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Monthly Archives: October 2007

Prayer 2.0

30-Oct-07

I’ve never prayed. Not really. I remember sometimes thinking about whether it would be a good idea to pray, whilst walking to school. I always hit the brick wall though that I was only praying just in case God existed. Then I figured out that if he did exist then he should know my prayers [...]

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Paul Eachus, Thoughts & Notes on Photoworks

30-Oct-07

I went to Paul Eachus’s Cornerhouse lecture. From the Cornerhouse website;
London-based artist Paul Eachus’ photoworks and display pieces present an irrational ordering of things, an excess of visual and referential material that refuses to be pinned down within known systems of categorization. His large-scale works are fragmentary, decentred and seemingly out-of-control.
As defined by Eachus, a [...]

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Spy Phone

17-Oct-07

I recently purchased a modified Nokia phone, that lets you set it into a “spy mode” - whereby the phone appears to be off but will actually automatically answer any incoming phone calls; without any visible signs. Its designed for un-trusting types to spy on their friends, employers or loved ones. Fortunately, I’m in a [...]

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Good Spam-art Feedback

14-Oct-07

I just came across this in a discussion on Plan B Magazine’s forum, talking about my spam art project. Even though I can’t realistically continue it, still nice to see. This is just what I was going for!

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Urban Myths at URBIS

14-Oct-07

I took part in ‘Urban Myths Retold’ at the Urbis museum, in Manchester. The project was off the back of a literature competition that Urbis had already run, asking writers to create short stories either re-telling or creating brand new urban legends. 10 performance-based installations took place at different sites around Urbis, that visitors [...]

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