Its been a productive week!
Untitled (network of artist-led activity) is being shown at Papergirl BHM, in the 48 Sheet Project Space in Birmingham’s Mailbox. It also continues to be shown in Driftstation’s Bookstore. I continue adding to the script after each bout of communication with a gallery about the work, but it is yet to be performed. I’ve made a few decissions about it’s performance as well, potientially, there are a number of stage-sets for its performance. I’m considering video from the initial residency at the Lombard Method that sparked the project or alternativly making some sort of temporary architectural construction, which may or may not hold the prints from that initial residency and as the work grows, prints from other presentations of the work. I’ve been thinking about ‘costume’ as well, I’m looking at printing tee-shirts for each member of the cast…tbc… I really want to see the work performed so I know how to evolve the project but am quite pleased with the current level of distribution of the scripts! I’ve also decided that in Jan 2013 I will make a print depicting all activity that has gone on around the work in the year since its inception.
Everything at the Cardall Collection residency is going well! This week I carried on working towards the window display which I think is looking quite nice! And the QR Codes worked when scanned through the glass which is a bonus! Now I have the size’s/angle’s/shapes etc worked out I’m planning on digitising these and getting them printed, still haven’t worked out if I will need to dye the paper before or after printing but i’ve not yet made the dye anyway so thats not a huge problem! Need to go walking and collect some local berries! In related news the first edition of the evolving publication I made for this residency is on show at Westgate Studio’s in Wakefield in a show called #Tweetart
A while ago I posted photos of an A-Board structure I had made, at the time I didn’t know why or what it was about. I’ve returned to it and am really quite pleased with it now! One side is painted with blackboard paint (chalk will be supplied) and the other has drawing pins in. I have called it A-(Discussion)-Board and hope that it will become a physical social network where people can ‘post’ things, make comments, etc… I have also started sending out proposals for exhibiting this! Its making is not quite finished (if such a participatory thing ever is) but looks like it will when I send it out into the world for the first time!
I’ve also done my website up a bit; I’ve had a CV update (already needs updating again), updated the images on the frontpage and have compleatly re-arranged the page with my work on, this has included uploading more images and video and i think it works much better than it did originally! Whilst working on this I also started designing a new business card which I’ll get printed soon hopefully! Anyway www.ryanhughesprojects.net for those updates!
With regards to db8 idntty I can’t really claim that I’ve not started anymore! I’ve started making some small models based on the technical drawings I’d been making and have scripted one of the characters! still a million miles away from have ANYTHING to show but its a deffinate start!
Work on the cardall collection residency continues! I’ve started work on the second edition of the publicaton that was released @ the start of the residency. It is an evolved version of this first edition with extra pages and outdated text blocked over and new, more relevent text overlayed on top of this in a blue that is used in the collections logo. In the new text I discuss being parastic to the warwickshire open studios (which I mentoned in my last post), I discuss the future of the project, update my CV wth this years shows to date and explan the evolution of the publication and it references to digital technologes evolving e.g: web 2.0, Iphone 1,2,3,3g,4,4s, ect… I’ve also started work on some new text based on my research but this is still in really early stages (I started it this morning!).
I’ve also started work on developing a window display for installation at the cardall collection and attached are images of this. Again its at increadibly early stages!
Having talked about shows to date this year I’ve just realised I poss. haven’t mentioned showing in ‘Bookstore’ @ Drift Staton, Lincoln, Nabraska. I showed a publicaton file from marking the internet and the physical and a few copies of the script from untitled (network of artist-led actvity).
Work on db8 idntty continues. i’ll upload scans of some of the technical drawings sometime! I’ve been watching videos like the one below quite a lot during research for this work… I’ve also been taking notes from the ‘radio stations’ on the grand theft auto computer games, particually the ones ‘people’ call into… still a long way off getting properly started on this work but am really excited by it!
Cardall Collection Residency continued today… I’ve also been working towards things for it as well as just conducting research! I’ve made animated GIFs, and have started work on an evolved version of the publication I sent out. I’ve began working toward some window displays as well! Earlier I emailed some committee members a brief summery of what I’ve actually been doing which I’ve pasted here:
I thought I would also take this oppertunity to fill you both in on other things I have been up to with regards to the resdency; I’ve become really interested in Henry Lilley Smith (which you both already know) and have done a photoshoot at warwick house, which of cause was orignally his hospital, this has led to the creation of an animated GIF which I’m considering including in the evolved pamphlet on either CD-R or floppy disc! I’ve also become quite interested in St. Wulfstan and Mother Clare Fey, I’ve been talking to a curator at Rugby Museum and Art Gallery about some embroidories they hold in their collection which were made in Southam’s convent and will be arranging to go and see these soon! But I still need to do a lot of research before I decide on which character is most interesting!! I do like this confilct in southam’s past between medical science and religion though which could be explored potientally!
It looks likely that we will be presenting something and publishing the 2nd edition of the publication around the same time as warwickshire open studios but will not actually be particpating offically in the event for varous reasons. However, I like this idea of being paracitic to a biennale and existing on the margins!
