macro & micro

Following on from the previous post, the downside of working out in the sticks is that it makes it very difficult to attend openings and screenings – I could spend a lot of time travelling to screenings and shows across the world, but realistically I can’t afford the time away from my family, nor away from my studio and it also would cost the earth to visit every show.

Of course I prioritise and attend openings for solo and small group shows, but there are many shows I really wish I could attend. Like the projection in Croydon that started last night for example.

Ottica TV is an online TV channel for video art:

http://www.ottica-tv.com/

Paul Malone, the curator and organisor of the channel, set up Ottica TV in 2008 and he arranges screenings in addition to the online presence. This week’s screenings onto a tower-block in the centre of Croydon are going to be photographed and filmed, so even though I won’t be able to attend I’ll be able to use the images on my website.

I’m disappointed though not to see my video of rapid movement across the sand dunes on the beach at Argeles projected onto Britain’s only skyscraper (well. . . that’s what it looks like), a surreal transformation from its insignificant origins.

http://www.axisweb.org/seCVPG.aspx?ARTISTID=11547

http://www.jonathan-moss.com

Recently I’ve been using the internet to network: FaceBook and Twitter. Even though I’m living up a mountain in the middle of nowhere it is easy to be in contact with galleries, curators and fellow artists.

I’ve had a FaceBook account since the beginning, but just for friends – now I have a profile for my work. It is linked to Twitter, as is this blog. It has been an interesting experiment to see how the hits to my website have increased: up by 546 %.

http://www.facebook.com/pages/Jonathan-Moss-Art/26…

I am now making sure that I regularly post new events on my Axis pages as well.

http://www.axisweb.org/seCVPG.aspx?ARTISTID=11547

Haven’t things changed in the last ten years or so? Not that long ago I remember being limited to the opportunities pages in the AN magazine, then sending out slides to the few galleries who advertised. Just in the previous few months I’ve noticed galleries and festivals prefer applications by a web link or image upload – it is so much more straightforward, time-efficient and ecological.

I have a lot of things going on and coming up and mostly thanks to AN. What started as a once-a-month read has become a community of artists, galleries and the AN team. Gillian Nicol and Andrew Bryant regularly interact with AN members on Artists’ Talking and on the forum, it seems as if barriers have disappeared and even an artist living outside London, in isolation, can work in a supportive environment.

Oblong Gallery daily screening:

http://www.oblonggallery.com/#/current/

Ottica TV screening by contemporary art movie makers projected onto the south facing side of the building at the junction of Wellesley Street and Walpole Road in central Croydon:

http://www.ottica-tv.com/high5/

Ottica TV annual screening:

http://www.ottica-tv.com/ottica2010/index.html

Video Screening with Bleach Box:

http://www.firestationartscentre.com/index.php?vie…

http://www.axisweb.org/seCVPG.aspx?ARTISTID=11547

http://www.jonathan-moss.com