Weekends in Wagga

Weekends in Wagga from Sonya Gee on Vimeo.

I'm really lucky to know such a talented video producer who just so happens to bring her camera around out on weekends.  she has a great vimo channel which you can see by clicking on the link above.  Sonya Gee made this video while I was out at the Lakeside Markets showing off my wares and put it to a track from the alum I had for sale that day too.  

A New Body of Work - Plus a Debut Album

Everything You Need, 2011. Ink on Acrylic Perspex. 40 x 40cm

A Long Walk, 2011. Ink on Acrylic Perspex. 40 x 40cm

Lake Albert, 2011. Ink on Acrylic Perspex. 40 x 40cm

Almost There, 2011. Ink on Acrylic Perspex. 40 x 40cm

Remembering the Arctic, 2011. Ink on Acrylic Perspex. 40 x 40cm

This series of landscapes evolved from the studies I made for my stall at Art on the Levee a few weeks ago. those older works were made from sheets of acetate and were very small. I wanted to make something similar because the depth in the image is similar to the kind of expanding depth one feels when looking at a landscape in rural parts of the world. In this body of work I focused on images that I had seen in Australia but at one point an image of rural Iceland came to me. It was of a mountain range you can spot when driving on the road to Iceland's northern capital Akureyri, which touches the arctic circle.

I decided to road test these works at the Lakeside Markets at Lake Albert in Wagga Wagga. The response was positive. A lot of people refered to the work as "clever" and "thinking outside the box". Sonya Gee came along for moral support and took a bunch of photographs for me which looked stunning. Surprisingly the work was really popular with kids walking by. It might have had something to do with the position of the works - they were on a table at a nine-year old eye level. Parents often had to stop their children from touching the work. Nevertheless it was rather popular with people who walked by. I saw an old bloke groping one of the pieces as well.

In addition to the five new paintings, I also used this market as an opportunity to launch my debut album as Tone Destiny. Titled 1+0+ this album features 14 tracks of glitchy, synthy, sometimes poppy instrumental computer music which I have dubbed to be an album of digital utopia. Its structure is inspired by the soundtracks of Tron (1982) and Tron Legacy (2010), both strikingly different electronic musical narratives but both spectacular.

Each copy is hand painted. While 15 copies have been made there will be more printed depending on demand but at this stage they are a limited edition work.

Tracks Include:

Intro

Remain Behind the Yellow Line

Fair Weather

Second Best

New Distances

Last Chance

That's What You Told Me

Dragtime Gal

Together Again

Tomorrow Usually Blows

Absent Heart

Obsolete

Picture This

Beam On the Horizon

I've put the final track Beam On the Horizon for a free download here. Otherwise click below. I'll be putting the CD up for sale soon as well and you can order it online for $15 plus postage.

http://www.mediafire.com/?t6562eoycslctbu

Lakeside Markets This Weekend

I'm working towards my second art markets in Wagga Wagga and this time it's the Lakeside Markets along Lake Albert. I'll be launching my first ever album by "Tone Destiny" called 1 + 0 + along with several new paintings.

Come along if you're in the area. Bring your togs for a swim or if you've got a dinghy jump in. There'll be people waterskiing and hopfully some synchronized swmming.

Lakeside markets are at Apex Park on the banks of Lake Albert on (this) Satuday January 29 from 9am til 2pm. bring some sunscreen.