swanky...indeed!

hello, well the waves have welled up and completely smothered me the past two mondays - ooft! making it difficult to shoehorn my blog in, but...with straggly bits of seaweed still stuck in my hair and a slight burny feeling on my salty exposed skin i am now determined to start rowing off to warmer and calmer climes!

firstly, i have to point out i have been enjoying my new post at once were farmers so much - these guys truely rock!

secondly, thanks to the most lovely innes, who has made me some choice choonz, i have managed to bang together a rough version of "the possible consequencies of one action - part 1: the end of the world" to submit to re:animate at oriel davies gallery - this wee animation, which incidently is only about 48 seconds long has been shot 4 different times!! the first time i shot it on super 8 (nine weeks work) and then it was developed with the wrong chemicals so it didn't come out!!! the second time i shot it on super 8 (a further 7 weeks work) and then someone stole it out a cupboard in glasgow school of art (where i had stashed it
supposedly to keep it safe)!!!! the third time i shot it on super 8 (another 7 weeks) and sent it to london to be developed by professionals, who did indeed develop it and transfer it to digital, but it was a bit fuzzy and drained looking! so.......i shot it a fourth time, this time using my nikon d60, frame by frame, just as if it were super 8 (a tremendously intense further 5 weeks) and....taaaaadaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhh! it is now in existence and has sound too! thanks innes xx

the other wonderful news i have sifted out the swell is that there is a new promo video up on the trongate 103 web site which has the first organisation spot lighted as glasgow independent studio and glasgow project room, where i have been studio manager for the past 5-6 years. the interview with brian hartley gives a really great overview of all the fantastic things that happen in the studio and gallery, but.....hold onto your hats......
the first studio we visit in this clip is mine!!! yes it is! that's my wee animation cells lined up, my sketchbook on my desk with a wee note from someone to me beside it, my paints and inks, my row of chiffon paintings and longshot towards my window!!! mine! mine! mine! i tells yee!
yar-har-har!!!

i am tres swanky....indeed! xxx

suction pad towel holders are rubbish!

well i've been bobbing along this week, still slightly traumatised by the whole painful teeth and gums thing, but I did start working at Once Were Farmers on Thursday and managed to put in a 10.5hour day!!!! yes, true, i really shouldn't have done that many hours due to my sickly state, but i got involved in building a loo roll holder and bog brush unit and attaching suction pad towel holders to the walls (which incidently fell off rather swiftly..!!!)

i now have been acccepted to be part of the daumenkino - thumb cinema that i mentioned last week and the exhibition details are as follows: the exhibition is curated by abigail hirsch and brings together national and international artists from different disciplines with different approaches to the idea of FLIPBOOK.
launch: Friday 12th March 2010, 6:30-8:30pm
open 11th March - 24th March 2010, Wed-Fri 1-7pm, Sat 1-6pm
venue: 17 Pitfield Street, London N1 6HB
tube: Old Street

also, i got a rather exciting email about a project i submitted work to in the autumn last year, the big antidote. the studios that run this project are also taking part in a series called the Hoxton Hoarding Project - the hoarding will change every two weeks and will feature work from artists such as A Child of Jago, HigginsonHurst, VNA magazine and......in May.....big antidote!!!! hooray! the hoardings can be found at 313-319 Old Street (on the junction with Rufus Street by White Cube Gallery).....and......apparently, the best photos uploaded onto flickr, tagged with 'hoxtondisplay' will win meals and prizes and stuff!!!!

wow! it all almost makes me wish I lived in London as my artwork seems to be having a ball of it down there at the moment....amazing!

other news is, i had a lovely afternoon of scones with jam and cream and two huge pots of tea on Sunday with my lovely c/o:minx ladies, Heather and Yvonne - it was scrumptious! just what the dentist ordered! our new topic for next meeting is "photo-story" - oooh!

well, that's the highlights of this week, which actually in retrospect look pretty hot! i hope this week coming will be too

xxx

the pain of it all! OUCH!

this week i have mostly been suffering from toothache caused by wisdom teeth and ensuing virus in gums - aaaaaargggghhhhh! the salty sea water is the only thing keeping me upright (along with the anti-biotics)...

what happened this week then? how much progress have i made on my epic journey i hear you cry!

well,

i managed to print and bind a flip book and send it to london in time for the daumkino deadline - hooray! more about that when i find out about it...

i also got my application in for arts trust of scotland, so more about that when i hear back...

i think that may be it for this week - my mind is slightly forgetful with all the crashing waves of pain lapping about my ears just now....ooooo, the pain of it all! OUCH!