New work on Website

Hi all ... just a quick note to say I have uploaded a films section to my website ...
as well as some updates to the home town section incorporating new medium format photographs.

I have redesigned the site with easier indexing to work.. this isnt uploaded as yet, but will be shortly....


Merry Christmas and That New Year thing...

G x

house move and other stuff

well i have just moved house its been a while in the old place 6 years to be actual infact... now moved to the other side of Derby... in with a long time friend and fellow artist Candice Moule...

the resident of melbourne street, (old house)


now in my shed... at new house



working on the Groundswell Two show first fund raiser went well ... next one is on the 3rd of November at the Five Lamps in Derby...

Critical Meet

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3 Cities Critical Arts Festival Sunday 17th September 2006 Derby Time Table 12pm : Group Crits* 2.30pm :Lunch 3:15pm : Lecture 4:30pm : Break 5:00 : Seminar 6:00 : Drinks,Food+Chat 7:00 : Band/Performances * sign up required - please see www.criticalmeet.co.uk for more information or email criticalmeet@yahoo.co.uk Lecturer Sean Hawkridge, The Royal Standard Seminar Panelists George Harris, Independent photographer Corey Mwamba, musician and composer Jerry Hope, Dust Collectors Group Crit Facilitator graft Band/Performances include: One Toy Soldier BET4 MOTION - Synaesthesia + Little Courage TILL LATE Come along! If art discussion isn't your thing, be there at 7 for pints and bands. For more information visit: www.criticalmeet.co.uk

what i have been doing and will be.............................

Well its been a busy few weeks, but not that busy... Did a wedding shoot in london a few weekends ago... I don't advertise myself for this kind of work but I do it on a word of mouth basis and for friends and those connected...

Working on a group exhibition for November - Groundswell Two....

Did some photography for Derby Dance Centre documenting a dress rehearsal...


as well as djing at my brothers birthday which took place on a boat / Cornwall in June ...

need to get some images sorted out ... my new work is reflecting the regeneration of Derby ...

but I am still wanting to go back to photograph more of the Polish Camp before its demolished...

Will be speaking at Critical Meet within the Victoria Inn / Derby this year... a meeting of minds and thoughts of people involved with the arts / music / etc.... Sunday 17 September see their website for details.


Next exhibition will be in August at the Lord Napier pub in Derby... its part of a group of shows organised by Andy Sugars under the title of 'Pictures in the Pub', not quite sure what I am going to show yet, but the first night will be on first Monday in August, and following through the whole month.Come along and have a look.... the last two have gone well... these things are worth supporting becouse they can build...

anyway more news soon... but one more thing............

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sad news this week with the passing of Syd Barrett, the one and only true member of Pink Floyd... he's the one who came up with the name in the first place... Theres alot of people out there making statements so I'll end it there... goodbye Syd... hope things are better where ever you are now...
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the last week

Since Wednesday of last week I have been south west in Devon. I went there for a break, but also to photograph an abandoned site, a post WW2 Refugee Camp. I have already got some of the images developed and they look great.

It took two days and one night to photograph and I have yet to decide what to do with the images.
I will wait until the rest of the films are developed til I decide.

This was one of those things you have to do where you get the images first and decide later. The space was discovered by a friend whom asked me to come down to photograph it before it gets demolished.

Once I have all the images I will put some up on my website as a working project.

Here is one for now... taken in the entertainment hall area.

something I just found over weekend

Robert Franks - Pull My Daisy (1959) - narrated by Jack Kerouac

some information here

a comparative text

Looking for artists deadline ASAP...

Hi

Well I am in the process of looking for fellow artists whom wish to be involved with an up coming exhibition now within its idea stage... but relates to a previous exhibition Groundswell in 2003.
The second part intends and relates to transformations with urban space and other spaces and will be organised as a fringe event relating to the Derby city wide photography exhibition Format06 in September.

I intend the fringe aspect to not just involve photography but to incorporate film / painting / sound and other art forms maybe performance aspects...

Anyone that is interested please get in touch with me by either leaving a comment to this posting or you can e-mail me at georgeharrisphoto@gmail.com ...

I'm looking to get some answers within the month.... the deadline has now shifted from 10 April....
I want to get an idea whom might be interested...
Thankyou

The Dust Collectors MySpace

The Dust Collectors have now got a my space account ... its been up and running for several days now... I was asked by Jerry to up load some of their tunes they are now online ...

Check it out... this is a temporary stop gap til they get their website up and running...

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My News.............

I will be speaking at the Futures in Creative Industries Fair and Conference
between 11.05 - 1225 at the University of Derby. The whole event takes place on
Friday 31st March 8.30am - 5.30pm at the Keddleston Road Campus.

take a look

My workshop comes under the title of Routes into Photography... in workshop two

in brief 'basically what is it like starting out as an artist / photographer...' in the cold wide world...


