well, this month has started off at full throttle....
a week or so ago i got invited to take part in an exhibition experiment which sounded pretty good fun - i didn't have too many details about it, just vague idea about it being a kind of competition against another group of glasgow based artists....
we had our fist meeting yesterday at 7pm at Market Gallery where the true extent of what i have signed up for became a lot clearer...very suddenly!
it's art wars!!!!
we got our first brief last night and a budget from which we had to produce a work to assessed this afternoon at 5:30pm!
there were several factors that made this a hard task
- 1st was my group Ironbbratz was made up of people who didn't all know each other or each others' work and practice
- 2nd the budget was given to us after most of the shops had shut (and our decisions were definitely made after all the other useful shops in the vicinity had closed)
- 3rd was that many of us have those really crap things called jobs which get in the way of work!!! hee hee, only kidding!
it was all good and really really exciting - i've not been so pumped about being involved in anything for ages - this is the kind of project that takes me back to just after i graduated when everything seemed possible and everything pretty much was possible depending on how much effort you put in to make it happen - BRILLIANT!
we got graded as 'effective' for our response to the first brief, occupy....
we have our next brief already and will be graded on Friday afternoon....hmmmm...
apart from that, i am in the final stages of the ten animated films i'm making for East Ayrshire hopefully - squeezing them into all my spare time (which seems suddenly to have completely evaporated - eek!) so that should be one less thing to do soon, fingers crossed...
i'll be back..................after this break
x
Wednesday, 2 June 2010
Thursday, 13 May 2010
meat meat meat
hello, well, the c:o/minx meeting was really fun as we went to the closing celebration party for GI in the Pollok cricket club...as soon as we walked in the club house we were confronted with a table of meat products which turned out to be a raffle...we didn't buy any tickets, just some beer which we placed on top of the pretty hideous and badly varnished spam and egg coasters!!! (made of real spam and egg, yes!!)
there was a really good band playing, but i've no idea what they were called, and then there was some pinjata action served against a quite attractive pink paper mache pig, and then at the end of the night, the raffle was given out....by this time we had inherited a number of raffle tickets from other folk who had left and first we won a pie in a tin, then we won a box of gravy granules, then a tin of corned beef, then some frazzles...
i'm a vegetarian
anyway, back to taking over the world with my scribbling....i need to get these animations for the schools finished and get back to my own work - it's weird how jobs come along like a big gust of wind and blow me off track - i really need to get myself some anchors and/or steel underpants tout suite!
toot toot x
there was a really good band playing, but i've no idea what they were called, and then there was some pinjata action served against a quite attractive pink paper mache pig, and then at the end of the night, the raffle was given out....by this time we had inherited a number of raffle tickets from other folk who had left and first we won a pie in a tin, then we won a box of gravy granules, then a tin of corned beef, then some frazzles...
i'm a vegetarian
anyway, back to taking over the world with my scribbling....i need to get these animations for the schools finished and get back to my own work - it's weird how jobs come along like a big gust of wind and blow me off track - i really need to get myself some anchors and/or steel underpants tout suite!
toot toot x
Monday, 26 April 2010
big fat monday....
hello, it is indeed big fat monday - and to try and combat it - and the fact that i have barely moved for two whole days due to an extra-ordinarily large amount of animation prep work - i have walked to my yoga class (about 2.5miles away), did my yoga, and then walked home again (another 2.5miles), however, it is still monday......
so, the last week has compromised mainly of cleaning up after my wee kitty as she has been super poorly and sickly - really stinky and bad stuff, poor wee soul!!! i have not had much of a chance to seize the rudder and steer myself into any brilliantly creative inlets or cruise by a research and development island unfortunately - bums!
i did show Dave my drawings for miss monkey and he seems happy so far with the direction they are going, but i have decided to hang fire doing anymore until the poem is finished, as the story my change and then the drawings will be redundant, but i have really enjoyed doing them, so i'm looking forward to getting the finished version from Dave when he has it!!!
