Archive for June, 2006

Vindaloo Spoonbill

Tuesday, June 27th, 2006

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More portraits to come but here’s a quick doodle while watching the Swiss Vs Ukraine. Possibly the worlds most dire football match. Got bored of colouring on computer so got out my watercolour set to give it a quick wash over. Even though I do like what the computer can do for you it still can’t come close to using a real brush.

Has anyone ever noticed ths ? When you are at work and there are 2 of you round a computer 2 things happen.
Firstly the person who is using the computer can’t type anymore, you suddenly make spelling mistakes every second word. Also you become “screen blind” the person next to you will say “click on the make it so button” and you will search round the screen for the “make it so” button. You will not be able to find it unless the person actually points to it.

Why is this ? I’ll explain, all micrasoft computers are fitted with a proximity detector, when more than 1 person is in front of the monitor it actually adds spelling mistakes for you and also moves “the make it so” box randomly untill it sees a finger point and will relocate it in that position. Its very cunning and is another one the Technicians Union got added so that they can make you feel like a fool when they come over and it magically works for them.

The Urban Lighthouse

Monday, June 26th, 2006

The urban lighthouse

A project funded by the arts council to promote architecture week. I produced all the artwork and did all the actionscripting for the project and also the .php for uploading the images to the application.

It was a collaboration between 6 artists producing a variety of different artworks, my virtual tour of Coventry is in collaboration with Martin Clarke and Agathi Tsoroni. Martin went to various lighthouses and collected lighthouse noises to build a sound installation, Agathi’s project involved taking members of the public round Coventry with digital cameras and recording their journey by pictures. My project takes martins sound and some of Agathi’s pictures and plots them over Virtual Coventry.

To see the project goto the Virtual Tour.

Rob Pongi

Wednesday, June 14th, 2006

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I met this crazy man after he added me as a contact on Flickr. He is Rob Pongi an American (Remember “American”, like all other nationalities, should always be capitalized) resident of Japan, I’d class him as part film maker, part comedian, part artist. His video’s can only be described as rather odd, slightly amusing and an interesting look at Japanese culture.

I would warn you that some of the content on the site should not be considered “work safe” as Pongi spends quite a lot of time in Japanese nightclubs where it is very hot and the women don’t wear much in the way of clothes. Pongi has obviously spent far too long in Japan and it has clearly effected him.

For a work safe video check out the airbag experience machine.