One of my favorite pieces at the show is Being Present – an interactive digital piece that aims to show people the benefits of mindfulness – of being present, even if only for 2 minutes. I have loved watching everyone try it out – not everyone sees it to the end but those that do …
Raspberry Pi powered interactive digital art? Absolutely! Read More »
I’ve been a bit delayed doing this post as I have been manning the show but I finally got a few mins free. The opening night went brilliantly, the art looked amazing and even better, hundreds of people showed up and said nice things. It was also lovely to bump into so many people I …
This morning I could hardly eat my breakfast I was so nervous about installing my last piece “Liminal Man” – in the comfort of my own home, exhibiting a 10ft digital photograph seemed simple, but the logistics of getting it hanging in the room were far from that. In the end, although it took a …
Day 3 – hanging day – I was awake at 5.30 I was so excited! Everything went really well, there were a few hiccups, but there always are. I changed my hanging order when I saw the work in-situ, Victoria suddenly started moving entire walls around (to great effect!) and the health and safety woman …
So I thought yesterday threw up something unexpected. This morning we settled down to paint, opened one of the two huge vats given to us by the Art College only to find it was compound filler not paint! I saw our tightly balanced schedule going right out of the window. But a phone call to …
So the day we’ve been planning for six months arrived – beautifully sunny and hot! I was early at the dockyard and after checking in with Kim, waited to be let in. At the other end, the lorry was being loaded at the Art College and all our stuff was on it’s way! We got …
I thought it would be interesting to do some research into the history of the Grade II Listed building, currently called “Action Stations” at the Historic Dockyard, Portsmouth where we are hosting our exhibition. The building was originally built between 1845 and 1848 and called Boathouse 6. It was used for the building, repair and …
