Well, not only do I have the excitement of the WBHD exhibition, which opens later this week, but there are another couple of interesting projects coming up. Firstly, I will be attending an induction at The Edge to allow me to use one of their 3D printers. This will be a bit of an adventure for me! Fortunately my eldest son is booked in also. After he did his Science degree he achieved Honours in Physics, so I will be able to lean on him a little.
The other exciting news is that I have booked the Graydon Gallery, Newfarm, for a group exhibition early next year. You will be hearing more about these events over the coming weeks. C x
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Sunday, August 23, 2015
Thursday, November 13, 2014
Living Change Exhibition
Today I headed down to Childers for the opening of Flying Arts Qld Regional Art Awards 'Living Change' exhibition.
Last year I had been fortunate enough to win the Digital Art Award with my work called 'Immersed'.
There was a small but enthusiastic group there for the opening and a delicious morning tea was served.
I was able to tell the group about my award which was a two week fully paid residency at The Edge in Brisbane. Click here to read more about The Edge.
It was great to see all the selected works from that competition in the flesh. There is a lot of good art coming out of Regional Queensland.
I gave Flying Arts a bit of publicity, as I had been a rep for them in the early years of my art practice and they are a brilliant organisation supporting regional artists in many ways.
Below is my work 'Immersed'. It is a photograph of a woman merged with a photograph taken from a plane over the port areas. That day it was easy to see that the rivers were full of silt washed down by the floods. The aerial photo I took captured the sparkling rivulets that wound their way around the landscape, and it was a very beautiful sight. But in the making of the artwork, the piece became more sombre. cx
Last year I had been fortunate enough to win the Digital Art Award with my work called 'Immersed'.
There was a small but enthusiastic group there for the opening and a delicious morning tea was served.
I was able to tell the group about my award which was a two week fully paid residency at The Edge in Brisbane. Click here to read more about The Edge.
It was great to see all the selected works from that competition in the flesh. There is a lot of good art coming out of Regional Queensland.
I gave Flying Arts a bit of publicity, as I had been a rep for them in the early years of my art practice and they are a brilliant organisation supporting regional artists in many ways.
Below is my work 'Immersed'. It is a photograph of a woman merged with a photograph taken from a plane over the port areas. That day it was easy to see that the rivers were full of silt washed down by the floods. The aerial photo I took captured the sparkling rivulets that wound their way around the landscape, and it was a very beautiful sight. But in the making of the artwork, the piece became more sombre. cx
Friday, December 6, 2013
Chilling out!
At last it's time to chill out a little. All my major projects are finished for the year, so I can relax a bit before Xmas.
I wanted to tell you more about my time at The Edge.
I am so grateful to Flying Arts and The Edge for sponsoring the Digital Art Award at the recent Qld Regional Art Awards. My prize was a fully funded two week residency at The Edge.
The Edge is part of the State Library of Qld, and it allows the opportunity to experiment across the arts, technology, science and enterprise.
You can reserve a bay window (overlooking the cityscape and Brisbane River) for solo or group work. Book a mac to use specialist creative software and record, edit and mix music in Lab 3.
There are free beginners workshops in the basics of design, film animation, music recording and more. You can pay for one on-one tutoring by appointment also.
You can meet up with collaborators and a creative community. A range of meet-ups take place in the space for face-to-face networking or you can join them on Facebook and Twitter.
edgeqld.org.au
Daniel Flood and his staff do a great job and are very friendly and supportive.
During my stay I had tutoring to improve my key framing skills, and I attended two workshops relating to Video mapping. I also made myself familiar with some of the best software on the market today. I'm not yet up to learning that software, but I will get there some day with the help of the folk of The Edge.
Since my return home, I have been trawling the net for more video mapping information.
Attached is a video of a very basic mapping I have made with simple software on my iPad!!. What next!!!??? This video looks to the rear of my studio, with 4 plinths close to the front.
cx
I wanted to tell you more about my time at The Edge.
I am so grateful to Flying Arts and The Edge for sponsoring the Digital Art Award at the recent Qld Regional Art Awards. My prize was a fully funded two week residency at The Edge.
The Edge is part of the State Library of Qld, and it allows the opportunity to experiment across the arts, technology, science and enterprise.
You can reserve a bay window (overlooking the cityscape and Brisbane River) for solo or group work. Book a mac to use specialist creative software and record, edit and mix music in Lab 3.
There are free beginners workshops in the basics of design, film animation, music recording and more. You can pay for one on-one tutoring by appointment also.
You can meet up with collaborators and a creative community. A range of meet-ups take place in the space for face-to-face networking or you can join them on Facebook and Twitter.
edgeqld.org.au
Daniel Flood and his staff do a great job and are very friendly and supportive.
During my stay I had tutoring to improve my key framing skills, and I attended two workshops relating to Video mapping. I also made myself familiar with some of the best software on the market today. I'm not yet up to learning that software, but I will get there some day with the help of the folk of The Edge.
Since my return home, I have been trawling the net for more video mapping information.
Attached is a video of a very basic mapping I have made with simple software on my iPad!!. What next!!!??? This video looks to the rear of my studio, with 4 plinths close to the front.
cx
Friday, November 8, 2013
More news from The Edge
Tuesday was a treat for me. The morning, I spent sampling some of the many software programs available for people to use. Top of the range versions…..so intimidating! Illustrator, Dreamweaver, Final Cut Pro, After Effects and so on. The computer screens are completely covered in icons.
It made my day when I was able to rotate an object across the screen in Adobe After Effects!!!
In the evening, I was able to attend a wonderful lecture by Dan Cook, who has created projections for the Opera House, Vivid and many other amazing projects.
