, even though i clearly was never gonna get
caught by secuity on foot! I kept saying, "i'm only a danger now cos
your chasing me!!!" best bit was when i zoomed round the bottom of a
spiral staircase as 2 gaurds closed in on me from both sides! Then they
put an announcement over ther tannoy "the gallery is now closing -
leave immediately", so I voluntarily left & took the skates off.
chatted up the receptionists & they said it was cool to go back in,
so i went n had a fag...
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met 2 guys outsuide & we made a j n smoked
it.... guard came out but did nothing, then the CURATOR came out,
ginger, mid 40s woman, and said " we were going to let u back in but now
that you've BEEN SMOKING WHAT YOU@VE BEEN SMOKING, you'll understand if
we don't let you back in!"</div>
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I said "No, i don't understand how you can't even
bring yourself to use thr word MARAJUANA when you're curating an
exhibition about psychadelic drugs, and 50 percent of the people in
there are probably high!". she attempted to stop me going back in but i
gave her and the doormen the slip and ran back inside (minus rucksack n
skates :( ). <em> I hid in a little curtained off room containing a </em>weird
pulsing light that was meant to induce trips, listening to all the
guards running around looking for me, muttering darkly into their
walkietalkies, until a security guard spotted me and said, "can i ask u a
question?"</div>
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\i came out of hiding & said "sure, what's the question? wanna know what my favourite movie is?"</div>
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he said, "i'd like to ask u over there" - pointing at the exit,</div>
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I said "why, is it personal? are you going to ask
about my sexual habits? can't u ask in front of the people here?"
gesticulating at the crowd that'd gathered</div>
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This embarassed & confused him him so much he let me walk off, but i
was soon surrounded by 5 guys in uniform, who sort of corralled me in
this corner, until i walked into them calmly saying, "all i want to do
is look round the exhibition without being harrassed, what's your
problem?" </div>
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they wouldn 't let me pass at first, and then they
tried to grab hold of me, but i managed to slip through the cordon and
ran off, shouting over my shoulder, "boys, i understand your need to be
close to me, but i can't help with your sexual frustration, not in front
of all these people!"</div>
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finally the head of security, who'd been trying to
manhandle me, realised I wasn't a crackhead or nutjob, and started to
chat, I said I just wanted to have a look at a final few things and then
\I'd leave, especially an installation of some 60s film footage - he
said he'd have to accompany me, & i agreed.</div>
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|We went to look at the film and after a few minutes of random
images of dogs, bicycles & paperclips we turned to each other &
he said, "this is really boring", I said "yeah, shall we blow this
joint?" & we walked out arm in arm!</div>Dot23http://www.blogger.com/profile/14215966624411039208noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1197938424258426711.post-21175503412030758752012-06-14T07:45:00.001-07:002012-06-14T07:49:48.365-07:00David Shrigley Dog in 3D!<div style="margin: 0; overflow: hidden; padding: 0; width: 500px;">
<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/59826067@N04/7371889430/" title="david-shrigley-dog-3D-v2 by dot23x, on Flickr"><img alt="david-shrigley-dog-3D-v2" src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7081/7371889430_3fb3756342.jpg" /></a><br />
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<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/59826067@N04/sets/72157630125230914/">David Shrigley Dog</a>, a set on Flickr.</div>
I went to see david shrigley's show @ hayward gallery, did his sketch, scanned it then added a 3D twist.<br />
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I also added a banana skin to one of the exhibits (on the floor) and watched as people pondered it's conceptual depths. :)Dot23http://www.blogger.com/profile/14215966624411039208noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1197938424258426711.post-51313405496689198792012-06-14T07:10:00.000-07:002012-06-14T07:10:53.376-07:00Snake VS Hercules in 3D!<div style="font-size: 0.8em; line-height: 1.6em; margin: 0 0 10px 0; padding: 0;">
<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/59826067@N04/7371609966/" title="Snake-VS-Hercules"><img alt="Snake-VS-Hercules by dot23x" height="640" src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7085/7371609966_971dfb4b7c.jpg" width="512" /></a><br />
