Experimental Images and Stills

Experimenting with basic 3D, 2009

A sketch of a super 8 camera, 2010



Altered still, 2010



Overlaying image, 2010

Reading List

Recently I have been looking into other areas of critical writing, I am starting to read Nothing by Graham Gussin and Ele Carpenter in relation to my work. The idea of emptiness within social environments interests me, the relationship between the busy and the empty or places that are empty that are usually filled with people and/or objects. I am looking at this not from the aspect of people but from the mediums that are displayed within these areas. In the case of cinemas, I am interested in the filmic medium within the architecture of cinema and picture houses. The gallery environment, when photographed empty makes one focus on the space, but what does the empty projection reel, projecting into this empty blank space have to say about the relationship between cinema and the gallery? Within my research I'm hoping to unravel this query while finding other routes to navigate to.

Moving Forward

I'm continuing the research to explore the notions of cinema within a gallery environment, moving my practice further into this arena of inquiry. The next stage of my research involves experimenting within gallery environments, looking at the empty spaces that is created when there are show change overs. At the same time as this I will continue to explore the technical and mechanical interests I have with cinematic equipment, experimenting with the use of a super 8 projector. Exploring the relationship between direct authorship and the differences of stepping back within my practice.

To do this I will use a super 8 projector that will be projecting one of my experimental films while I film using modern technology, a physical step back away from the technology, allowing for objectivity within the work.

Photofunia.com

Recently I have been experimenting with mock ups of possible billboard prints by using an online software by http://photofunia.com.

Experiments

Rewind, 2010

Just a quick update...

I have been researching the concept 'the medium is the message' recently as well as experimenting with some of the super 8 footage I captured in a cinema.


End Reel, 2009/10

Hopefully these images are going to be printed large scale, possibility even billboard size, as I want the viewer to feel oppressed and uncomfortable with the scale of technology, within society as well as art.


After Lights, 2010, film still

An example of the current themes and ideas I have been using within my practice.