Tag Archives: drawing
glacier tracer
Still frames taken from performance-to-camera piece. Charcoal and pen drawing on nylon, video projection. 20 minutes 25s produced with assistance from Jemma Nissen and the support of Kathy Waghorn. This performance piece reconstructs a series of walks on Fox Glacier, … Continue reading
in 2011, work
Tagged atmospheres, drawing, fox glacier, performance, projection, video, walking
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fare well tha’ nation
Readymade drawing from the head branch of the Royal Bank of Scotland. 250 x 200mm. Edition of 10. In Scotland each bank is responsible for printing its own money, a major point of difference with most other countries, and one … Continue reading
LAND. HERE.
GPS trace from a 6.8km walk at the confluence of the Fox and Cook Rivers, South Westland, New Zealand. This piece explores the propositional nature of mapping; the assertion that “this is there”. As a walked text piece the statement … Continue reading
sitting still drawing #1
Paired GPS drawing and digital video. 15 minute looping video These paired images offer complementary ways of thinking about stillness in the context of Fox Glacier and any attempt to represent it through mapping. One is an image of my … Continue reading
work–in–progress : glacier mapping
GPS data collected over three week period. This is an early sketch of some of the material gathered during my recent residency period in Fox Glacier, New Zealand. During the residency I undertook a dozen or so walks on the … Continue reading
GPS drawing workshop
As Wild Creations artist in residence I offered to run a drawing workshop for pupils of Fox Glacier Primary School. Over three sessions I introduced the idea of drawing on the land, beginning with historical precedents such as the white … Continue reading
kitset 2.0
Laser cut model–making plywood, metal rings. First exhibited at Phylogeny Weekend, John Hope Gateway building, Royal Botanic Gardens of Edinburgh, Scotland. February 2010. Shown as part of a two person show Infinite Fondness, at Wolfson College, Oxford University, England. June … Continue reading
kitset
Laser cut model-making plywood, metal rings. exhibited at line-space-material, a solo exhibition at Evolution House, Edinburgh, Scotland. August 2009. and Architecture/ECOLOGY, an academic conference at the University of Sheffield, England. November 2009. Very slender, laser cut elements, based on geometry … Continue reading
light material construction
Two modified slide projectors, coloured filters. exhibited at line-space-material, a solo exhibition at Evolution House, Edinburgh, Scotland. August 2009. Two projectors are placed in opposite corners of the space, with spatially specific inserts to compensate for “keystone” distortion, creating two … Continue reading
rule 110
rule 110 Watercolour and pencil on paper, desk, chair, brushes, performance. shown/performed at Inverleith House, Royal Botanic Gardens, Edinburgh, Scotland. February 2009 This drawing and performance piece makes connections between the obsessive behaviour of scientists and artists. The drawing follows … Continue reading
drawing cycle
Charcoal and conte on paper, bicycle, drawing apparatus. series of 17 drawings. shown at Lolapalooza Gallery, Oxford, England. July 2008 These drawings were produced during my 15 mile daily commute in rural Oxfordshire, by a form of automatic drawing. The … Continue reading
nine square
Mixed media/digital video. 2 minutes 50s shown in Viewfinder, Auckland Public Library/New Zealand Film Archive. April – May 2006 now in the collection of the New Zealand Film Archive. This video piece documents an architectural project concerned with repetition, subtle … Continue reading