Dan showed us some videos of the outstanding projects that people around the world have done. So inspiring!
Dan told us the history to date of projections and also provided some very useful practical advice too.
This lecture is to be followed up by a couple of workshops, where we will be building prototype laser projectors, for mapping small objects.
I can see where my art practice is heading!
On the occasional evening that I am home early in the evening, this is the view of Brisbane that I am fortunate to enjoy from my son's apartment by the river.
Sometimes I think I am dreaming!!!
Till soon, Cx
It made my day when I was able to rotate an object across the screen in Adobe After Effects!!!
In the evening, I was able to attend a wonderful lecture by Dan Cook, who has created projections for the Opera House, Vivid and many other amazing projects.
Dan showed us some videos of the outstanding projects that people around the world have done. So inspiring!
Dan told us the history to date of projections and also provided some very useful practical advice too.
This lecture is to be followed up by a couple of workshops, where we will be building prototype laser projectors, for mapping small objects.
I can see where my art practice is heading!
On the occasional evening that I am home early in the evening, this is the view of Brisbane that I am fortunate to enjoy from my son's apartment by the river.
Sometimes I think I am dreaming!!!
Till soon, Cx
Wednesday, November 6, 2013
The Edge
Sunday morning arrived and I had the short flight to Brisbane. I was curious to see from high up in the air, if the rivers were still muddy brown, churned up as they had been by recent flooding. The land is very forgiving it seems, because all appeared to be in order.....for now.
Silver spangled rivers gently meandered towards a sparkling sea on a glorious Queensland morning. 'Beautiful one day-perfect the next.' as the saying goes.
On Monday, my first meeting was with the the Edge's boss, Daniel Flood, after 12, so I had arranged to meet the very talented photographer, Keith Carey in the morning. We had a very nice time sipping our coffees on the river bank, and chatting about the possibilities of Keith exhibiting at Dirty Linen some time in the future.
(That upside down elephant sculpture is growing on me.)
In the afternoon, Daniel gave me the grand tour of The Edge's brilliant facilities, which include everything a technology geek like myself could possibly dream of, from a huge room full of massive Apple computers, to sound studios, to auditoriums and so much more. All accessible to the public at very little , or no cost. Their goal, simply stated, is to promote new technologies and also to support scientific endeavour..
Daniel and I discussed what was possible for The Edge to provide for me in the way of tuition. the outcome of that meeting was very positive, and I will come away a great deal more skilled than I have been in the past. This is a wonderful opportunity for me, thanks to 'The Edge', and the Flying Arts organisation.
I am keen to catch up with Flying Arts Jenny Jones and co soon.
More news tomorrow. cx
Silver spangled rivers gently meandered towards a sparkling sea on a glorious Queensland morning. 'Beautiful one day-perfect the next.' as the saying goes.
On Monday, my first meeting was with the the Edge's boss, Daniel Flood, after 12, so I had arranged to meet the very talented photographer, Keith Carey in the morning. We had a very nice time sipping our coffees on the river bank, and chatting about the possibilities of Keith exhibiting at Dirty Linen some time in the future.
(That upside down elephant sculpture is growing on me.)
In the afternoon, Daniel gave me the grand tour of The Edge's brilliant facilities, which include everything a technology geek like myself could possibly dream of, from a huge room full of massive Apple computers, to sound studios, to auditoriums and so much more. All accessible to the public at very little , or no cost. Their goal, simply stated, is to promote new technologies and also to support scientific endeavour..
Daniel and I discussed what was possible for The Edge to provide for me in the way of tuition. the outcome of that meeting was very positive, and I will come away a great deal more skilled than I have been in the past. This is a wonderful opportunity for me, thanks to 'The Edge', and the Flying Arts organisation.
I am keen to catch up with Flying Arts Jenny Jones and co soon.
More news tomorrow. cx
Saturday, November 2, 2013
Off to Brizvegas!!
I will be on an early flight to Brisbane tomorrow, to start my residency at The Edge on Monday. It is going to be an exciting fortnight.
I have spent the day on the computer as always. I am trying to finalise my video for the Bundaberg Centenary celebrations which will occur a few days after my return from Brisbane.....cutting it fine!
The video is coming along quite nicely. I have had to access the library archives for this project. Much of the historical material has been damaged even before it has been recorded, which is a shame.
Anyway, I will have to make do. I will let you know how things go in Brisbane.
Talk art soon. cx
I have spent the day on the computer as always. I am trying to finalise my video for the Bundaberg Centenary celebrations which will occur a few days after my return from Brisbane.....cutting it fine!
The video is coming along quite nicely. I have had to access the library archives for this project. Much of the historical material has been damaged even before it has been recorded, which is a shame.
Anyway, I will have to make do. I will let you know how things go in Brisbane.
Talk art soon. cx
Monday, September 23, 2013
The Edge
I was delighted today, to find out that I had won an award at this years Queensland Regional Art Awards. I have been awarded a two week , fully funded residency at The Edge at the State Library in Brisbane.
'The Queensland Regional Art Awards is an annual visual arts prize and exhibition for established and emerging artists living in regional and remote Queensland. The program aims to highlight the wealth of creative talent located outside the capital city and provide a platform for further professional development.' (Quote taken from Flying Arts website.)
I am so excited about this wonderful opportunity! Check out the artworks on the QRAA link above.
'The Queensland Regional Art Awards is an annual visual arts prize and exhibition for established and emerging artists living in regional and remote Queensland. The program aims to highlight the wealth of creative talent located outside the capital city and provide a platform for further professional development.' (Quote taken from Flying Arts website.)
I am so excited about this wonderful opportunity! Check out the artworks on the QRAA link above.
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