Morning Lightscapes

Light drawing

This is my entry for a drawing exhibition on the theme of SPEED in Artspace at Plymouth University in January 2012

I found the brief quite hard but then remembered this photograph and it seems to sum up my attitude towards the digital age and the difficulties of keeping up with technology - 'running with the light' so to speak!! 
This is the brief

We live in a fast-paced world. Everything seems to move more

rapidly all the time. Things happen more quickly, we move about more quickly and

life changes more quickly than it did in previous generations. Many, if not all, aspects

of the society we live in – transportation, technology, media, scientific discovery,

even the rate at which cultural trends recycle themselves – are affected by this

apparent speeding up of life. How do artists respond to this? By meeting it head on,

jumping into the stream? Or by slowing down, standing to one side to observe and

reflect from a distance as the pace of life increases. Is it as simple as that, as adopting

one position or the other?

Technically it's not a drawing of course but I feel that the camera is an extension of the hand and can be used much like a pencil - what do you think? How would you respond? Perhaps you could post something on your blog? I'd love to hear your comments. My intention is to enlarge it as near to the maximum size specified for the exhibition 50cms x 70cms - I will have to take some advice on this as I'm never sure of image enlargements - so much technical information to learn these days!! 

Happy New Year to everyone! Wishing you many creative adventures in 2012

Well at last I have successfully uploaded a video titled 'After Mology Nagy'. This is the piece I submitted as the 3rd year project for my part time Fine Art Degree course. Please be aware that this work uses flickering imagery/strobbing and is not suitable for those susceptible to photo-sensitive epilepsy. It is an experimental 8 minute film recorded on a digital still camera from a projected feedback loop. Then edited in Final Cut. It is intended to be shown as a video projection. I am now keen to work on more films/digital videos.