Activities
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Images from new film work Journey to Nowhere
Having edited down the two contrasting chapters of the digital film I’ve been working on to around twenty minutes now, the piece seems to be getting there thankfully, though I need to get a bit of space to re-look at it again in a couple of weeks with a fresh (less bloodshot!) eye. It has
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Two years on from the Great East Japan Earthquake and Tsunami
11th March 2011 Two years have now passed, and we wish to send our warmest wishes from Scotland, UK, to all those affected in Tohoku and around Japan. roaming sea-roads to far away coves lines fragmented, pens in motion on the Pacific edge 遠くの入り江まで海のそばをぶらつく とぎれとぎれの線, ペンが動く 太平洋の端っこで
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Working on new city themed artist’s film
In the last couple of weeks, or certainly since the last heavier snows, I’ve been putting together a strange new film piece taking in lots of city and infrastructure footage, mostly gathered in and around Tokyo, but also some from the UK. The previous artist film works I showed at the Omotesando exhibition last year
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6×4″ Exhibition Submission – Cooper Gallery Project Space, Dundee
My friend Nicola Prosser is organising this exhibition, if you would like to submit work. It sounds like an open and very worthwhile show to be involved in. 6×4” Exhibition OPEN CALL 6×4” is an exhibition that will explore the postcard as a distinctive artistic medium in its own right. Artist-designed postcards are small, intimate,
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Drawing and photographing from Edo Gawa River to Yokohama
Transparent green watersBelow red iron and grey blue cracked concrete –Winter sunshine fades quickly across Edogawa. High, looking along the TamagawaHanging over a balconyPhotographing in the cobalt Pacific sky
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Season’s Greetings 2012
Have a great 2013 and all the very best wishes! Image: “Wandering Shibuya” 14 x 12 cm, mixed media on Japanese shikishi board sunlight drifts through autumn rain I try to write a line or two but end up dreaming of Tokyo
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Journey skywards – Tokyo Skytree and Umihotaru Sea Station
grey-white-grey no rust steady waymarker visitor blanketed platforms contained taiyaki and colonel saunders ready for christmas deep blue negatives and folding darknesses drawing looking up straining higher shards segmented triangulated steel glass black flashing yellow next to grey shadows smooth time tarmac slowed right down drifting wheels spinning units glittering objects acceleration past watchtowers over