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An old 35mm photo of Sidmouth Beach, unearthed from a forgotten stash of holiday snaps. Atmospheric, if a bit yellowish in places!
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These rather elliptical photographs are all I have to immortalise the installation I built for my MA show back in 1998. Somewhere, there is a short film too, called 17 Silks and a Stepladder, which documents the making of the installation, but I can’t find it. Maybe it will resurface one day, as these photographs have surfaced.
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Some alternate images produced for this week’s Kick-About No.98, inspired originally by the inflated portraits of Fernando Botero. They began with high-resolution scans of a rubber mask and were then ‘put into three dimensional space’ in video editing software. I was loving the transformations, and in their disembodied, unheimlich way, they’re a fitting companion piece for this
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Perhaps like many of us now, I have a collection of odd things left over from previous Kick-Abouts; for example, a latex mask of a rather stern-looking older man, last seen in these Harry Clarke-inspired photographs produced for The Kick-About No.91. It occurred to me I could use the rubbery deformations of this mask as the subject
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Our previous Kick-About, on a theme of vanitas, got us contemplating the effects of time on our minds and bodies. Meanwhile, the portly subjects of Fernando Botero’s paintings are in rude health, inspiring this latest collection of ‘new works made in a short time’. For all previous editions of The Kick-About, visit here. James Randall “The voluminous
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Back in early June 2023, we had the unusual experience of accommodating a BBC film crew in our very small Whitstable garden. The long-running BBC television show, Gardener’s World paid us a visit as part of a segment on seaside gardening and inclement weather conditions. Presenter Adam Frost plus camera man, sound man, continuity guy and director,
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It’s not very often that I talk about my ‘proper job’ on Red’s Kingdom. Red’s Kingdom is a space for all those other dimensions of thinking, watching, making and doing. That said, I do have some work-related news to share as, in this instance, there is a cross-over. My ‘proper job’ is ‘Director Of Learning Design
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In truth, I don’t know what is more horrible; the ghoulish guy with the suppurating face or the cork-effect wallpaper and tasselled granny lampshape? These snaps date from October 1994, photographs from a Halloween party at my student house. Another monster face from me, but the award for best get-up that night had to go to this
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Did you know … quinces hold diverse symbolic meanings across cultures; they are commonly associated with love and romance, symbolising the enduring sweetness of relationships. Additionally, quinces represent fertility and abundance, often bestowed as wishes for prosperity to newlyweds. The fruit’s duality, starting tart but turning sweet when cooked, is linked to patience and temperance.
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Our previous Kick-About, inspired as it was by the paper-layerings of artist Maud Vantours, prompted a number of us to consider the ephemera we collect about us and repurpose it. For this edition of our fortnightly run-around, we find ourselves similarly preoccupied with ideas of temporariness and the inevitable passings of time. Enjoy this latest selection of
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