Hello everybody,
looking forward to joining you on Monday! Thanks Birgitta or setting up the blog. For now I'm just testing...
Friday, August 3, 2007
Thursday, August 2, 2007
It is so very echoey in the Letherby its echoey echoey
Day one two three and four ----
It is so very echoey ….in the Letherby its echoey echoey in the Letherby
I brought my Dulcimer- its sound box keeps the notes very clear… while our voices merge into each other, so that understanding anyone who is further away than 15 feet away .. is difficult - all sounds muffle and blur, scrumble and mush -
I have strung a drawing across the space and made for myself a sort of environment - a home - a canopy- a tent - a "my space in the place"… the drawing boundaries an area and Peter Bond added to the drawing- this is how I would like the drawing to continue - to be added to by passers by so that it become influenced by the Letherby gallery, influenced by passers-by - and gradually turns into something else…
I have been reading bits of Alfred Watkins ("The old straight track") a text by Stephen Daniels on Tate on line entitled "Lines of Sight" - a bit of Chatwin's "Song lines" -
And I am singing to the space-
Jane is making drawings walking round and round and up and down and along the wall - documenting her presence in the space- recording her vibrations - Birgitta is making a large mask/head to perform in - Danielle is experimenting with small pieces of clay .. and has an assistant.. today I worded with Steve we responded to a conversation I had recorded two days ago in which he told me about different groups of monkeys who lived on neighbouring islands, and who came to decisions and changes through a collective thought process….Introduction
This is a blog for the Here Tomorrow research group, a group of artists based at the University of the Arts London, who are conducting investigations through practice. The group are in residence in the Lethaby Gallery, Central Saint Martins, London from 31st July - 24th August 2007, with different artists participating each week. As part of the project we have agreed to document each others work. This is a way for us to share our ideas. And, hey guys, sorry if you received your joining invitations in German - what went wrong I do not know!!!
Anyway, during the first week, group members explored the space through different methods:
Sonically - Maryclare Foa created songlines and lead the group in creating a symphony of sounds using the equipment we were working with, she has also been experimenting with video and live music,
With string Jane Grisewood and Maryclare created a string phone,
Through seismic exploration - Jane recorded her body movements through the use of pencil while walking,
Psychologically - Danielle is working an a methodology for a system of self analysis through art work.
Tomorrow we plan a series of sound experiments in different parts of the gallery which resonate in different ways.
My own work is concerned with animation and performance. Could animation be seen as a type of performance as opposed to sequential drawings or a subset of film? To investigate this I am working on a series of experiments which combine live physical presence and animation. My work is primarily digital, so I welcomed the opportunity of working in a large gallery space to do something different from usual.
The first concept was to create a giant paper cartoon head mask of Betty Boop. I chose this character, because she is such an iconic figure and so overtly feminine. I wanted to create a more dangerous version of her. I also felt that my work had got a bit too serious lately and I need to lighten up a bit and take some time away from the computer!
Why did I want to do this - well I thought it would be interesting to get inside a cartoon character and experience life on the inside! Then armed with this experience I can go back to the computer and breathe new life into my current interactive webcam project.
So starting with a roll of wallpaper I started ripping and sticking until a head started to take shape. As I worked on it, a character started to emerge. Not the sanitised Betty Boop of later years, but a version inspired by her early character designs - yes Betty started out as a dog. Hence Dog Betty is starting to take shape!
Today I finished the draft maquette and tomorrow I hope to finish the head itself. It's still slightly too big and this is restricting the performance possibilities. So my next stage is to cut it down a little, then I'll be ready to start rehearsing Dog Betty mannerisms. I am already planning a whole series of scenarios to film next week.
This is Steve Colson from the Lethaby Gallery who is collaborating with us.
Anyway, during the first week, group members explored the space through different methods:
Sonically - Maryclare Foa created songlines and lead the group in creating a symphony of sounds using the equipment we were working with, she has also been experimenting with video and live music,
With string Jane Grisewood and Maryclare created a string phone,
Through seismic exploration - Jane recorded her body movements through the use of pencil while walking,
Psychologically - Danielle is working an a methodology for a system of self analysis through art work.
Tomorrow we plan a series of sound experiments in different parts of the gallery which resonate in different ways.
My own work is concerned with animation and performance. Could animation be seen as a type of performance as opposed to sequential drawings or a subset of film? To investigate this I am working on a series of experiments which combine live physical presence and animation. My work is primarily digital, so I welcomed the opportunity of working in a large gallery space to do something different from usual.
The first concept was to create a giant paper cartoon head mask of Betty Boop. I chose this character, because she is such an iconic figure and so overtly feminine. I wanted to create a more dangerous version of her. I also felt that my work had got a bit too serious lately and I need to lighten up a bit and take some time away from the computer!
Why did I want to do this - well I thought it would be interesting to get inside a cartoon character and experience life on the inside! Then armed with this experience I can go back to the computer and breathe new life into my current interactive webcam project.
So starting with a roll of wallpaper I started ripping and sticking until a head started to take shape. As I worked on it, a character started to emerge. Not the sanitised Betty Boop of later years, but a version inspired by her early character designs - yes Betty started out as a dog. Hence Dog Betty is starting to take shape!
Today I finished the draft maquette and tomorrow I hope to finish the head itself. It's still slightly too big and this is restricting the performance possibilities. So my next stage is to cut it down a little, then I'll be ready to start rehearsing Dog Betty mannerisms. I am already planning a whole series of scenarios to film next week.
This is Steve Colson from the Lethaby Gallery who is collaborating with us.
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