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 18, 2019
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Tragically, I can now report that we’ve arrived back in the UK. We’ve had a few hours sleep since the long trek half-way around the world, but obviously body clocks are hopelessly out-of-sync. Fortunately we’ve allowed a day to decompress, … 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
August 29, 2018
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Saturday 25 August Get up late. Exhausted. We’ve peaked. We’re suddenly burnt out. Go shopping. Still baking hot… Have a nice Teriyaki dinner and then spend the evening catching up on the blogging (which has completely dropped off in the … Continue reading
August 29, 2018
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This an easy one: last quick run-through in the morning, setting up in the afternoon, The Resonant Interval ‘Special Event’ at 6pm. Heather gave a very successful talk on Arts and Health between 6pm and 7pm with support from Sueko … Continue reading
August 29, 2018
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So we’re still on Thursday 23 August. Hot and humid with heavy showers. We meet Matthew Fasone at Kawaramachi Hankyu subway station and, after a short wander, head over to Art Spot Korin and a meeting with artist and very, … Continue reading
August 27, 2018
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Downtime in Tokyo: knocking these posts out now to wrap this up before we get home and it all goes stale. Monday 20 August Heather and I leave Sugoshicho behind and head for Kyoto. The afternoon is spent finishing off the … Continue reading
August 26, 2018
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Continuing directly on from my last post. The scene: Carl and Sueko Boland’s house in Sugoshicho, Japan. Saturday 18 and Sunday 19 August As part of the Resonant Interval show at Gallery G-77 in Kyoto—on Friday 24 August to be … Continue reading
August 15, 2018
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A sort of day off. Next week we have another exhibition, this time in Kyoto. There are four of us showing: Heather and myself, obviously, Carl Boland, and an American artist named Matthew Fasone. Sueko Boland is going to document … Continue reading