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The Kick-About #116 ‘Lucienne Day’
Our previous Kick-About was a rumination on the theme of negative space—an aesthetic consideration no less vital to the work of this week’s muse: the textile designs of Lucienne Day. Enjoy this latest showcase of… Read more
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Balustrade, Brantôme (2024)
What this really needs is a spectral ‘lady in white’ figure to complete the gothic scene… “Last night I dreamt I went to Manderley again” Read more
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Fault (2024)
I took inspiration from Rachel Whiteread and her casts made from the interior spaces of objects and environments. Similarly, I was interested in ‘visibilising’ otherwise invisible spaces in the form of objects—my response to the… Read more
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The Kick-About #115 ‘Negative Space’
The last edition of The Kick-About took us to the preferred habitat of Theo Jansen’s Strandbeests—empty horizons of sea and sky: all the better for directing our focus on Jansen’s remarkable ambulatory creations. This week,… Read more
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Pink House, Brantôme (2024)
Another watery French building floating in the waters at Brantôme. Read more
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Weir At Brantôme (2024)
Same rainy, overcast day in Brantôme, France; there’s a low weir spanning the river and this photograph was taken of the ‘split screen’ effect of the weir and the reflections of the trees in the… Read more
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Brantôme (2024)
I’ve been in France for a few weeks, eeking out the summer for as long as possible – even though on the day this photograph was taken in Brantôme, it was overcast and raining. We… Read more
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Passing Pose (2014)
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 –… Read more
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The Kick-About #114 ‘Strandbeest’
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… Read more
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Short film: Laterna Magica (2024)
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… Read more
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