Sharp Sharp

This marine themed image continues the combination of smooth and sharp, this time combining a rounded pebble with a spiky sea anenome. Video was produced using Processing, click on the screengrab below to view it in YouTube.

And here’s a clip from the night, with music:

Tactile poster May 2010

Staying with the sharp/soft theme this month, the watermelon colour ties in with the mono watermelon photo. I’m hoping to put my new Processing skills to use with this month’s animated visuals on the night, Processing looks like a really useful tool for this kind of work.

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I created these designs for promoter Tim Merricks, who is organising this gig in aid of Ganet’s Adventure School, Malawi. The lo-fi blues and surf sounds of the bands fit the handpainted style, which was also inspired by the signs and adverts found painted on walls everywhere you go in Malawi. Both backgrounds are composite images made from my own photography of Malawi; I also created the handpainted lettering myself (zero budgets force you to be resourceful!)

More about the gig can be found here.

Two interesting fibre optic installations have been on show in London recently: a recreation of the Tree of Souls from the Avatar movie at Hyde Park Corner, and United Visual Artists’ mesmerising Speed of Light at the Bargehouse, Oxo Tower.

The Tree of Souls was less than impressive on a grey afternoon, though the attendant told me all about how amazing it looked at night. And apparently if you have an iPhone you can interact with the tree and its miles of fibre optics, but not too surprisingly, my four year old Motorola just wasn’t compatible.

UVA had the foresight to install Speed of Light in a dark building, so daylight wasn’t an issue. Lasers, microphones, mirrors, smoke and speakers were combined in precise and ingenious ways to trace shapes, forms and sounds out in the dark.

And the winner? Sorry, Avatar, but Speed of Light wins hands down.

http://vminstore.com/speedoflight/

PrintFriends, an online community of mischievous paper puppets, has been nominated for an International Digital Emmy award. In my job at FremantleMedia Enterprises, I designed the branding, puppet kits, YouTube channel and various other paper goodies.

Congratulations to producer Owen Matthews and writer/presenter Ruth Pickett.

View PrintFriends’ YouTube channel and download your own puppet kits here.

View the full list of nominees here.

A bit of a coup for the Lake of Stars crew, getting Kiss FM dj Sinden to come and play an African-flavoured set.

See the rest of the photos here.

Poster for Tactile club night January 2010

This poster combines two very tactile images in a slightly jarring way. The soft and the harsh images reflect the music, watch out for future posters which develop this theme further. This imagery was also used on the flyer and in animated visuals projected at the venue.

This is a self-initiated project to raise funds for Ganet’s Adventures School, a rural primary school in Malawi. While in Malawi in October 2009, I organised an art activity for the students, and photographed the origami stars which they created. These photos were then used as Christmas card designs, printing was generously donated by Preview Design. Over 2,500 cards were sold, raising over £1,100 for the school.