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This began with producing a quick and dirty 12-frame walk-cycle of a single stick-man—fully deconstructed into its most basic formulation of over-lapping lines. What I always enjoy about The Kick-About is taking one thing – a first draft, a first take, a first go – and then pushing it as far as it will go;
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Our last Kick-About together explored the simple proto-cinematic delights of the magic lantern. This week we’re sticking with fantastical sights—the ambulatory beach-bound sculptures of Theo Jansen. Enjoy this latest selection of ‘new works made in a short time’ and for all previous editions of The Kick-About go here. Gary Thorne “A remarkably interesting KA prompt,
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For the record, no actual light sources were used to produce these images; what you’re looking at here are 2D layers moving around on top of each other. The original image is a circle cut from a photograph of grasses—because I had a feeling they’d give me the speckle and noise I was after. By
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Following the optical excitements of our last Kick-About—inspired by Victor Vasarely—this week’s collection of new works made in a short time dims the lights and invites us to marvel at the illuminations of the magic lantern. For all previous editions of The Kick-About, click here. Kerfe Roig “I immediately focused on the Freemason slide “All-Seeing
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A second set of Victor Vasarely-inspired images produced for this week’s Kick-About; I think I was spawning alien eggs by the time my enthusiasm wound down finally—but I particularly liked the final image, reminding me of old Pearl and Dean cinema intros as the aesthetic grew more graphical and jazzy. There is a common lament
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I was drawn to the tumescence of some of Victor Vasarely’s op-art—our muse for The Kick-About No.112—that slight sense they give of deformations produced by swelling—of blisters, goitres, galls and burls. I’ve got these big glass paper-weight things that are filled with suspended bubbles, and these images began with me filming them on my 4K
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Our previous Kick-About celebrated the idiosyncrasies of the ceramicist George Ohr, whose vessels are characterised by their deformations and glossy, melty glazes. As preoccupied with optical wobbles is this week’s muse, Victor Vasarely, inspiring another collection of new works made in a short time. For all previous editions of The Kick-About, go here. James Randall
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You get a real sense from George Ohr’s work of the possible freedoms for creative people that come with not benchmarking ourselves against ‘everyone else’ – much harder to do now when we can always see what everyone else is doing (and how well they’re doing it!). For this week’s Kick-About, I was drawn to
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Our last Kick-About was inspired by performative birds-of-paradise with their quirky and eccentric behaviours by which to garner attention. No less quirky (and no less plumaged!) is this edition’s muse – the ceramicist, George Edgar Ohr – otherwise known as ‘the mad potter of Biloxi’. Enjoy this latest collection of new works made in a
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A few alternates and un-used photographs produced in response to The Kick-About No.110 in my ongoing attempt to nudge some dangling feathers towards some kind of ‘greater-than-the-some-its-parts’ transformation. Not sure anything of note happened here in all honesty, but here they are.
Red's Kingdom 