Had a very rewarding meeting at Pervasive Media Studio to discuss my GPS driven abstract animation work. As I am currently thinking of where I could show this work and how this type of work might develop.
Generally what they said is what we know, but its surprising how useful it was to hear it said to me. And though I do a lot of what they talked about, if I wish to develop this work further and explore the possibility of getting it shown I need to re-engage with these basic actions. Which are; Join networks – Make connections – Engage in conversations.
Also they advised me to look at artists who make generative work, especially those I like, and see where they show their work. Than approach these places.
And they thought I should apply for an R&D grant from the Arts Council (I’m not so sure about this one). They felt I could make a strong enough case to help fund this works development.
We also talked about residencies and they mentioned this discussion over on the Guardian website – Making residencies work for both venue and artist. The comments are well worth reading through.
Thanks to an Artist Newsletter bursary that allowed this conversation to happen.
The Abstract Animations
Shallow water was the first one I released, it is made from a GPS recorded walk along the fleet in Dorset. Than Reinventing the landscape is a walk along Portland harbour. Lastly Parallels and Meridians is taken data from a walk that starts at Portland Castle and follows the old railway track up to Portland Heights before coming back down via Cove and back to Portland Castle.
