review of work in progress - march 2013
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End of Teaching Block 2 in the final year of my Fine Art MA. No more teaching, just the summer to crank out some work for the end of course show in September...TRANSCRIPT
Year 2 - end of teaching block 2 report
The MA Fine Art story this year - Peter Missen 26/03/2013
Ceramics and Glass workshops now our new MA Fine Art Space
Poignant that we are back in the same space that was such a hive of activity during the summer
Still very pissed off that the fabulous facilities that formerly occupied our new MA space were cast out by the University authorities...
24/7/365 access would be most appropriate for a research degree I had this 25 years ago on my last Masters
degree!
My Influences
Francis BaconTriptychsThe number 3Binary notationHaiku poemsCodes
MA Fine Art end of year show
My RolesAssisting Maggie with coordination
CCi professional practice fund committee member
Treasurer− Community account is set up (£530 so far)
− Spent £7.95 on Tally clickers & £4.00 on mirror plates
Copy editor
Team worker
Been looking for locations as well...
Further Reading undertaken
Manwatching – Desmond Morris
Fuzzy Thinking – Bart Kosko
Chance – Margaret Iversen - Whitechapel Art Gallery
Dada - art and anti-art – Hans Richter
Kenneth Martin – Tate Gallery
This is the Order – Issue 3
Frank Stella – Robert Rosenblum
Mondrian – Whitechapel Art Gallery
Eats, Shoots and Leaves – Lynne Truss
Lost for Words – John Humphrys
Further research
Jeffery SteeleHouse visits
Interview
Talks at Exhibitions
The Rational Aesthetic
Powers of Three – relentlessenergy.com
Bridget RileyPaintings and Drawings 1951-71
Community work
Attend the SSCC meetings– Chaired one meeting
Attended Purple Door event – Jon Adams
Signed up for Help the Aged project
Facilitated at “Create 2013”
Gritty art with Jon Adams
Create 2013
Create 2013 – Art 1 group
Create 2013 – Art 2 group
Exhibitions
Solo show - exhibited 8 paintings at the King's Theatre Southsea in January
Exhibitions to come
Worked on an idea for a show in March - – Was a NIGHTNMARE!!!
– Good learning opportunity! (Marc will tell all)
GASP – liaison with the GASP selection committee for our MA student show in April– Chess set, Japanese jug, binary tablet triptych
MA interim show in June– Meteorite project
MA end of course show in September– Lots of stuff!
A Nightmare on Elm Grove!• Negotiated with Lou at Room 237
• 3 man show – Graham Humphreys, Marc, Me
• For March 13th PV
• One week show
• Secured £500 CCi PPF one-off grant
• All went “belly up” over insurance for Graham
• Despite visits to talk over the situation with 237 staff
• University H&S + Fire Officer visited Room 237
• Made them think about their space!
• Now closing for at least 4 months
• Screwed us for a September location for our MA show
Horror Symposium went ahead
Event poster Graham Humphreys with his poster
@Paint my paintings
Collaboration via the web
Contributed to the first 4 projects
Project 5 on the boil
Facebook/Twitter/YouTube
Organised by Vincent Driscoll
@Paint my paintings
Project number 1 Project number 3
@Paint my paintings
Project number 2 Project number 4
MA Fine Art ProjectsMeteorite
– Multiple installations, paintings, photographs
1,000,000 wishes
– Installation
Chance/Randomness/Indeterminacy
– Installations, film projection
Participation Project
– Standard 20”x30” boards
Pop up project – with pop corn holders
Life drawing
– Multiple media
Meteorite project
Planned Pop Up Art ProjectMeteorites crashed into the earth from another world
Various periods of time throughout history (Zelig)
Multiple locations
Photography at locations/green screen (Barry)
Produce wall prints and book of photos
Need smoke machine, Geiger counter, and lights...
Meteorite project
Sketch by Marc Beattie
Meteorite project
Sketch by Marc Beattie
Meteorite project
Components @November
Meteorite project
Component development
Meteorite project (today)
Meteorite project (today)
Meteorite project (today)
Meteorite project (cave paintings)
Concrete on canvas
Acrylic paint/pastels
Threes feature throughout
1,000,000 Wishes Project
Based on Pete Codling's 1,000,000 Pebbles Project
Wishing well with “bricks” made with Pete's pebbles
Binary pattern in the face of the bricks
3 pebbles per brick representing 3 bits
8 bricks per course therefore 3 bytes per course
6 courses in the well wall therefore 18 bytes total
Pebble themes in each course
Any donations will go to charity
1,000,000 Wishes Project
Sketch by Marc Beattie Sample bricks (face theme)
Chance/Randomness/Indeterminacy
Film taken on 12/12/12 – location Southsea beach
Search for 1 byte (8) of pebbles – nearly 14 minutes long
This year's participation project
Giving folks the sameCanvas board
Picture – scary samurai mask
TaskUse their own style
Produce an art work
Medium of choice
Two completed so far
Marc Beattie Johnny Hammer
Participations so far...
CCi Skills - Life drawing sessions
CCi Skills - Life drawing sessions
Pop up pop corn holders
• Plan to build a giant pyramid in the café
• Up to the roof
• Camera on a tripod in the corner
• Sit at a table near the pyramid
• With camera remote control
• Take photos as people look/pass by
• Photographically document what happens…
Eldon Café pop up…
Later this week!
Photo-documenting local exhibitions
Many Photographic Albums on Facebook
Visits to City Museum, Aspex, GASP, Southsea Library, Room 237,Make! Believe! Make!
Re-Place, Going home, "Talkin’2 to myself..." (Eminem, Recovery, 2010)
Defragmentation
Infamous - adventures in pop culture, CUT STITCH B*TCH KITZCH
Atelier Southsea grand opening
King's Theatre - Southsea
Documenting local exhibitions
Going Home - GASP
Documenting local exhibitions
Documenting local exhibitions
Re-place by Gillian Hawkins @ GASP
"Talkin’2 to myself..." (Eminem, Recovery, 2010) @ GASP
Documenting local exhibitions
"Talkin’2 to myself..." (Eminem, Recovery, 2010) @ GASP
Documenting local exhibitions
Atelier Grand Opening
Documenting local exhibitions
Atelier Grand Opening
Documenting local exhibitions
Atelier Grand Opening
Documenting local exhibitions
Defragmentation @ Southsea Library
Documenting local exhibitions
Make! Believe! Make! Alice Kettle @ City Museum
Documenting local exhibitions
Documenting local exhibitions
Documenting local exhibitions
CUT STITCH B*TCH KITZCH @ 237
Documenting local exhibitions
Infamous - adventures in pop culture @ 237
Trips to Exhibitions
• Professional Image Makers Convention
• London Hilton
• Professional Beauty
• London ExCel
• London Super Comic Conference
• London ExCel
• Focus on Imaging
• Birmingham NEC
London Super Comic Convention
Continued…
Codes – on ceramic slabs
Codes – on ceramic slabs
Codes – on ceramic slabs
Codes – on ceramic slabs
Codes – on ceramic slabs
Codes – on ceramic slabs
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That's all folks
Questions?