Chatsworth

After the annual trip to Alton Towers, this time staying two nights in the hotel, my family and I decided to take the scenic route home via Chatsworth and spent a few hours in the house and even longer navigating the gardens.  Now like all houses, we get the standard layout of shrubs, trees, sculptures etc. however much I adore the stories and history of the buildings within the land, it is a little heart wrenching when the immediate view from the house is a bunch of tatty shrubs and wonky topiary.  The house has had a lot of money spent on it recently, the dreaded scaffolding is minimal and restricted to the small side of the house for the time being, there is still a way to go and it seems the gardeners struggle on a daily basis clearing paths, making it safe.  Anyone else visiting this year may not expect the blooming roses I saw as they had not been dead-headed therefor their flowers will be a low count.  As a result, I say go in the blooming season!

Also guess who's left a sculpture....

Andy Goldsworthy.  At least I thoroughly believe so, the Dutch and Duchess are very fond of their modern art.  A good experience for the adaptable, but not for those who are stubborn on believing such estates should house the master painters...there were some sketches done by the masters on display though...

Here are some flowers to make up for it.

Degree Show

Opening Night:
Thursday 24th May 18:00-21:00
Regular Opening:
Friday 25th May to Friday 1st June 12:00-18:00

There will be a minimum of 4 art students per day on a rota, any interest in the work will be happily recieved and forwarded to the responsible artist.

'Twelve' Degree Show Installation

This is it!  What my work since September has been building up to!

It failed the safe test of allowing people to walk on it before it even begun because I picked up a tile and it shattered in my hands, however, this is not a bad thing because the ability to stand on it was more of a novelty than anything else.  The work is more effective as a sculpture forcing people to observe it and perceive its meaning.

I have inserted images of the 91 grids of Castle Street in every box then covered a majority of the boxes with the slate tiles, it is my intention that the viewer will understand the piece as a direct comment of what we know is beneath our feet literally illuminating the little knowledge we have of a space we use.

@LJMUFineArt_12

http://liverpoolartprize.com/?event=liverpool-john-moores-university-school-of-art-and-design-2012-degree-show

Royal Du Luxe

Sea Odyssey Liverpool

The Giants took a tour around Liverpool on the 20th to the 22nd April, I took my sister to see the spectacle.

On Castle Street the little girl giant continued her search for her Uncle with his diving suit with her dog.  She found her way to the Docks a few hours later and waited.

On Lord Street, Uncle was peering down streets wearing his suit ready to search for the giant girl's father, he grew tired and took a break outside St George's Hall, he then continued heading for the docks.

http://www.giantspectacular.com/

Official Basement Project Poster

Created from the map I made in Microsoft Paint.

The Basement Project links

I know its a bit late but I have only just discovered them after finding other Projects which involve the word Basement...

http://www.sevenstreets.com/art-and-creativity/radar-the-basement-project/

http://www.artinliverpool.com/?p=28006

http://twitter.com/#!/The_Basement_P

http://liverpoolfineart.posterous.com/

BASEMENT

As number 16 on the map, I am finding it the most difficult to access power, however, the meeting today with the building manager has relieved a lot of issues faced by both myself and the other artists involved.  Rat traps will be cleared during the installation, electricians will be in to hook us up in the next week or so as well as cleaners who will dispose of the large debris on the floor.  All we need to do is publication and signs saying things like "Mind your head" as the doorways are small.  We also need to conger a list of needs from Gary for the exhibition (ie. torches in case of power out, fire extinguisher, exit route signs etc.) perfect considering I had been rummaging all the people I knew for their hoovers, brooms, hands on experience and ideas for how to make this work.  I've left masks and gloves down there for any of my fellow artists to use if needs be and now I am focusing on the presentation of my work to others in a paper format, various other mediums of presentation, publication and display.

We got together on Monday to produce a poster from our favourite images of the basement, my favourite is the wall with a cow in the plaster...

The following are the posters I designed...very simple images of wall space.

The following is everyone favourite because it is a simple 'accident' image which subtly suggests the contemporary art within the project.  We all think the text needs to be a little larger, stick LJMU as the last sentence and it will be fit for publishing.

So publishing, nailing, sanding, painting blocks and getting lights tested are on my to do list so far.

I've also been thinking about he degree show, how to change and adapt my project and such.  I want to use the knowledge I have acquired to further influence the outcome...the knowledge of the dock changes, markets, archaeological discoveries, social adaption.  Technology is just scraping the surface and only one aspect I could explore, but the Basement project will have accomplished this.  So a new method of installation...more interesting and relevant compare to the nails in wood, a new material within the piece...  I can go as far as a sketch up of this for now, my focus will need to be on the Basement and publication for the time being.