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You can see me getting frustrated, analytical and sometimes down right silly on my live webcast at 1:00 pm most days, with the occasional special guest dropping in. It continues till I run out of things to say......
Past episodes and a link to the live feed is available HERE
Feedback would be appreciated through the contacts form. x
Past episodes and a link to the live feed is available HERE
Feedback would be appreciated through the contacts form. x
Mission Statement
After embarking on a huge career change (in that through working in the television industry I realised there is no such thing as a career), I am now embarking on a life of making things.
Having spent most of my life collecting, watching, reading, playing, travelling and working, I have realised that the most rewarding experience comes from creating.
I have just completed an MA in Fine Art at the University for the Creative Arts in Canterbury and passed with distinction. On this course I gained the necessary direction and intellectual rigour to make things that fall into the category of art. I also made a video that tried to capture the experience. Click HERE to see it, although be aware that I don't feel the need to hit the reset switch much these days. Life is too rich and time is too precious.
The large collection of objects collected over the years have provided inspiration and the raw materials for a practice that uses various media, dependant on what feels right at the time. As my condition as a hoarder, (I prefer the term collector), became a part of my work on the course, I wrote my research paper on how many of the objects we keep are because of their links to memory rather than their intrinsic value.
Whether it be a love song to an old video game, or a sculpture made out of an old cassette tape, my wish is to continue creating with my possessions in order for them to find redemption as art, and not just as an archive of my own life.
This website itself is a repository for investigations and commentary on my own objects. If you think I'm just showing off about how much stuff I have, they are an albatross around my neck, something I must be free of before my life can truly become one of a traveller.
My aim is to move many of my objects into a virtual domain, where they can still be visually available and in some cases interacted with. As this website evolves and grows, I hope to document this process in a way that might make you think about the role of objects in your life.
If you like a word and see that the mouse pointer has turned into a little hand, click, and discover more. Be careful though, you may discover a lot more than you bargained for!
Please feel free to suggest improvements or point out errors. Enjoy............
Having spent most of my life collecting, watching, reading, playing, travelling and working, I have realised that the most rewarding experience comes from creating.
I have just completed an MA in Fine Art at the University for the Creative Arts in Canterbury and passed with distinction. On this course I gained the necessary direction and intellectual rigour to make things that fall into the category of art. I also made a video that tried to capture the experience. Click HERE to see it, although be aware that I don't feel the need to hit the reset switch much these days. Life is too rich and time is too precious.
The large collection of objects collected over the years have provided inspiration and the raw materials for a practice that uses various media, dependant on what feels right at the time. As my condition as a hoarder, (I prefer the term collector), became a part of my work on the course, I wrote my research paper on how many of the objects we keep are because of their links to memory rather than their intrinsic value.
Whether it be a love song to an old video game, or a sculpture made out of an old cassette tape, my wish is to continue creating with my possessions in order for them to find redemption as art, and not just as an archive of my own life.
This website itself is a repository for investigations and commentary on my own objects. If you think I'm just showing off about how much stuff I have, they are an albatross around my neck, something I must be free of before my life can truly become one of a traveller.
My aim is to move many of my objects into a virtual domain, where they can still be visually available and in some cases interacted with. As this website evolves and grows, I hope to document this process in a way that might make you think about the role of objects in your life.
If you like a word and see that the mouse pointer has turned into a little hand, click, and discover more. Be careful though, you may discover a lot more than you bargained for!
Please feel free to suggest improvements or point out errors. Enjoy............
