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!
