COFA Annual 2008

HEARTBREAK

After eight hours of setting up, having my work removed on the night of the Alumni Preview (thank you Andrew Christofides) which saw my work crumpled on the floor in the corner, and setting it up again (6 hours later) the result was better than anticipated.

Thanks to Everyone who came along to see the COFA Annual.










In addition to this triumph I received a copy of a book I have been published in titled BY THE THROAT: Seeking a Nexus Between Glasgow and Edinburgh which is a British Council, College of Fine Arts and University of Edinburgh Publication.

Some of the artists in this publication will also be featuring in my new show REALPERSPECTIVE, opening on the 10th of December at TAP Gallery in Darlinghurst. Details are on the flyer below.

Honours Show at COFA

see you there!

Jason McDermott

Jason McDermott is a PhD student of Architecture at UTS. His research is in Informal Dialogue, which is about how architectural space communicates with it's surrounding environments and occupants. On December 8 Jason will be unveiling his latest work which is a computer program designed in Max MSP which will project a digital canvas onto the wall of TAP Gallery in Darlinghurst during the exhibition REAL PERSPECTIVE. Viewers will be able to use a virtual paint applicator in the form of a wii controller.

Jason's vision for his work is to allow artists to explore a digital medium beyond the desk-top studio that the digital revolution perpetuates. How this plays into architecture is that anyone can become the artist, occupant, and architect by wielding dominion of the visual environment.

Come along to my next couple of shows!!!

OK everyone, here is your timetable!
on the 26th you need to come to COFA for amazing art and gold coin donation drinks. Find me, hit up the afterparty with me and fall on to a bed somewhere in the wee hours of the morning.




THEN!! crawl about of bed and hop on to the first flight that's going to Brisbane! Come to the opening of the ICON creative summit at the Brisbane Powerhouse where you can check out a good seven original Tony Curran's

Paddington Art Prize Denied

This is a video of my work that the Paddington Art Prize rejected. The works they accepted were crumby.

This is Not a Film Premiere Opening Night

Last Night was the opening to This is not a Film Premiere which was the launch for the new media installation That Girl Will Not Be In My Film by Heidi Bi. The show will run until the 15th of November between two locations, Don't Look Gallery and Reverse Garbage. My work, Spin, is exhibitted at Reverse Garbage. The show is curated by myself and Heidi Bi.






Spin, 2008. Ink on acetate, 28"x28"



Photos Courtesy of Sonya Gee

Getting Ready For Paddington Art Prize

This piece is for the Paddinton Art Prize due on Tuesday morning. It is an homage to a swell buddy of mine who is no longer with us.





14 June, 2007. Ink on acetate, 42"x 32".
Photos courtesy of Sonya Gee