BRIGHTAAN.

Had a really good time down in brighton the other day when i went to visit mates from home, proper surreal little place with all the lanes and stuff - v quadrophenia. The little flyer they did for chris's birthday bash -

OBLONG.

For the last 6 weeks or so i've been working down at Oblong for my Send & Receive project, a community resource centre based in Woodhouse, who essentially provide advice, support, and facilities for locals who want to make a difference through volunteering and community projects. I've been with the design collective throughout, and more recently the moving image sub-group which has just begun to take shape. Here are some photographs of filming from the latest project - a graffiti documentary within Hyde Park and surrounding areas.

WEBSITE.

I read about Dan Kitchener coming back to Leeds on a megabus at half 6 in the morning, so his stuff can't be too bad eh. He's worked with shit loads of people, from Ian Brown to Kylie to Disney to Channel 4 sex education shows. Below is his showreel from 2009 which i pinched off his site.

SHUNT

Also i feel i must commemorate the visit by archiving our evening entertainment at SHUNT underneath london bridge. wierd. They played really obscure electronica and showcased lots of experimental film throughout, with the main attraction being a live set from Adelbert Strasse & Morshul Dull - who apparently were original members of cult 70's German electronics band POWERPACK. They were also after bums. Yes.


Strange one but a great trip nonetheless. Bedtime now, lots of sleep for an epic days critical studies tomorrow. Lord lord

L Town

London was good times indeed, i hate going because as soon as i arrive it makes leeds and everywhere else seem so bad. Me and tom met up in shoreditch after abit of a walk from bethnal green and managed to find that Goldie exhibition i was talking about before. It was mint, i got some photographs off my phone too-

LUNAR

Brand new night of all things good starting next month at wire, bank holiday monday. THREE pounds, and a wicked flyer by Jack Scott - whos putting the night on incidentally. Havent played out for ages, better put some hours in eh

FAUNA

GOLDIE!

I dug out two of my favourite reads when cleaning out my room back home over easter - spraycan art and subway art - probably two of the most iconic graffiti books published. I havent painted for ages and never really got too daring with it, but some of the stuff in these books is still pretty inspiring for me now. id love to dig out my sketchbooks from years back and see what they look like, pure cringeworthy no doubt.

Theres some youthful photographs of goldie in there too with some of his paintings which i should really have scanned in, fucking legend.



As im going to london on thursday i will try and have a look in his latest exhibition. 'the kids are all riot' is at the maverik showroom in shoreditch from the 10th til the 26th of april.

Bathtub fire

Two nice music videos, both time lapsed and masked with a tilt-shift lens filter to create a small scale 'model' effect.

27/3

Havent been here in TIME, too much comm tech. which ended like this incidentally..



I think the last few months have been really worthwhile. I learnt alot of new things and for once have found some sort of long-term thinking, you can immerse yourself with my inner speil via the link on the reeeet hannd siiiide --> haha

So i hear danny boyle wants to make a film with i am kloot? Keep a look out for that

Liz Ainge is the busiest person i've ever met. She recently gave me some VJ software to play about with which was very kind. Her most recent clubnight HUNTING & GATHERING is at milo this sunday, free entry so, cheers.

Exciting times at the moment. I've been in touch with Luke Moseley, a Leeds based song-writer, to produce a music video for one of his tunes. It will coincide with a national promotions campaign of the new album in the summer, apparently being pushed to all major channels and also online. The music isn't my cup of tea, but it could be a great chance to get some exposure. Im gona make another blog for that soon which i'll link to this one, and try and keep it updated.

I'm collabarating with suzie, dom and ben in our elective to produce a video for two of bens close mates - Manchester based hip-hop duo Simple Samples. Still early days with ideas, 'tales of the riverbank part 2' is the tune. BAD

One last thing, - hoping to make a documentary film within my design collective at Oblong, which is the volunteer organisation ive been involved with for send & receive. I think this will be looking at graffiti within Hyde Park and some surrounding areas, although im not sure of any concrete plans yet. Will find out next thursday hopefully.

GREEN SCREEN

LCPU Worldwide

Created in 2004, LCP United consists of 3 art directors based between Paris and Tokyo - using various influences and talent associations to develop exclusive visual experiences through print, motion design and broadcasting. Charles Munka, aka Ques Da IllLord, has been illustrating for U.S labels such as Stones Throw and Warp, and his past artwork for the Brainfeeder collective has taken me some time to follow up

boook fair like!

Went over to the International book fair today briefly today to see our stall, - there was some nice stuff at a glance. Will return tomorrow with more time to have a proper browse..

ZIDANE: a 21st Century portrait

A really interesting take on live sport by Philippe Parreno and Doug Gordon - an impressionistic film about the art of a great footballer and the intensity of a live experience.

17 cameras followed Zinedine Zidane ceaselessly during Real Madrid's home match against Villareal in 2005, and the resulting film depicts the entire 90-minute match entirely from his perspective.

Catch it while you can on iPlayer here;

CORTEZ!

Piccadilly Stone

Was having a chat about David Bloom's stuff today; reminder of how good it is here in his latest short.

A world of cracking ideas

Just found this on the bEEb it looks brilliant, have a look at the website here.

Tom Wood

I enjoyed his lecture today. Admittedly, I wasn't really sure what to expect - as i didn't know much about him at all, so there were no pre-judgments in my mind. But he had some interesting things to say and, as with the other photographers who i've seen this year, an immense passion for his practice.

A working class analygy seemed quite profound throughout his work, in particular a sense of locational identity and character, which is something that draws me. 'All Zones Off Peak' for example; i always seem to relate to the idea of industrial heritage, what makes a place tick, the remains of industrys that have petered out in an area, or social changes that are still visible and that sortve thing.

Comm Tech!

Link to Comm Tech blog now up --->

Fauna

Graphic! Sheffield based painter, doodler, and designer.

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