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Earlier in the year I produced some illustrations of BiLE, Glitch Lich and Benoît and the Mandelbrots for a mini booklet about Network Music Festival. The whole magazine, which includes the mini booklet, has recently been released as Something In The Water: Something In The Water is a magazine that delves into the past,…
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For my set for From Digbeth With Hammers at BOYD 8 I was required to display their logo on screen. This sounds like it should be a relatively easy task, but their logo consisting of four lines of text presented some interest problems. In Pure Data there’s three objects you can use to display…
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Since November 2011 I’ve been providing visuals for First Fold Records’ monthly Bring Out Your Dead (BOYD) events. This sees me working with the headline acts to create visuals tailored to their performance. I often do a recording of the sets, which you can see on my YouTube channel. For BOYD 8 I did…
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On Saturday 28th April I took part in the Papergirl Birmingham Distribution Ride. As explained in my previous blog post on the subject Papergirl is about delivering artwork on your bike around the city to an unsuspecting public. Earlier in the week there was an exhibition of the work. Craig Bush made this awesome…
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Although it was over a month ago some videos from BYOB Birmingham have popped up on t’interweb. The first video is by Richard C Pete Ashton took all of the photos that exhibitors and attendees took and made this video. The photos are looped at 30fps 6 times over a minute, zooming at 400%…
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In June 2012 I’ll be co-curating an exhibition about toys at/with TROVE and Daniel Salisbury. More info, including how to get involved, is below: TROVE is an independent art space in Birmingham, UK, which run a monthly changing programme of contemporary art exhibitions/events. In June 2012 TROVE are hosting an exhibition about toys. This…
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This week Papergirl Birmingham takes place on bikes across Birmingham: Papergirl is a global project that aims to open the art world into the urban streets of everyday life. It is an intervention seeking to surprise people and to heartily upturn the notable predictability of day to day life Art is collected, exhibited, and…
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I was asked at the last minute to provide some visuals for 2xAA‘s set at Curious Sounds/8 Bit Lounge as part of Fierce Festival on Saturday 7th April. Here’s a short video from his performance And another calmdownkidder has loads more videos on their
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Recently I’ve been making a few video loops for Dreambait Recordings to use in their shows. The videos, made using video samples and Pure Data, focus on feedback loops. For BYOB Birmingham on Friday 16th March I decided to showcase these video feedbcak creations. Some photos of it in action: The Pure Data patch…
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BYOB Birmingham happened on Friday 16th March and it was a great success! For those who like statistics, in the end the event had 18 artists (plus videos from VIVID’s archives), 22 beamers, and nearly 200 people attend. My thanks for making the night awesome go to: Flatpack Festival, which has been going for…