Xanadu!
Just moved into a new studio-era, in Beautiful Digbeth, Downtown Bir ming HAM!
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Superman
It’s categorically unrelated, but when I came across this picture, and all I could think about was the song from episode 4 of Psychoville: repellent, pathetic, sublime.
(apologies to Neil)
Mat and Cheryl’s Wedding
These are the self-portraits from mat and Cheryl’s wedding. Contact me if you’d like a copy…
Edges
Work in progress… see Resurgence post below.
Arts in Regeneration
Since February I’ve been working on this project:
It’s been really good, hard work but very interesting. The showcase went down well at the Drum on Tuesday.
The photos below were made working with students from schools in Aston and Nechells, around the theme of ‘Our Shared Future’
Many thanks to all those involved.
Binhole
A couple of years ago, I found a skip full of boxes of geological samples, powdered stone and earth from all over the world. I strapped some of the boxes I’d emptied to the back of the bike, as they now seemed full of the possibilities of future use.
Of the flat kind, I have a [...]
Fizzle
…is a free improvisation night, occasional, amongst other places, at the Lamp, one of the best pubs around, on Barford St in Digbethish
this from some long rolls i shot with a 1906 folding pocket kodak that friends found in a skip, to sit alongside the surprising music… this is them. and this is some of [...]
Resurgence
I’ve been looking at edges; now that I think about it maybe this has to do with Permaculture’s interest in the generative potential of edge zones- the seashore, the delta, the hedgerow, the riverbank. In this city, the urban and the rural have edges that are closer to the surface than is often evident at [...]
Digbeth
This was it.
Firebird
We thought it might be good to document some of the spirit at the Firebird social centre in Balsall Heath. This is the first part of what I’ve done to make a record. More, and more collaborations to follow.
see Justice not Crisis for details of the protest.