November 2010

I don't write that much on this blog, partly it's because i don't like telling about my work without images and on most occasions i have had client's that just cant have work seen on internet.




Something i should of told you about is Pretty Vacant, Pretty Vacant is an arts collaboration between myself and co-artist Christopher Guest.

The project has been funded by The British Arts Council and will see the two artists from differing creative backgrounds coming together to create work in empty shop windows in the locality.

The project will be a celebration of the “Local Heroes” of Newcastle Under Lyme. Local heroes are not the recognised celebrities we all know about, ie Stanley Matthews, Robbie Williams, but rather those individuals who are of unique character and make the Town what is it..and what it is- is not what you read in the national press!

Taking place in a large empty unit in Warner Village, in the heart of the town, the artists will hold regular research workshops around specific venues we have identified- meeting the public and talking through our ideas with them.
In a way this project will be shaped by the public as it will be their character traits and vivacity that will make this project successful.

We will use our respective creative practices in graffiti and drawing, photography and digital media to create large scale projections and cut out forms, inviting the audience to look for the humorous, beautiful and fantastical aspects of those around us.

Over the coming weeks and months we will be posting regular updates on this blog,keeping you up to date with our venue visits, interesting people we have met and also documenting how us as two artists from very different creative backgrounds can learn together.

For more information on Pretty Vacant you can email us at prettyvacant2010@hotmail.com

Local hero, Michael Colley... Stop motion video by myself...