<span style="margin: 0;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/59826067@N04/7371609966/">Snake-VS-Hercules</a>, a photo by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/59826067@N04/">dot23x</a> on Flickr.</span></div>
An almost complete version, I'd like to give the background more depth, and more 3d colouration. this took about 1 hour, from scansDot23http://www.blogger.com/profile/14215966624411039208noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1197938424258426711.post-73229186974357290822012-06-14T07:07:00.001-07:002012-06-14T07:07:22.452-07:00Story Museum: sinspiring lead<a href="http://www.digitalartsonline.co.uk/features/?featureid=3362872&olo=rss">This Digital Arts article</a> is just what I needed to put together some elements of how to make material for the <a href="http://www.storymuseum.org.uk/">storymuseum's</a> website. Gotta contact katherine!!!Dot23http://www.blogger.com/profile/14215966624411039208noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1197938424258426711.post-10122927066617277542012-06-14T06:09:00.001-07:002012-06-14T06:09:05.750-07:00Missing postsHelp! 2 posts about 3d art, Hercules, snake & dog, missing. Last seen on this page before I used the iPad blogger ap. grrr!Dot23http://www.blogger.com/profile/14215966624411039208noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1197938424258426711.post-60075338830658733652012-06-14T05:54:00.003-07:002012-06-14T05:54:47.053-07:00Inspirations<div style="padding: 0; overflow: hidden; margin: 0; width: 500px;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/59826067@N04/7371143400/in/set-72157630125230918/" title="fairy tale icons" style="display: block; padding: 0 10px 10px 0; width: 75px; height: 75px; float: left;"><img src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7096/7371143400_45f2c690ca_s.jpg" alt="fairy tale icons" style="border:none; margin: 0; padding: 0; width: 75px; height: 75px;"/></a><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/59826067@N04/7185912877/in/set-72157630125230918/" title="fairy tale words" style="display: block; padding: 0 10px 10px 0; width: 75px; height: 75px; float: left;"><img src="http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5115/7185912877_ea4c2fe7a0_s.jpg" alt="fairy tale words" style="border:none; margin: 0; padding: 0; width: 75px; height: 75px;"/></a><div style="padding: 0 10px 10px 0; width: 75px; height: 75px; float: left;"><img src="http://l.yimg.com/g/images/gallery-empty-icon.gif" style="margin: 0; padding: 0; width: 75px; height: 75px;"></div><div style="padding: 0 10px 10px 0; width: 75px; height: 75px; float: left;"><img src="http://l.yimg.com/g/images/gallery-empty-icon.gif" style="margin: 0; padding: 0; width: 75px; height: 75px;"></div><div style="padding: 0 10px 10px 0; width: 75px; height: 75px; float: left;"><img src="http://l.yimg.com/g/images/gallery-empty-icon.gif" style="margin: 0; padding: 0; width: 75px; height: 75px;"></div><div style="padding: 0 0 10px 0; width: 75px; height: 75px; float: left;"><img src="http://l.yimg.com/g/images/gallery-empty-icon.gif" style="margin: 0; padding: 0; width: 75px; height: 75px;"></div><br clear="all"/></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 5px"><p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/59826067@N04/sets/72157630125230918/">Inspirations</a>, a set on Flickr.</p></div><p>The original ideas pages from the Grimm Fairy tale projects. I solicited ideas about people & things yo might find in a fairy tale from the group, then made each one into a quick icon</p>Dot23http://www.blogger.com/profile/14215966624411039208noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1197938424258426711.post-62536120966323734052012-06-14T05:53:00.001-07:002012-06-14T07:09:14.344-07:00Real World Waiting Room Objects<div style="margin: 0; overflow: hidden; padding: 0; width: 500px;">
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<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/59826067@N04/sets/72157630125230920/">Real Waiting Room Objects</a>, a set on Flickr.</div>
Pieces of the story book The Waiting Room come to life
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A mysterious tale set in the world between worlds <br />
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This story was conceived as comic strip about the space between fairy tales. What do the characters in the Grimmiverse do when they're not appearing in the stories?<br />
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I have often had corridors in my imaginary world; dreams & previous sketches, & I guess it represents the liminal space between the normal and the supernormal.<br />
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The characters I use are the wolf, the prince & the dwarf. there should be a cat around there somewhere too, but as usual, nowhere to be seen when you want her :)<br />
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I originally had the wolf as a upperclass type, but I chose to make all the characters 'real' personae to be diametrically opposite their normal, story-bound ones. This was weirdly inspired by Pam ST Clement's off screen behaviour being so juxtaposed with Pat Butcher's. Pam is terribly plummy compared to the brash Pat!<br />
