In 2021, I was awarded a Business Revival Grant from City Of Lincoln Council, which was for vital technology such as a brand new iMac, a new digital camera, a sanitisation station for workshops (yet everyone has since started to act as though Coronavirus has gone away) and Creative Suite software.
I made good use of this software to make two new sound art pieces for Lost Dreams; Elvis Clones, and The Blackbird Of Chernobyl.
I have also refreshed my video editing skills with the use of After Effects and Premiere Pro. After Effects doesn’t work too well on a Mac, so I decided to edit some music videos for Lost Dreams in Premiere Pro.
Elvis Clones and The Blackbird Of Chernobyl were composed from found audio from an online tape archive, the original musicians remain unknown.
There are some video stills and a related excerpt here.
I’m applying to exhibit either the pioneering sound art tracks themselves, and / or the videos, at a gallery or festival following lockdown.
So far, I have tried: Green Man Einstein’s Garden, but they had their own criteria, and as good as it is to focus on climate change, Lost Dreams doesn’t really fit that niche.
Blue Dot – would be perfect, but no reply, and besides, I caught my first bout of Coronavirus just after my birthday (thanks son!) and wouldn’t have been able to make it, as I was suffering from strange skipped heartbeats, dizziness and fatigue, which I never normally get with a cold.
Gravity Fields appears not to be happening this year.
I’m now in the process of moving my website over to a new host, gonna try out Wix. It has an integrated blog, which can be set as a subscription service, and with over 1000 – 2000 views per post, it’s about time I earnt an income for my online content!
