The estates of you.

For a little while I have been looking at, photographing and drawing a number of estates around London which were built in an attempt to fulfil a utopian philosophy.

The estates are now in a state. Many of the buildings are empty with just a handful of families occupying huge tower blocks.

When I visited the estates I could see where attempts to rejuvenate the spaces, both by the local authority, community groups and individual residents had taken place. There were sign of colours and leftovers from community activities. Some blocks had been partially painted or covered with brightly coloured veneers. Individuals had clearly defined their own space within the estate with bars and fences which they then filled with flowers, plants and other items which made the space "their own". My favorite is still the shed on the 3rd floor balcony.

I think this is stage one of this project. For stage two I would like to visit and explore communities that have been created with a similar philosophy in mind but instead of being built by local authorities they have manifested directly out of the desires of the people and communities that would occupy them.

The estates of you. 1, 2 & 3

monoprint, wood, fabric

The estates. Assemblage drawings.

monoprint.

just a few more...

country living magazine, carbon paper, pencil 2012

emulsion, varnish and acrylic on floor boards 2012

Kitchen phallus

a consideration of domestic gender roles. Enough said?

SSSOC Shau Fenster, Berlin April 2012

Here's some pictures from the opening exhibition of Sing Sweet Songs of Conviction. It was fun!

I made a tool meets country living

Some drawings from I made a tool to measure space and country living magazine may 2012 issue.

ink, oil pastel, carbon paper

May 2012

I made a tool to measure space

I have been finding it hard at work recently. I made a tool to measure space.
It refers to Hall's proximity space: 18" = intimate space, 48" = personal space, 144" = social space, 300" = public space.

When I go back to work on Wednesday I will carry it with me to use when needed. I will write, film and take pictures. I will produce a zine so you can see what happened.

"I made a tool to measure space"

2012- ongoing project

used domestic fabric, pillow and quilt stuffing

Sing Sweet Songs of Conviction

The traveling art show begins...
Berlin 

April 19 from 19.00 

Anteprima/Sneak Peak, "Fliegen am Schaufenster"

Two live performances to be viewed from outside the 20 meter gallery window:

Alessia Armeni, "24-Hour Painting" and

Helena Hamilton, "NOTETOADISTANTGOD"

April 20 from 20.00

Opening 

Special performance by guest artist, Jennifer Hope Davy, "Onwards, Darkness" and DJ 

Soundscape by Loganic, "Sweet Sounds of Conmixion"

Schau Fenster-Schauraum für Kunst 

Lobeckstrasse 30 - 35

10969 Berlin / U-8 Moritzplatz, M29

Perennial Art curates the Berlin show, and Jennifer Hope Davy is the guest artist in Berlin.

some even grew rich and became the object of their neighbours envy- the collages 2

and a new departure into towers...

Carbon paper, country living magazine, emulsion. 

2012

"18:48" a look at personal & intimate space and domestication

18:48

numbers 1, 2 &3

used fabric & wood 2011

Following on...

Following on from the "some even grew rich..." pieces I have been moving towards making some assemblage work based on the paper installation and collages and some earlier drawings/snapshot photos of physical spaces.  I am still looking at the ground between utopian living and domestic reality- this piece is called "scotoma" a title pinched from the ALISN show at Sluice art fair where the original "some even grew rich and became the object of their neighbours envy" installation was presented.

Scotoma.

Used fabric assemblage 

2012

some even grew rich and became the object of their neighbours envy- the collages

country living magazine, carbon paper, pencil, masking tape.

 2011

Some even grew rich and became the object of their neighbours envy

My new work for ALISN presents SCOTOMA at sluice art fait 15th & 16th October 2011.

see www.sluiceartfair.com for more information. 

Some even grew rich and became the object of their neighbours envy

2011

Paper, country living magazine, masking tape, emulsion

The blind spot occurs when negotiating the ground between utopian fantasy and domestic reality.

The fragile, partial houses and signifiers of a neighbourhood are constructed with a Brechtian philosophy in mind. They show their workings and their flaws reminding the viewer that they are just a suggestion of place and of home.

The interior of the houses are inspired by patterns and furniture from a manual about how “creative people” live and Country Living magazine which works as a consideration of the barrage of information about how to live and what to aspire to.

Homage to home.

Homage to home.

2011

It is a physical manifestation of an imagined space. It has connotations of childhood and alludes to a perceived notion of home as a place of safety. It references Edward T. Hall’s theory of proxemics as a set of rules to define our spaces.

This comes from a wider body work exploring the ideologies connected to how we occupy spaces.

Open studio 2011 selection

a small film about a dash to get to the studio last night to set up a few pieces of work to be considered for the Nunnery exhibition as part of the Bow Arts open 2011...

In memorandum. replica. Some more action!

it is growing...