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Thus, coupled with inspiration fro Alice Guile & the Why REVOLTION lead to wolfie becoming a peaceloving hipppy (like yours truly!), the dwarf getting some super long legs and the prince wearing a baseball cap and readin the Sun ;)<br />
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Early on I decided that I wanted to have the opening sequence in simple 1-panel frames, then have a larger picture as the 'reveal' pane.<br />
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I struggled to work out how to go from a 1-dimensional strip (echoing newspaper strips like dilbert, providing more mystery & claustrophobia) to a larger more complex image (necessitated by the intricacy of the image vs the skill of me as a linocutter!).<br />
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I was given a box of random art supplies by my friend Kia, amongst which I found an expanding map of Dublin (which opened out of an a6 booklet into a a4ish map using origami-esque folding).<br />
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Eureka!<br />
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Then followed a protracted period of distraction, after which I used the studio of pro lino cutter Louise Summers, spent a lot of time swearing and making a mess, after which I had 6 frames and the reveal panel.<br />
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I then joined the Oxford Printmakers Collective and hurriedly made a cover/title frame and 2 interstitial frames (one of which, I admit, is pointless) leading to the opening of the door to ...<br />
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The Waiting Room<br />
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I found it really hard to decide what to do next in the story. the reveal panel didn't have a message (I was hoping to get this text from visitors to the Work in Progress_ exhibition at OCVC Banbury).<br />
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Originally the right hand empty panel space was going to contain a poster of a frog + kiss = the prince symbol (you know, the doves cry guy). However, I didn't think enough people would get it, and I wanted to have something more pertinant to the fairy tale world up there.<br />
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I toyed with the idea of putting the flashing alert board for the charcters when they're called into the next scene in their story, but a grid of tiny icons was beyond me.<br />
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Oh, just had a thought, I've got two other linocuts which I used as info cards for the show... I'm going to try to add those to the image, cheating with GIMP ;)<br />
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BTW, faintly you might be able to read the weirdly unnerving phrase "would anyone like a nice cup of tea"<br />
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I ended up giving this prototype version to my mother for her birthday - so I used that as an excuse to challk out the printed black bubbl;e and poster space and add the HAPPY BIRTHDAY phrase, which actually makes sense in the context (although I know wish I'd put SURPRISE!)<br />
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In terms of continuing the story, I wanted to open it up to suggestions, maybe make a non-linear narrative. My beautiful gf (o 4 a term that really sums up our status!) Martine Votvik drew these gorgeously sinuous addenda, which I now see could be part of a story about a surprise party. <br />
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Martine's provided a great punchline to this tail (ahem, tale), what other tails, endings or continuations can YOU think of?<br />
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Props 2: The wood between the worlds (cs lewis) the bookworld (jasper fforde) <br />
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<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/59826067@N04/sets/72157630125230922/">The Waiting Room</a>, a set on Flickr.Dot23http://www.blogger.com/profile/14215966624411039208noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1197938424258426711.post-85930110326431307282012-06-14T02:47:00.002-07:002012-06-14T02:47:58.881-07:00An ExplanationI should explain that I'm in th process of uploading some final work to go with the Work in Progress_ exhibition at OCVC Banbury Arts Centre.<br />
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The original idea was to improve on existing unfinished work which was mounted on the wall.<br />
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I was going to solicit ideas for additions, improvements and continuations from visitors to the show. I was also going to get punters to help out with the production of the artwork through collaborating, and delegating, some of the tasks involved (printing, collecting raw materials, paper cutting, drawing sketches etc). I had begun the process of inviting guests to select and arrange the artwork according to taste in the display area.<br />
