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More Gelli
Doing a little more practice with acrylic paint and gel plates. I want to do hybrid mixed media soon.
Things: a story of the Sixties
I’m trying to read more of Perec’s work; I only had time to skim it and other works in the first module. On the back cover is a quote from a review by Andrew Motion in The Observer. “Things: A story of the Sixties is the story of a young couple who want to enjoy… Continue reading Things: a story of the Sixties
Thursday Nights
Or The Infra-ordinary, the Ordinary and the Extraordinary Or Endotic, Everyday and Exotic Every Thursday I take the train to Belfast from my home in Coleraine. Well I did until the MA started. Belfast was so parochial compared with London, Cambridge or Berlin, but it was slightly less ‘one horse’ than St. Catharines or Coleraine.… Continue reading Thursday Nights
Record receipt
It just ocurred to me … that record receipt from November 75 for Joni Mitchell’s ‘Blue’ and Steely Dan’s ‘Countdown to Ecstasy’ … well, I still have most of my old vinyl, although I haven’t played them for over 30 years (but I’m actively putting together my old hifi system from the 70s and 80s… Continue reading Record receipt
Musing and Reflection
We are in the pause between the first and second modules of the MA at present. In the first module I was looking for, and found, a portfolio group of themes under the umbrella of TIME. Theme One was the observation and examination of the infra-ordinary, the endotic – observing everyday objects and daily and… Continue reading Musing and Reflection
Jelly on the plate
So far my work has been mainly to do with digital photography, digital editing, compositing and writing. I’d like to extend it into hybrid forms of collaging. This is a good time to try such work, in between modules, when we have no official course work to do. One of the methods I’m going to… Continue reading Jelly on the plate
Another tester or two
I combined this image twice with one of me The first composite Another, other tester -trying another portrait The first composite Another, other tester -trying another portrait The Second Composite I combined this image twice with one of me The Second Composite The composite
Showing work
Some work I made tonight, using Photoshop to make 2 composites. here are the 2 composites I made. Just testers, I think.
The Last Post ?
The first module, MA 1.1 Research and Practice, finishes today. All the assignments were uploaded at 3.30 am. I am exhausted after the last 2 weeks of writing. What an experience!