The exhibition Visceral Place / part one is happening on 26 March 6.30pm (opening) - 8 April at Wax Bar - Nottingham.... with a slim chance the Dust Collectors might perform on the opening night... i'll keep you posted....

Just working on stuff .... to come out soon.... as a part two to the above show...

A Visceral Place

This is a new exhibition of a disection of older works which will lead into a new series of photographs which I am currently working on.

Works included will be from Islands, Avenue, The Waiting Room and a varied selection from the Confluence commission....

The exhibition starts on Sunday 26 March with an opening night at 6.30pm and is up
until around 8 April. At the Wax Bar in Nottingham which is opposite the Broadway Cinema.

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The Men Without Eyes film went very well.on Sunday at the Trigger event at Metro..
with great reactions to the event and turn out...
Jon Sansworth did a fantastic job in creating the film with The Dust Collectors...
I look forward to more... in which there will be...

great radio online

Just found out about this Dutch based
internet radio show Another Nice Mess
Eclectic choice of The Most Adventurous New Underground -on DFM
just checked the times of show and its every tuesday at 19.00 -21.00
its a show dj'd by Marcelle van Hoof, a friend of John Peel

They have played 'the Dust Collectors' track Jack Cannonball... recently...

great tracks from lofi electro to 'The Beat' Too Nice to Talk Too...

seems I'm now listening live to another show just as good more ambient

well everyone's probably heard it already and I'm behind with the news.... but I just wanted to say you should listen to it...

Here's another picture from the up and coming Dust Collectors film.... its a still straight from the film by Jon Samsworth...

Trigger event

print off the above for a reminder



A week from now will be the next Trigger event its now at the Metro Cinema in Derby for one
night on Sunday 5 March 06 ... 6.30 - 10pm £2 in advance from Q-Gallery or £3 on the door.

The Dust Collectors are playing with a film thats been and being made by Jon Samsworth... in collaboration with the band as well as a dancer Rinkeh

I've been doing a bit in the film as a Man Without Eyes... along with other Men without Eyes...

after seeing some of the footage its going to be great... Here's some photos (above and below)
I took of one of the scenes...

deep dark drone

walking through the last remaining landscape to see the sole of your feet... soundtrack to wonder over could have been composed by john barry... no fears piano shifts through a deep dark drone with lifting strings on the other end... the splinters through you, the sound that goes away... panoramic shifts... too a jingle jangle morning, crying in to floating crisis moments movements in the deep dark drone.... moving on and up into the heals, past efforts of glorious shame...

Things I Like and Love over the last year

I got into Lost ... mystery and suspense gets me....

went to see a great movie The Beat that my Heart Skipped at the Metro.in Derby .. Its about a gangster come piano player whom wants rid of his gangster traits... and the film plays on this double life throughout... Oh yeah and its French...


The Loft reformed and played at the Social in Nottingham a group of us went it was great...

Jeffery Lewis concert at the Social in Nottingham as well as Circulus at the same venue different day...

Great indie night at the Rescue Rooms Nottingham playing everything from C86 onwards

Moustache Festival in Derby... odd events odd places odd times fabulous week...

Bathysphere Commission for my photography... in Nanoplex

getting used to being in the 40 year bracket.... its great...

Format photography festival in Derby...
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Broadcast - Tender Buttons an lp that is growing on me everytime i play it...

dancing and performing with Concertina Turner

Concertina Turner live and direct to the general public

hearing the Dust Collectors on radio one

establishing new friendships with various people including the Moustache Gang

Joan as Police Woman / Kris Drever live at the Flowerpot Derby

Watching Everything Is Iluminated this year, but it came out last year... a fantastic movie

Christmas Eve in Nottingham, everything was closed but a few places still enjoyable...
witnessing a fight at Flares in Nottingham same night to the soundtrack of 'You lost that Loving feeling' by the Rightious Brothers... :-) you couldn't have timed it any better... amusing and sad at the same time

spending the rest of christmas in Nottingham til day after boxing day

Dancing.... soul, funk and rock n roll.....


and a few more things...when i remember them

A New Year

The New Year has begun... will be making applications for exhibition opportunities... the second leg of the Symbiosis project Natures Glory Fancy's Child will be taking place in which I will be photographing the studio sessions...

New ideas for a project are stirring in the brain... anyone no where I can find and buy some astro turf...?

Other projects ... collaborations are being talked about and one of these has been started at end of last year...

I dropped out of the Project Y project at the end of last year.... doesn't seem anything new has gone on their site of late... perhaps its not happening... My reasons were time clashes with some London excursions I had to make...

more news to follow when and where it happens....