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The aim was to have a set of completed collaborative artworks at the end of the run of the show. I intended to remain in the foyer area the entire time, with only toilet, food beaks. This was part of a performance aspect to the show. It was to invite the public to see into the inner world of the creative process; the methodology, the inspirations, the choices, the stress!<br />
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Unfortunately fate/the gods/myself intervened, and that exercise in interactive art creation never happened (story of my life!)<br />
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However, rather than give in to maudlin self-recrimination, I determined to carry on.<br />
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I've attempted to emulate the scenario by asking friends and family for suggested changes, I've joined the Oxford Printmakers Collective and finished off rough versions of some of the panels I intended to make for the Waiting Room sequence. I've scanned and adapted some of the work and made digitised versions, some of which you see here. Mostly I've tried to keep my chin up, throw myself into other projects (the Goggenheim, Hotel Babylon, the Time Travellers' Guild, 3D experimentation) & learn to channel my angel/anger into good, productive things.<br />
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It's been a real trial by fire over the last month or so, quite litrally (say my bandaged feet!), and I've definately changed over the last weeks. I am determined not to let personality clashes, personal problems, propaganda and acts of gOd get in the way of me putting my creative abilities to the test/good use. I feel that I have a fire for making public, interactive, socially beneficial art events, and by golly I'm going to do something great with this gift.<br />
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I've abused people's good will considerably with this project, and I'd like to thank Martine Votvik, Merlin, Steph Manning, Bob & Louise Summers (who's studio was invaluable in giving me space to think & carve), Mum&Dad, gOd, the People of Guatemala, the pope, my agent yadda yadda. If I missed you it's because I have zero recall :0Dot23http://www.blogger.com/profile/14215966624411039208noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1197938424258426711.post-44413368725493350332012-06-14T01:42:00.001-07:002012-06-14T02:50:50.258-07:00Norwegian Mountain / Sea Sketches<div style="margin: 0; overflow: hidden; padding: 0; width: 500px;">
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Pencil sketches of some of Norway's incredible landscape - I could spend a lifetime trying to capture their stark beauty, but these give some sense of the striations and strata that stand out so starkly against the newly fallen white snow.Dot23http://www.blogger.com/profile/14215966624411039208noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1197938424258426711.post-9148239071188527012012-06-14T01:35:00.001-07:002012-06-14T02:19:43.139-07:003D ideas<div style="margin: 0; overflow: hidden; padding: 0; width: 500px;">
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This is just an excuse to try and get a giggle with my Elf Storage carton :)Dot23http://www.blogger.com/profile/14215966624411039208noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1197938424258426711.post-9857761626306202422012-06-14T01:29:00.001-07:002012-06-14T01:29:26.219-07:00Saddest Woman<div style="margin: 0 0 10px 0; padding: 0; font-size: 0.8em; line-height: 1.6em;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/59826067@N04/7185913525/" title="_MG_8349"><img src="http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5038/7185913525_3c3bba3fdf.jpg" alt="_MG_8349 by dot23x" /></a><br/><span style="margin: 0;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/59826067@N04/7185913525/">_MG_8349</a>, a photo by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/59826067@N04/">dot23x</a> on Flickr.</span></div><p>Could this woman be any more miserable? She looks like the model for the crying mask theatre icon!</p>Dot23http://www.blogger.com/profile/14215966624411039208noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1197938424258426711.post-52222743977748143552012-06-14T01:28:00.001-07:002012-06-14T01:28:13.193-07:0003 alice talk<div style="margin: 0 0 10px 0; padding: 0; font-size: 0.8em; line-height: 1.6em;"><object type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="500" height="375" data="http://www.flickr.com/apps/video/stewart.swf?v=109786" classid="clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000"> <param name="flashvars" value="intl_lang=en-us&photo_secret=69a9f9c444&photo_id=7371145592&flickr_show_info_box=true"></param> <param name="movie" value="http://www.flickr.com/apps/video/stewart.swf?v=109786"></param> <param name="bgcolor" value="#000000"></param> <param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><embed type="application/x-shockwave-flash" src="http://www.flickr.com/apps/video/stewart.swf?v=109786" bgcolor="#000000" allowfullscreen="true" flashvars="intl_lang=en-us&photo_secret=69a9f9c444&photo_id=7371145592&flickr_show_info_box=true" height="375" width="500"></embed></object><br/><span style="margin: 0;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/59826067@N04/7371145592/">03 alice talk</a> a video by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/59826067@N04/">dot23x</a> on Flickr.