two more drawings

two folds in an A1 piece of paper


three folds in an A1 piece of paper

I am planning a series of sculptures that are based on folded pieces of paper and at the moment in the genesis stage of development. I will be drawing from source and collecting each drawing and folded paper.

I would like the finished sculptures to be hinged with the capacity for them to fold in and out, preferably oxidised metal so that they make a creaking sound but I will have to make do with card and eventually, wood.

3 more Art Everywhere in Blackburn

I've managed to photograph one Art Everywhere poster in The Mall, Blackburn. I love how it plays with the Health Lottery advertising though


These two were caught at the train station in Blackburn, I have currently missed the David Hockney one though. I was quite miffed with that.

new foldings, new drawings

drawing project

I have started the AA2A placement at Blackburn College University Centre and been shown around the three art sites. It's quite extensive really. I get to use all amenities and get to do work. I haven't been able to get started proper yet because of lack of studio space.

So, I have drawing again and got influenced by how bus tickets and paper in general get folded and thrown away so I began to record the randomness of such foldings, very anti-origami.

These drawings were all done in quick succesion from a few examples that I collected in the previous week.

films that made a difference

Part three in an ongoing series:

1;
The Plague Dogs : Martin Rosen
2;
Silence of The Lambs : Jonathan Demme
3;
Metropolis : Fritz Lang
4;
Donnie Darko : Richard Kelly
5;
The Deadly Spawn : Douglas McKeown
6;
Kill Bill 1&2 : Quentin Tarantino
7;
Heavy Metal:The Decline of the Western Civilization : Penelope Spheeris
8;
No Quarter, Unledded : Aubrey Powell
9:
The House of a 1,000 Corpses : Rob Zombie
10;
Fantasia : Walt Disney
11;
Driller Killer : Abel Ferrara
12;
Blow Up : Michelangelo Antonioni
13;
A Hard Days Night : Richard Lester
14;
One Flew Over The Cuckoos Nest : Miloš Forman
15;
Psycho : Alfred Hitchcock
16
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre : Tobe Hooper
17;
A Clockwork Orange : Stanley Kubrick
18;
P.opular S.ky : Ryan Trecartin
19;
Nosferatu
20;
War of The Worlds : Byron Haskin
21;
Trainspotting : Danny Boyle
22:
Black Hawk Down : Ridley Scott
23;
Animal Kingdom : David Michôd
24;
Chelsea Girls : Andy Warhol
25;
Spirited Away : Hayao Miyazaki
26;
Star Wars : George Lucas
27;
28 Days Later : Danny Boyle
28;
Basket Case : Frank Henenlotter
29;
Alien : Ridley Scott
30;
Battle Royale : Kinji Fukasaku
31;
Bronson : Nicolas Winding Refn
32;
Lady Vengence : Park Chan-wook
33;
Akira : Katsuhiro Otomo
34;
The Wicker Man : Robin Hardy
35;
Scanners : David Cronenburg
36;
Escape From New York : John Carpenter
37;
The Season of The Witch : Tommy Lee Wallace
36;
Who Framed Roger Rabbit
37;
The Evil Dead : Sam Raimi
38;
Natural Born Killers
39;
The Fly : David Cronenberg
40;
Ponyo : Hayao Miyazaki
41;
Tron : Steven Lisberger
42;
Freaks : Tod Browning
44;
The Last Temptation of Christ : Martin Scorsese
45;
Monster : Patty Jenkins
46;
Howl's Moving Castle : Hayao Miyazaki
47;
200 Motels : Tony Palmer, Frank Zappa, Charles Swenson
48;
Animal Farm : Halas and Batchelor
49;
Fear and Lothing in Las Vegas : Terry Gilliam
50;
Life of Brian : Terry Gilliam

Lest we forget:
Police Academy
Bad Lieutenant
Apocalypse Now
...If
Britannia Hospital
Watership Down
Tootsie
Awakenings
Bonnie and Clyde
Reservoir Dogs
Pulp Fiction
Frankenstein
Cabaret
Batman
The Shining
Daywatch
Nightwatch
Ring O
Ju-On
Mother India
The Fog
The Thing
The Day The Earth Stood Still
Quartermass and The Pit
Daleks – Invasion Earth: 2150 A.D
The Hurt Locker
Walks with Bashir
A Scanner Darkly
Rabid
Persepolis
Spartacus
Rob Roy
Greyfrier's Bobby
Oliver Twist
Ben Hur
Carry on Screaming

Matt Berry

As an actor regularly seen on Garth Marenghi and on the IT Crowd, I thought this would be slightly abstract and surreal, the surreal is there and so is the abstract but is refreshingly beautiful.

I have listening to his album, Kill the Wolf lately and it is surprisingly infused with Hammer Horror aesthetics and is quite lovely. The LP is out on Acid Jazz and I may have to go out and find a vinyl copy.

Gather Up is spooky, Fallen Angel is seventies tinged folk and Village Dance is very soundtrack in style. I quite like the ethereal quality of the whole package and is highly recommended.

I really like the album..Withchazel in which he plays all his instruments and was free when it came out on the internet in 2011.

Liz West

A few photographs indicating Liz West's solo exhibition at 4 Piccadilly Place, Mcr before I went up to see the Rogue Open Studios. Her work is basically based on light and the value that colour and light has on our environment. I have seen her work previously at Blankspace and at the Cornerhouse. She was at the Open Studios were I had the chance to say hi.