FRASER STUDIO RESIDENCY IS OVER

My residency at Fraser Studios is officially over. I spent many hours meeting with people and drawing their ears. As they say, "all good things come to an end" I am happy with the progress of AuraDynamics and grateful for the use of the studio for the last few months. Many thanks to; Fraser Studios and Queen Street Studio for the use of their facilities; to Lucien Alperstein and Arunas Klupsas for taking some stunning photographs of me at work at my studio - some of which are featured above; to Central Mag and STVDIO for each running a story which resulted in a huge amount of "volunt-ears"; and last but certainly not least for all of the people who modeled their ears, thank you.

The exhibition was scheduled for August but has been post poned for October-ish to tackle some logistical challenges.

MEDICAL IMAGERY

I recently injured my right hand.  I am left handed so I have been able to draw, but slower at typing until just tonight.  I was on play equipment and my friend spun me on a disc and I sprained my index finger and thumb.

It was doctors orders to get it X-Rayed to see if any bones were fractured.  So away I went to Alfred Medical Imaging.

Et Voila, no fractures.  Therefore I have no proof that any injury ever took place.

LES ACOUSTREMENTS

I have begun working on a new zine (last minute) for the MCA zine fair called LES ACOUSTREMENTS. Following my work in residence at FraserStudios - AURALDYNAMICS I am putting together a zine that gives you the opportunity to hear with someone elses ears. Some pieces allow you to bypass the ear completely. I thought I'd share some of the process via studio photography with you here.

After the zine fair if there are any copies left I intend to put them for sale on my website shop.

I'm in Vogue Living This Month

Check it out on page 204 in this months issue of vogue living. There's a photo of myself, Sonya Gee and Michael Reid among a bunch of other photos from the Art Month Sydney launch party. The photo credits me as an arts writer. I think Michael and I look Gangsta.

Photo taken by Sacha Kenyon

DIFFERENCE

Each of these stereo images are made up of the same two photos. They are layered across each other in subtly different ways. The beauty in each of these images lies in the difference between its two parts and how that difference is read.

TWO EYES

This is the National Art Centre in Tokyo. The exterior of the building is cool.

The interior is massive.............

..............and a nice view on each level.



Unfortunately the quality of the art that I saw was awful. It was "Western Style" Japanese paintings with terrible frames, hung horribly and the gallery spaces are small and cramped.

PEACEFUL SPACE

This series of photographs was taken in Kyoto, Japan on a visit to the Ginkaku-ji Temple. If you want a free pair of 3D glasses send me an email with your name and address and I'll put one in the post for you.

It's a Holiday - Not Work

While traveling around Japan I'm constantly reminded about the surrounding space. Everything in the cities is so crowded and the spaces constantly vary between tiny and massive. Whenever I take a photograph it completely flattens out all the intensity of the place so I have started to take stereoscopic images to convey the magnitude of it. In Ginkaku-ji temple the gardens are phenomenal and the giant trees look exactly the same as the tiny shrubs on the ground. After I made this stereoscopic image I searched through my luggage to find my pair of red and green 3D glasses that I never leave home without and much to my frustration I had left home without them. I'm not sure if it works or not but if you have a pair that works then try it and let me know. I'll upload some new ones upon my return home. If you don't have a pair of glasses to view it then send me an email with your address and I'll mail you a pair when I get home.

I've been inundated with awesome photographic gadgets here but this basic point and shoot camera is the coolest I've seen. It's a 35mm camera you build yourself much like little models I built as a kid. I'm hoping to get some cool results from this in the future.





I also just bought a stereoscopic pinhole camera from the same awesome Roppongi bookshop I bought my lomo in my last Tokyo trip. It came in a magazine and every issue you get a new build your own camera. The last one was a twin lens reflex. The magazine only costs 2300 Yen = about $25 AUD.

Wonder Rocket, 2009

Portrait of Contemporary Tokyo, 2009

Sometimes Sonya likes to stop off and look at shops. It happens on an impulse and so I paint on my iPhone from the colour palettes I've been saturated with over the last week. The top is the crazy bunny rabbit from an Alice in Wonderland shop I found Sonya in which has frenetic shoppers and creepy bunny mannequins.

Photographic Expedition With Jodie Barker