Phonetic sounds...

Sound Box

Sound Box

Concrete, guitar stand

50cm x 31cm x 8.5cm

(Detail)

Physical manifestation of sound

Northern Art Prize 2013

"The Last Gaze" - Margaret Harrison. By far the best work for The Northern Art Prize if you ask me! Particularly this piece. Backing you all the way, fingers crossed!

Maracas

Maracas

Concrete

25cm x 10cm (each)

Maraca

Concrete

25cm x 10cm 

Actually surprisingly delicate due to being made in two halves. This was however the first attempt so at least they look like maracas!

Surrealist waves...

Kettlewaves

Ink, paper

42cm x 29.7cm

Experiment, breaking up a drawing of a kettle with a soundwave patterns. It ended up giving the image a sort of Dali, surrealist melted look, which was an unexpected outcome. 

Might try taking a photo and emulating the soundwave pattern by moving the imagine in a scanner to manipulate the image. Especially as this would look perhaps more scientific, like a frequency diagram of sound. 

Concrete Poetry

Sak-suh-fohn.

Digital print

42cm x 29.7cm

Che-lo.

Digital print

42cm x 29.7cm

Guitar...

In the latex stage - concrete guitar, slowly does it, just a 5 day wait now...!

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Concrete maracas anyone?...photos on the way

Advice

"If you can put it in words, there's no point in there being any materials involved"

Wise words from a fellow artist struck a chord....

Vantage Prize photos

Brilliant experience exhibiting among so much amazing art, would highly recommend going to the next exhib, which I think the organisers hope to put to together around the end of this year! Logistics meant that I had to go for a footlight instead of a spotlight, BUT the overall effect remains the same I think.

Accepted to exhibit work in Vantage Art Prize 2013!

"REFRAIN", as shown below in a previous post has been accepted in to the Vantage Art Prize 2013! This is a prize local to Leeds and the surrounding area and will be a showcase of exciting, contemporary art from Yorkshire based artists. Please come along!

Where: Ellington House, Leeds Valley Park

When:  21st February 2013

             7pm until late

For help with how to get there click on the link below:

http://www.vantageartprize.com/#!access/ce7r

REFRAIN

                                                        REFRAIN

                                                        Concrete, music stand

                                                        87cm x 35cm x 35cm

                                         (Close up of concrete cast)

Optional info:

The word “REFRAIN” has two very different definitions:

Within the jargon of music it is the term used for the chorus, a repeated phrase of sound caused by the gathering of most, if not all of the sounds involved.

Outside of music, the term is a negative direction, where in contrast to the nature of coming together (in music), it is in fact pushing people away.

This contradiction forms the basis of the piece, which is mimicked in the materials used. The concrete deadens any potential for sound that is felt in the presence of a music stand.

Our relationship as viewer to the sound and the idea of sound becomes highlighted, quite literally as I mean to have a spotlight shining down on the sculpture for exhibition purposes. This would simultaneously create the illusion of performance and highlight the text on the concrete, creating a tension for the viewer. If displayed I'll take some more photos of it in this idea of installation.

Relocation relocation relocation

I'm now based up in Leeds! Very happy to see that Leeds Art Gallery has a Haroon Mirza piece!! Finally with the time, space and money to do it I'm working on a concrete sculpture - will post photos of the designs on here ASAP.