paper cinema

i went and saw the paper cinema in leeds last night and it was a wonderful piece of live art/performance/film/music...

hundreds of beautifully drawn pen and ink puppets and bits of scenery manipulated live in front of a little camera with the results projected up as the puppeteers and audience watched.

they re-told conan doyle's 'the lost world', it was about 50 mins long and it was spellbinding... [think the end credits to 'a series of unfortunate events' meets oliver postgate/peter firmin]

the youtube clip above is of a poe tale that they do, but you lose a lot of the effect by not being able to see them performing it [which for me, was half the joy of the thing...]

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Alison Thistlethwaite

proposal from Alison Thistlethwaite

Exhibiting A Stunning Art Installation about Jesus

HI, could you put me in touch with the right person to approach for the possibility of having installation on show at Greenbelt. It's beautiful and contemporary........

..........Thanks for the reply. I can give you my web-site which has a lot of my paintings on it - most have Christian themes. The cube installation is still at the design stage, and will be ready to be seen in plan form in a few weeks, I guess. It'll be free-standing, and measure 2x2x2metres. As it's cost is £8K at the moment, I am trying to pursue a way of making it more affordable to build, then will be loaning it out to people/organisations for events I hope. This is early days! So it's not on the web-site yet. I think it could be good in a place where people are trying to understand what the cross is about/atonement or where there is a talk on contemporary prophetic art??? The web address is:

www.alisonthistlethwaite.com

David Shrigley

Suggestion from Rachel Stringer :

How about him? Possibly some interesting cross over again with comedy? When is art comedy? Is humorous art still fine art? Etc. http://www.davidshrigley.com/draw_htmpgs/text_a2_0506/god_is_idle.htm

Street Child World Cup

Proposal from Momentum Arts :

We’re currently running a programme called the Street Child World Cup, which aims to use the spotlight created by South Africa hosting the World Cup as a platform for street children to have their voices heard. In March 2010 teams of street children from eight countries around the world will come together inDurban, South Africa to play a football tournament and use their voice to make change happen. One of the outcomes of this programme will be an art exhibition, produced by the street children in collaboration with an internationally trained team of artists.

We’d like to apply to have this exhibition displayed at the 2010 festival. I hope it fits with the ethos of the festival; the Street Child World Cup aims to give a voice to marginalised children, and raise awareness of these issues around the world. I’d be really grateful if you could let us know the application procedure, and really hope that we’ll be able to deliver an exciting and creative exhibition.

Xavier Pick

From Saga - Site Vibing......

hello

i've just got bck from an alumni event at the royal college of art, where xavier pick gave a talk about his work as a artist in residence with the M-O-D in Iraq.
Fascinating.
when he was studying at the rca he drove an ambulance to bosnia over the christmas vacation, and he spent time in beruit documenting the situation there in the 90's.

he spoke about being an artist, not a journalist, and the differences, the way people respond to them, and their differing aims.

He spoke about being a peace artist, about being aware that he was commissioned by the army, and being sensitive to this, but having the desire to speak the truth of the place through his drawings.
of the humanity he saw, in the british soldiers, the iraqi border guards, and civilians.

he spoke of his heritage (from york with lebanese roots) his judeo christian back ground, and his Buddhist meditative practice. he mentioned his faith impacted his outlook and what he wanted to convey and how it was how he coped with the difficult conditions in iraq.

he was an eloquent speaker, and his drawings were startling fresh and rich.

he spoke of justice. faith. and art.

i spoke to him afterwards, and said that the issues he had been speaking of resonated with those of greenbelt,
and that i particularly thought they were pertinent to the 'art of looking sideways' theme.

the idea of conveying a situation, but not giving the answers,

to provide questions
not answers

we didn't talk expansively, but he said that he'd be up for talking about his experience.
i'd also want to show his paintings/images

he told me to get in touch,

so talks and visual arts what do you think?