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In response to the Rothko-inspired Kick-About this week, I spent several happy hours standing inside the concrete confines of a newly emptied swimming pool. The patina of marks and colouration, as the concrete dried out, was an impressionist’s dream. In addition to taking a series of photographs, I wanted to capture something of those soft…
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The muse, when it strikes, can take many unexpected forms; a few weeks ago, I was in the vicinity of an empty swimming pool, recently stripped of its waterproof lining. Unlikely though it may seem, the concrete interior of the pool was a rather extraordinary space, with surfaces so painterly, so textural and so spatial,…
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Our last Kick-About was a celebration of four years of having bright ideas and doing something about them. That makes this new edition the start of a new year of fortnightly creative challenges, and we’re kicking things off with Mark Rothko – who needs little in the way of introduction. You’ll find all previous editions…
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Back in early 2023, I was approached by composer Joss Peach to produce a music video to accompany his new composition Prayer for Ukraine. It was one of those fascinating pro bono jobs where the challenge lies in coalescing a range of types of available footage into something that can work together to produce a…
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It’s been another satisfying year of play and experimentation. largely thanks to the continuing ingenuity and energy of my fellow ‘Kick-Abouters’, who never disappoint in the ‘turning up and just getting on with it’ department. But, of course, it’s so much more than that, because the ‘getting on with it’ part is that alchemical ability…
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Our previous Kick-About was inspired by an iconic image from the realm of science – Roentgen’s X-Ray – which enthused us to go beyond the surface of things and marvel at what we found there. This week’s big number is not some similarly scientific muse, but rather the number of weeks The Kick-About has been…
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These photographs are of the flowers of Helleborus orientalis – or the Lenten Rose. I love hellebores, on account of the secret they keep of their extraordinary markings (as they keep their flower heads bowed low). I picked a few, pressed a few, and then photographed them on a sheet of perspex over a strong…
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Another Turkish cupola from my Istanbul adventure in 1997.
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Introducing Mr Voltaic… a Raoul Hausmann-inspired take on those Mr Potato-Head toys for The Kick-About No.102. I don’t think there’s a huge amount to say about this, except I could feel my past-life as a lecturer in animation returning to me as I assembled this ready-made and likewise this poster for the sci-fi classic Forbidden Planet, which…
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