Machine & Ville - The Invisible

The Photographs are of works that I made, that no longer exist. They were documented at Northampton Services, then destroyed at Raynesway Dump in Derby on Friday 15th April. They may or may not be reworked in the future.

Having now moved to London from Derby these paintings were too large to fit into the flat. Myself and A.Raven decided in a moment of Fluxist Thought on Thursday 14th April to destroy them.



Detail of Work with Transit No1


Detail of Work with Transit No1


Work with Transit No2


Work with Transit No3


Work with Transit No1

Move

Im moving location this week upping sticks in the East Midlands.... Going South to London moving to Crystal Palace...

Its been good in Derby ... 11 /12 years since I came here for a Photography Degree at Derby Uni...

Thank you to all those people I've got to know, worked with, put on exhibitions with, played with and alot of other stuff...

NO PARKING

NO PARKING now have an all new web space set up... with Artists biogs and info...

go to www.noparkingcollective.com

Big Draw

I have an involvement with some of this... Creating drawings in the window of a shop on St Peters Street on random times and days.. keep a look out on the Big Draw website for listings or just walk by St Peters Street in October....






image above & quoted text below lifted from Beth Heaney's blog

This lovely artwork has been produced for the Derby Big Draw brochure, it's by Emma Reading.
The more I look at it the more I see.
The festival begins on the 1st October with a launch party and opening of 'Scribble and Scrawl'. Kate Smith Jane Dearden, Tracey Meek and myself all showing work at the Crompton, Crompton Street, Derby.
We've worked so hard to get everything off the ground and there is still so much to do.
The exciting bit will be occupying an empty shop for the month with No Parking (my creative family) and turning what was La Senza - a knicker and bra store - into a drawing space. It's 48 St Peter's St Derby.
I've had lots and lots of help lately, generous people giving time and energy and skill to this project so I am really determined to give back somehow.
Derby is brimming with talent. We need to show more of it off. x

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Things to Watch Out For Soon...

location



recreation

Alchemy Dust

Alchemy - Magic Show

The Dust Collectors perform Tuesday 12th January at the Guildhall Derby

with 4 Magicians from Derby Magic Circle

and Clive Wheeler on Projections

8pm Doors £4 entry fee

more info


Book Online at Quad Box Office

or phone on 01332 290 606

NO PARKING HELLO HUBMARINE

Here goes.. Its the Opening Night of our next Exhibition .. This ones in a Corporate Building for a change...

The Opening Night features music from various acts

plus

Words & Stories from HELLO HUBMARINE

see poster above for full line up

Its all part of the Feste Weekend in Derby
On Sunday 6th September 7pm - 1am - £3 entry

Me and Dave C - DJing and Snacking

playing records and snacking from crowindustries on Vimeo.

New Work and change of direction

Here are few examples of my new works that were developed as part of the recent NOPARKING Collective exhibition in Derby.

Icreated them through painting mdf boards and then scratching into the surface with a nail...

Ideas were taken from photographs / sketches and memory...


I have a few more completed which I am intending to exhibit elsewhere.

NO PARKING

No Parking Exhibition as part of Format 09 International Photography Festival - Derby

we have Cheapside for at least two weeks from 12 March 2009 open from 11am - 6pm

some images below of the opening night

The Dust Collectors with Pat Thomas

The Dust Collectors with Pat Thomas - A Dedication




The Dust Collectors with Pat Thomas - Retrospective



As Part of a Derby Jazz Project 2009 at the University of Derby

Some Sketching ideas

Here are some examples of sketches/ideas i have done over last few months....

Videos

These are videos that have been recently uploaded that feature my work the first being my work in NOPARKING show filmed by Gary McCloud a Commercial Photo/Video student from Derby University.
The aspect ratio seems to be wrong becouse the images filmed are distorted but the actual video is fine i have beeen told.


The Second Video is Confluence made by Sean Clark from Cuttlefish it was a collaboration between myself / Candice Moule / Sean Clark of Cuttlefish and Steve Gibbs of Bathysphere. It was originally shown as part of the Nanoplex Cinema /Caravan.


NOPARKING exhibit






Confluence

a Great New Discovery

A friend just put me onto a music site called Jamendo... check these guys

Kolektyw Etopiryna ..... Polish Jazz

a new acquisition

i've been in to the idea of using reel to reel tape for years ... having watched the film The Conversation years ago ... as well as being into the BBC Radiophonic Workshop

I have recently acquirred a machine similiar to the one pictured... A ReVox PR99 MKIII... a few of the buttons are different.... its exactly like the picture below the first ... but does have a metal plate with groouves in it in the middle empty section at bottom.... i also have an older machine called Golden Spinney as well which is working, but needs fixing... the tape pressure pad is needing replacing... I think it is a 1950's/60's machine... similiar to the one pictured below...


I'm going to start playing around with sound ... who knows what might happen...

My Friend

My friend, Fellow Artist and Inspiration - Jerry Hope died on Friday 25 April 2008.

I miss him greatly... he lives on in the spirit of machines and nature


Hope everything is accomodating to your satisfaction sir...

Have a tremendous journey!

No Parking Exhibition

Exhibition
Opening with a Preview on Tuesday 15 April for a week including weekends at No2 Cheapside, Derby....

website


facebook group

you can also sign up to say if you might or might not come ....

Charles Mingus

the full documentary Triumph of the Underdog on the life and music of Charles Mingus

watch

Moments and Things

Happy New Year to everyone whom reads this...



Stuff I'm looking forward to in 2008

1: Getting on with it and getting out of creative ruts which happens to us all at some point...

2: In June its the My Bloody Valentine tour... Im going to Manchester to see them...
hope its good becouse when I saw them more than a few years ago they were and more...

3:The Opening of Quad and the future...

4: attending more arts events

5: Going back to Cornwall for a few weeks

6: being financially stable and finding new ways to produce work

7: well thats enough to be going on with for now!

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A gift for Christmas

Thought I put this lot up... my compilation of Stereolab

Starting with a Vinyl Justice Clip with a seasonal flavour...





Merry Christmas from Me - George ...

Have a good one...