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July 22, 2021

After Rutenberg #2 (2021)

The Kick-About No.32 introduced me to the paintings of American artist, Brian Rutenberg and his loose, vibrant abstracts. What followed for me was an ongoing exploration of form and colour, starting with cardboard maquettes and… Read more
July 21, 2021

After Rutenberg #1 (2021)

After the first big hit of colour, the next most immediate thing I got from Rutenberg’s painting (the prompt for The Kick-About No. 32) was its three-dimensionality, that strong sense of folded planes and faceting,… Read more
July 20, 2021

The Kick-About #32 ‘Low Dense’

From the previous Kick-About’s deep and velvety shadows, courtesy of animator of silhouettes, Lotte Reiniger, to this Cinemascopic vista of glowing, saturated colours by the painter, Brian Rutenberg, and all the new work Low Dense… Read more
July 16, 2021

Throwback Friday #64 Inquisition Box (1993)

This cruel-looking apparatus dates from my Art Foundation course back in 1993. I even remember the brief giving rise to it, or rather the typically nebulous phrase selected by our tutors to so inspire our… Read more
July 9, 2021

Throwback Friday #63 Masterworts Anonymous

In common with taking endless photographs of sunsets, there is always a danger of confusing your own endless fascination with plants, as expressed through the act of photographing them over and over, with the interests… Read more
July 7, 2021

Short Story: Agata Król And The Shadow (2021)

I remember the first time I watched Lottle Reiniger’s Cinderella (1922), thrilling at the moment when we see the ugly sister cut off her own toes in order to make the glass slipper fit her… Read more
July 6, 2021

The Kick-About #31 ‘Lotte Reiniger’

Our previous Kick-About together was inspired by images of the human eye, resulting in an abundance of other-worldly imagery and one short story, in which an elderly man vanishes magically away in the middle of… Read more
July 2, 2021

Throwback Friday #62 Whitstable Sky #2 (2009)

Okay, so just a few more skyscapes taken from Whitstable beach, back in the Summer of 2009, for this week’s blast-from-the-past. Like something from the ceiling of Sistene chapel. Read more
July 1, 2021

Film: Fundus (2021)

With many thanks to Deanna Crisbacher, I’m happy to present Fundus – a short experimental film originating from the series of photographs I produced for the Kick-About No.30. I had the strongest feeling these inner/outerspace… Read more
June 30, 2021

When I Was A Boy, I Collected Pebbles From The Beach @ New Indie Film Festival of London 2021

Some nice news today: When I Was A Boy, I Collected Pebbles From The Beach has been selected for screening at NIFF London – New Indie Film Festival of London. This short film was made… Read more