April 30, 2020
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The facts: 1969 made-for-TV film by Jean-Luc Godard. The voice-overs are largely adapted from the Communist Manifesto. Godard claimed that the “news presenter” text was adapted from speeches by contemporary politicians. The “feminist” text is written and recited by Sheila Rowbotham. … Continue reading
February 1, 2020
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This film was shot at various locations in and around Osaka in August 2019. The film formed part of my submission to 1SSUE 43. A version is currently showing at the Swansea Open exhibition at the Glynn Vivian Gallery. I … Continue reading
September 10, 2019
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Here are the two films I produced for the Mirror exhibition at Art Spot Korin, Kyoto, 30 July – 11 August 2019. 白紙 [Blank Paper] is a Japanese language film that toys with narrative convention. It is sampled, intertextual, and semiotically … Continue reading
August 22, 2019
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OK. Here we go: final days in Japan. Winding down. Wednesday 14 August A slow and relaxing start to the day before heading off to Yodobashi Metro. We’d been invited to Yutaka Moriguchi‘s house in Ryokuchikoen (= Ryokuchi Park). Yutaka … Continue reading
August 18, 2019
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Friday 9 August. It is strange, but ALL the major art galleries in Osaka are closed. The National Museum of Art is closed until 27 August; the Nakanoshima Kosetsu Museum of Art is closed until October 12; and the Osaka City … Continue reading
August 10, 2019
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What I’ve been up to recently, part two: Thursday 1 August On our train rides into town I’d seen a group of traditional-looking roofs amongst the contemporary sprawl. Again with the aid of Google Maps I identified where it is: … Continue reading
August 9, 2019
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We’ve been here now for about two and a half weeks. We leave a week tomorrow. Heather has been blogging furiously so I guess we all know what she’s been up to, right? Printmaking at Atelier Outotsu mostly: even though … Continue reading
August 1, 2019
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On Monday at 1pm local time we gathered at Art Spot Korin in Kyoto to put our Mirror show up. “We” being myself and Heather (obviously), Masahiro Kawanaka (the curator), and fellow artist Matthew Fasone (who we met on our trip … Continue reading
November 5, 2018
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A couple of images from the Swansea Fringe, courtesy of Paul Williams: And a couple of newish press pieces: New Music Platform Art Reveal Magazine I quite like the “Global Art Project” idea. Of course this was what I had … Continue reading
August 30, 2018
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Monday 27 August One day to see the sights of Tokyo, and the pair of us totally knackered anyway: physically and emotionally exhausted, tetchy, short-tempered, in foul moods because we were about to go back to the UK. Laughable… Because … Continue reading