</span></div><p>This montage is taken from a recent information session at O3 gallery at th Oxford castle. In it the curator discusses how he came to select Alice imagery for a forthcoming show. <br /><br />This talk was very useful in informing me about how ruthless one has to be about selection; a facet of curation I discussed with a woman from the V&A I am working with on the upcoming HOTEL BABYLON exhibition in July</p>Dot23http://www.blogger.com/profile/14215966624411039208noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1197938424258426711.post-68242734742543302982012-06-14T01:16:00.001-07:002012-06-14T01:16:49.353-07:00Frustratin'So I'm trying to upload all the stuff that I've bee working on over the last weeks, but boy do i get easily confused by windows; too many processes, steps, ideas at the same time. I think my klaptop feels the same! It's being hellish slow.<br />
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Also Opera doesn't support the blogger picture upload widget :(<br />
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I've uploaded all the photos to my flicker, jus have to get them attached to here!Dot23http://www.blogger.com/profile/14215966624411039208noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1197938424258426711.post-67437832152517183172012-06-13T23:33:00.000-07:002012-06-13T23:33:42.299-07:00Loose EndsSo 'm to put up quite a few things this morning:<br />
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Shrigley | objects (cup / clock) | origins (words / icons) | concept | hercules | lino-cuts | Hotel Babylon<br />
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Let's get cracking!Dot23http://www.blogger.com/profile/14215966624411039208noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1197938424258426711.post-4327590735660233052012-06-08T10:57:00.000-07:002012-06-08T10:57:46.332-07:00The Waiting Room: the final impressions<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">like my life - upside down & out of focus <br />
"the bells the bells"!<br />
actually I wish I'd been more methodical in showing the upgrades to each frame - one could then use them to make an animation!</td></tr>
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<br />Dot23http://www.blogger.com/profile/14215966624411039208noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1197938424258426711.post-74292582996411045732012-05-29T02:42:00.000-07:002012-05-29T02:42:20.523-07:00Vigelands Slideshow<object height="300" width="400"> <param name="flashvars" value="offsite=true&lang=en-us&page_show_url=%2Fphotos%2F59826067%40N04%2Fsets%2F72157629949049698%2Fshow%2F&page_show_back_url=%2Fphotos%2F59826067%40N04%2Fsets%2F72157629949049698%2F&set_id=72157629949049698&jump_to=">
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Inspired by a terrifying trip through Oslo's iconic Vigelands park. I found the imagery in there to be so nightmarish, and the atmosphere so evil, that I refused to walk back through it! The Entrance Bridge is flanked by two columns on which woman fight with reptilians; the man holding two babies seems to be stealing them, his expression gruesome. I found the layout of the park, with its stylised intersecting triangles, cuntish bowls and phallic centyral obilisk, a disturbing mockery of paganism. I correclty guessed that it was designed in 1932, the year of the rise of Adolph Hitler. Not for fluffies!Dot23http://www.blogger.com/profile/14215966624411039208noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1197938424258426711.post-72450859820846200182012-05-29T00:51:00.000-07:002012-05-29T00:51:46.692-07:00Making a Ring of BranchesThis image relates to the Which
Witch
is Which post, and was taken by a visitor to the Rollright Stones.<br />
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<a href="http://www.blipfoto.com/entry/1969537">http://www.blipfoto.com/entry/1969537</a>Dot23http://www.blogger.com/profile/14215966624411039208noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1197938424258426711.post-26341243065704414782012-05-29T00:22:00.002-07:002012-05-29T00:22:22.244-07:00testing flickr...<object height="300" width="400"> <param name="flashvars" value="offsite=true&lang=en-us&page_show_url=%2Fphotos%2F59826067%40N04%2Fshow%2F&page_show_back_url=%2Fphotos%2F59826067%40N04%2F&user_id=59826067@N04&jump_to=">
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