the other creative endeavour i've been involved in this week is working with 2 primary 7 classes in kilmarnock to make a series of animations based around the novel, carry's war - the final part of the class contact time was on friday there, when i filmed and sound recorded all the groups (there's 10 of them!!!) performing their chapters live beside a kamishabai theatre {this is what i have been working on preping all the animation images for editing on top of the live performance for, over the past two days - phew! it really is an extra-ordinarily huge amount of work - mainly because there was hardly any class time with the children and so i have had to do all of the animation work on behalf of the children...a very odd situation....}
anyway, i look forward this week to friday mainly, as i have a meeting with the most excellently talented and darn-right beautiful c:o/minx girls - yeah! bring it on! (oooo, i did do my homework ages ago, but my computer crashed...can't remember if i ever went back and re-did it - best check before friday!)
have a good week
xxxx
so, the last week has compromised mainly of cleaning up after my wee kitty as she has been super poorly and sickly - really stinky and bad stuff, poor wee soul!!! i have not had much of a chance to seize the rudder and steer myself into any brilliantly creative inlets or cruise by a research and development island unfortunately - bums!
i did show Dave my drawings for miss monkey and he seems happy so far with the direction they are going, but i have decided to hang fire doing anymore until the poem is finished, as the story my change and then the drawings will be redundant, but i have really enjoyed doing them, so i'm looking forward to getting the finished version from Dave when he has it!!!
the other creative endeavour i've been involved in this week is working with 2 primary 7 classes in kilmarnock to make a series of animations based around the novel, carry's war - the final part of the class contact time was on friday there, when i filmed and sound recorded all the groups (there's 10 of them!!!) performing their chapters live beside a kamishabai theatre {this is what i have been working on preping all the animation images for editing on top of the live performance for, over the past two days - phew! it really is an extra-ordinarily huge amount of work - mainly because there was hardly any class time with the children and so i have had to do all of the animation work on behalf of the children...a very odd situation....}
anyway, i look forward this week to friday mainly, as i have a meeting with the most excellently talented and darn-right beautiful c:o/minx girls - yeah! bring it on! (oooo, i did do my homework ages ago, but my computer crashed...can't remember if i ever went back and re-did it - best check before friday!)
have a good week
xxxx
Monday, 19 April 2010
it's raining fairly hard...
the wind is whipping up quite a fair wee bit too outside - luckily i'm home safe and dry with a warm kitty draped across my lap :)
it's GI time - oh yes it is!
i don't have any work in it, but i've been to see some good shows so far - i've seen 'fizz up and disolve' at Glasgow Project Rooms, Jim Lambie's 'metal urbain' at the Modern Institute and Tony's band at le Drapeau Noir (new cafe venue opposite Stereo on Renfield Lane) - all very very interesting and inspiring.
i have also started a batch of drawings about a young female monkey, which hopefully may be turned into a story book app if Mr Dave Sapien of Me and the Giants likes them....i'll show him them tomorrow and keep you posted..
apart from that....i've been for TWO farewell lunches with my Scottish Screen colleagues in the past week, both yummy and very enjoyable (that'll be the food!) - i do miss those guys!
....and last week i was elevated from meagre Studio Manager to the high echelon that is Director of Glasgow Independent Studio!!! woo! that's pretty exciting :)
i think that's it really...my mind is a bit blank to be honest...the radar is not showing up anything significant on the horizon and i've still not quite worked out which way up to hold my map...but it'll all be clear enough soon, i hope
xxx
it's GI time - oh yes it is!
i don't have any work in it, but i've been to see some good shows so far - i've seen 'fizz up and disolve' at Glasgow Project Rooms, Jim Lambie's 'metal urbain' at the Modern Institute and Tony's band at le Drapeau Noir (new cafe venue opposite Stereo on Renfield Lane) - all very very interesting and inspiring.
i have also started a batch of drawings about a young female monkey, which hopefully may be turned into a story book app if Mr Dave Sapien of Me and the Giants likes them....i'll show him them tomorrow and keep you posted..
apart from that....i've been for TWO farewell lunches with my Scottish Screen colleagues in the past week, both yummy and very enjoyable (that'll be the food!) - i do miss those guys!
....and last week i was elevated from meagre Studio Manager to the high echelon that is Director of Glasgow Independent Studio!!! woo! that's pretty exciting :)
i think that's it really...my mind is a bit blank to be honest...the radar is not showing up anything significant on the horizon and i've still not quite worked out which way up to hold my map...but it'll all be clear enough soon, i hope
xxx
Wednesday, 24 March 2010
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
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
Monday, 8 March 2010
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
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
Tuesday, 2 March 2010
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!
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