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A few more photographs produced for Naum Gabo-inspired Kick-About 50, with a criss-crossing of nylon wire as their subject. The deeper colours were produced by pulling in a nearby table-lamp and covering its bulb with coloured cellophane.
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The Kick-About No.50 features work inspired by Naum Gabo’s Linear Construction No.2 – an elegant, near-organic sculpture in which translucent filaments combine to produce something akin to a sea-shell, seed pod or spatial anomaly. For my own response, I laced up the table-legs of a long narrow table with nylon wire and investigated the ensuing…
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The swirling spiral introducing Alfred Hitchcock’s Vertigo is one of Saul Bass’s most iconic designs, and our last Kick-About celebrated Bass’s bold, pared-back visuals with all the usual eclecticism and creativity. Our latest Kick-About originates from another spiralling form, Naum Gabo’s Linear Construction No. 2.
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A final set of images from the short film, Vertigogo, which was inspired by the film posters and title sequences of Saul Bass, and produced for The Kick-About #49.
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A particular view from a particular spot in a particular place: a line of poplar trees, bringing with it a rush of other sensorial associations; a breeze as dry and heated as from a baker’s oven, the gentle chuck-chucking of soporific chickens, and the prickle of skin that’s likely seen too much sun for one…
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Another set of Kick-About-inspired panels derived from Vertigogo, a short animation made in response to the work of Saul Bass.
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Another collection of panels deriving from this short film produced in response to The Kick-About No.49. I never did study textiles. I’m now left wishing I did!
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In the previous chapter we were immersed in scenes of devastation and horror, but things take a surprising turn in Chapter 20. We encounter a couple of the strangest characters in the book and we’re treated to some of the worst jokes ever heard. It’s quite a contrast! As many of the scenes in Chimera…
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It’s here, the penultimate episode of Chimera Book 1! I anticipate anyone who has listened to the last 19 chapters may be in urgent need of a recap. For others unfamiliar with my continuing collaboration with Dan Snelgrove to turn the first of my children’s adventures into an audio book, it might be a case
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With Saul Bass as our mutual muse for The Kick-About No.49, I took the opportunity to produce a short film in celebration of some of Bass’s signature elements – or more accurately, took the opportunity to work with some simple graphic shapes and bold colours inspired by Bass’s posters and opening titles. The nice thing…
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