Leg

Project Slogan residency

Had a little gathering at the Project Slogan space in Langstane Pl, Aberdeen to mark the start of the residency, with some half-started art, some beers, and some cartwheels...

Residency at Project Slogan

Today is the first day of my 3 month artist-in-residence gig at Project Slogan's new space at Langstane Place Aberdeen. I'll be there till the 9th Feb '09, and my plan is to work on some mobile interactive sculptures to take out into the city centre. There will also be various events going on in the space that you can come check out and get involved with. Check back here for a schedule and progress reports real soon, and check out the Project Slogan website too.

The Centre Cannot Hold...

Installing the show with help from m'lady... (pics by Jo Lyczko)

Some pics of the show, and the opening night party (Sat 15th Nov '08)...





Steel (that's his real name).


Nicole, Steel and Allison.

Graham, Gavin and Graham.

Neil!

Allison, John and Rebecca.

Coming soon

I'm really excited right now about the near future: got a solo exhibition at Under the Hammer coming up in November - making mostly paintings for that one, which is a new area for me, most definitely a result of collaborative mural work I was involved in this summer. I'm really getting into the more immediate results, as opposed to the long process of big sculpture/social works. There'll probably be some sculpture in there as well, got to deal with the limitations of showing in a pub though - the last exhibition I was in there, someone mistook a wall-mounted sculpture for a coat hook and mashed it all up!

Then in January got a solo exhibition at Peacock Visual Arts. For me its one of the most important elements of the creative culture in our part of Scotland, so I'm honoured to be making new work for this project. I'll be getting involved with the Castlegate (the area of Aberdeen PVA is located) to make drawing, photographs, sculpture, and hopefully some connections with Castlegaters.

There's also a few other projects for next year I'm waiting to confirm...

Anyway, totally stoked to be in the studio with some deadlines.

Solo show at underground venue...

A couple of in-progress things...

I've been working on some drawing and painting - the mural projects with Brian really got me interested in the immediacy of 2d work. I have a solo exhibition 22nd Nov '08 at Under the Hammer in Aberdeen where I'll be showing what I've been up to...

"Stray Dog, EmuS & the leaking brain" @ limousine bull

Here's some pics of the recent three-way collaborative mural I worked on with my two good buddies Brian Ross and Colin Robison at limousine bull artists' collective in Aberdeen. The show is open 12-5 daily until Sep 7 so drop by if you're in the neighbourhood...


































































Colin and Brian.


















My brother Andrew and his missus, Jenny.

Hung, Drawn, Quartered video

Many thanks to Jon Reid who shot and edited this - check http://www.myspace.com/mood_of_collapse for more of his excellent work.


Hung, Drawn, Quartered from MOC on Vimeo.