Piano Migrations II at Concrete and Glass Festival
Piano Migration II: Video responsive instrument.Curated by Lumin, as part of the Concrete and Glass Festival, The inside of an old upright piano, rescued from destruction, is transformed into a light activated instrument. Video projections move across the surface of the piano strings, triggering small machines to twitch and flutter causing the strings to resonate. For one night, this installation becomes →
Venus In Transit
A few weeks ago me and two other artists (Jan-Willem van den Bosch and Caroline Collinge) applied for a Museumaker art residency at Orleans House in Twickenham, London. We got to the last three with our proposal and we made this short film to give a flavour of how we work in terms of connecting ideas, interweaving fiction and fact →
SVA exhibition
Just took a quick look at the SVA - Stroud Valley Arts - exhibition. Some good and intriguing and some truly dreadful and poorly executed. Oogoo Maia's sonic found object sculptures tickled me. The first, I thought a poorly executed play on music by Steve Reich, using feedback from swinging microphones over speakers - the sonic part was not interesting or →
Pain
I am at an end with Schtanhaus and Headlong Theatre's production of The Winters Tale. Sunday morning I felt proud of the production, feeling proud of my contribution to my first professional Shakespeare production, now I want nothing to do with it. There have been three previews so far and press night is tomorrow and I feel the heart has been →
Moving Image Trailer
Managed a quick sound edit for my good friend Will Docherty for a trailer he has made promoting his documentary project Moving Image. I think he as managed to say a lot with mostly images and a couple well chosen soundbites, and it gives a great feel to how the final 30 minute documentary will be. Oh yes, and the cello music →
Site 09 Open Studios
We are opening up our living room as an art gallery to participate in the Stroud Valley Arts Site 09 festival. We are luring visitors with a bribe of cake and maybe a glass of wine - if you are quick enough. We will be exhibiting some of The Artist's recent work and if I get the chance, I will compose →
Pettiness of Village Life
In the village neighbouring ours they are having a sort of art fair of work from inhabitants of our two villagers. My partner is a very talented water colourist and has returned to painting after a break of a decade. She has exhibited in galleries in Gothenberg, and has sold many paintings. So I have no doubt that she will →