Beat13 / Lucy McLauchlan: Tacit
Sunday, June 28th, 2009I’m well overdue posting some of Lucy McLauchlan’s beautiful work here. The video below is a few months old now but thanks to a morning spent catching up on various feeds (respect due to Club Mumble on this one), I’m reminded how much I love it…
“A short film directed by Matt Watkins featuring Lucy McLauchlan’s improvised painting process and the harvesting of urban detritus. Tacit was filmed between locations in Birmingham and Walsall Art Gallery.
The soundtrack was composed, performed and recorded by McLauchlan and Watkins with a circuit bent broken radio and a ‘prepared’ piano in the reception of Birmingham’s Custard Factory.”
You can see more of Lucy’s artwork at the Beat13 website
Newwork Magazine
Monday, June 22nd, 2009Gorgeous biannual magazine designed and published by Studio Newwork.
From their site…
“NEWWORK magazine is a large-format arts publication for Connoisseur of fresh ideas. Designed and published biannually by studio NEWWORK, each issue features new work from a wide range of artists and creators in the worlds of fine art, design, high fashion, culture, and politics. From art directors to business leaders, design students to curators, NEWWORK’s contributors are united in their passion to push the boundaries of their disciplines. Among the magazine’s special features are bold, custom-designed typefaces and a twist on the traditional newspaper format, offering a stimulating juxtaposition of striking design and everyday simplicity. Since pages can be separated, each layout can be hung on the wall as an individual art piece.”
visit www.newworkmag.com
When The Lights Go Out (Igor Cobileanski)
Saturday, June 20th, 2009Something for the weekend… A personal favorite from 2006.
Back again…
Tuesday, June 16th, 2009Long time no see. Let’s skip the apologies this time and get on with what’s what shall we.
As you can see the site has had a little refit to make way for things to come. I’m tired of giving all my time to clients and never getting a chance to move forward with multilink. Precarious as the current climate may be, I’ve made the decision to cut loose and see what’s possible here once and for all. The next issue of the online/pdf magazine is currently in production with an intended release date within the next couple of months, expect the usual cocktail of people and things spanning the period since the last one. I’m also organising a small online shop to help some featured artists and friends get their stuff out there. The focus will hopefully be on limited items and stuff you can’t pick up everywhere else.
The most common request over the years has been for a print version of each issue so people have a physical copy of the artwork to flick through. In some ways this goes against the nature of the online publication but I do hear where you’re coming from. In response I’m looking into a series of small but perfectly formed artwork books that will be produced in limited numbers and available in the new shop too, possibly alongside some limited prints. More about that as it comes together.
It’s probably wise that I leave it there for now, there’s quite a bit more going on but it’s a little further down the line. Now more than ever I’m looking for people to help out, particularly writers with ideas for articles or essays on creative subjects. If you have something that you think might make sense in the shop, hit me up about that too. I’ll do my best to answer all the emails but please bear with me while I try to get back in gear.
Proper blog posts to resume in the next few days, thanks for coming back.
(photo above: adam appleby)
