Just had some feedback from a friend who thought my latest video ("The Lost Dog")"old fashioned….(http://www/youtube.com/watch?v=EauXUpmxtI) like a Lowry painting".
Well, I was a bit gobsmacked at first. Old fashioned is not a word I like to hear used about my work. But I could understand the reference to a Lowry painting because I remember thinking that as I was filming the children and adults playing in the snow.
Re. my research into 40 years of missing Welsh history at Craig-y-nos Castle things have started to roll in this area following the piece on the BBC Wales site. Carole Reeves from The Wellcome Trust for Medical History is proving to be a goldmine of information and very supportive.
Have just uploaded my final video for this year- a Christmas one entitled "The Lost Dog" based on a constructed narrative from one snowy afternoon earlier this year with my dog.
Anish Kapoor said artists have to keep regular studio hours then "something magical happens". It's no good waiting for inspiration to come . You've got to get in the studio everyday and do it. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anish_Kapoor
Still have not heard from the woman in Los Angeles, who requested a copy of the film I made in New Orleans which contained some footage of a friend hers. Decided to check up with an e-mail to her but the address bounced. Notice the address is “Hurricane Victim@”. Guess she has moved on.
Ann Shaw is an artist/writer based in Scotland working in new media. As a journalist she campaigned and wrote about many social and medical issues. She is a feminist and founder member of Falkirk Womens Aid, active in the trades union movement and former member of National Union of Journalists Equality Working Party, and founder member of Forth Valley Open Studios.
