Workshop at the Turner Contemporary went well, 140 people took part. All photos need to be tinted, which takes time.
The final Margate workshop is at the Turner Contemporary 1-4pm. Come to the education room to become part of the story.
The first tester photo by Matt Rowe from the Margate Museum workshop.
Here is the final design for the poster for our first workshop down in Margate. I am looking forward to this one.
And so begins a new year, with many a somewhat bonkers/ambitious plan to do something wonderful. Here is the dummy poster design for our next workshop down in Margate. We will be having two public (anyone can join in) workshops, followed by a pub crawl performance in February.
The idea is that we will create a BRAND NEW Magic lantern set, with the help of the brave people of Margate. Thus whoever takes part will be immortalized in art. Below are a few examples of the sort of thing I mean. Set-painting and prop making is my current activity.
The Lost Island of Lomea
Performed on LV21, November 22nd.
workshops as part of National Takeover Day 2014.
Images from the audience of recent performance at the Heritage Micropub.
Here are a few sections of the long slides I have painted.
I gave a talk last week to SVAF in Kaleidoscope gallery in Sevenoaks. I called it ‘Collaborations, Costumes and Chaos’ and tried to cover 20 years of my most experimental work. Although some of the pieces I shared are no longer shown on my website, it was/is an important part of developing my practice, and I thought it was helpful for other artists to see my earlier performance pieces.
It is a cathartic process going through old videos and slides, and seeing artworks that perhaps you have forgotten you even made. It reminded me of all the amazing artists/people I have been lucky enough to work with. Also that the essential energy that drove me to be an artist is still there, although my body is somewhat less tone but my mind is a little wiser.
I am very excited about the series of public performances I am doing as part of the project entitled ‘The Art of the Magic Lantern’ a new collaboration with performing Frog Morris. The project has been awarded KCC and Arts Council funding to do a series of 6 performances and 3 workshops across Medway, Swale , Thanet and Shepway. Here are the first two events.
Go to www.artofthemagiclantern.co.uk to find out more. Press release coming soon.
