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Monthly Archives: June 2011
The iPhone Journal
As I took a few quick snaps recently recording a last day in uniform and a last day at school, I realised I had already amassed a fair few such photos in the photo library of this phone. I realised … Continue reading
The Limits of Technology?
It has taken me a few days to fully recover from my nasty bout of sickness the other day. Only this morning did I feel able to haul myself out of bed early for a jog. It seems the sickness … Continue reading
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The Power of Fragrance
After my post in praise of roses the other week, today I demonstrate my fickle and inconstant nature by lauding the mock orange and lime blossoms all around me at this time of year. A few hundred miles north makes … Continue reading
Wandering Holbeck
I’m wandering Holbeck today as preparation for a project I’m working on for an art festival in July. It’s a hot sticky morning but it’s not an unpleasant walk amongst the light industrial units, scarred wasteland and dumped rubbish. Birds … Continue reading
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Sunday Selections: Deep Insights
This week’s trawl through the archive (thanks Frogpondsrock) comprises etchings and Photoshop creations prompted by the 2008/9 banking crisis. All statements are quotations taken from media interviews with bankers at the time.
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Tagged digital art, postaday2011, printmaking, Visual Arts
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On Enforced Isolation
Be careful what you wish for. An old adage forcefully running through my head as I have lain in bed staring at ceiling and listening to Radio 4 for the past 24 hours. Woe is me. After posting just two … Continue reading
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Public ‘Art’ in Harrogate
I was inspired and intrigued to hear from a regular reader a week or so ago (in response to a post I had written) about a public art initiative by Harrogate Town Council. It seemed the Council had provided a … Continue reading
Yes Man? No, Man.
One of my least favourite actors is Jim Carrey. It’s a bit of an irrational dislike, as such dislikes often are, but the odd thing here is that I think he has made some remarkably good thought-provoking films under that … Continue reading
Looking at Public Art Under The Paving Stones
I went to a great discussion last night on public art organised by East Street Arts: what public art is, who does it, and how and why. A lot to think about in a couple of hours. Chaired by Roddy … Continue reading
Wars Worth Fighting
I’m all technically exhausted (as in exhausted with technological challenge) so my brain is being switched off today. Last night saw the projector crash 10 minutes before the performance was due to start. By some Miracle of Miracles a spare … Continue reading
