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Sat, 29 Aug 2009 09:38:58 +0000

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James B

Tue, 14 Jul 2009 23:34:10 +0000

James Blyth built the first wind turbine in 1887. It provided energy to the local lunatic asylum.

GC1

Tue, 14 Jul 2009 23:02:32 +0000

The other day I dreamt of grass coffins and had to do one.

Anthuriums

Sat, 11 Jul 2009 12:50:12 +0000

I would like to have grass growing from the back of my feet. Inside anthuriums making use of the the two thirds of water in my body, eventually taking it over. I imagine mobile beings which reflect their own anatomy and in the process don't require mirrors.

These will soon become sculptures in resin, water and life.

Tribocracy

Sat, 11 Jul 2009 12:07:43 +0000

My current big project plays with the visceral reality of territory.

We all invest in land, in boxes to inhabit, nations go to war as they dispute territory. Land equals wealth. The property market goes down the whole economy follows. We use maps to navigate this neatly organized world of possession. Public space and Private space.

Maps get me from a to b, they point out landmarks, even give me traffic information. But there are many types of maps, of cartographing reality and the one I'm most interested in exploring and helping create is a new visceral territorial map. Tribocracy.

A layer on top of the cartographic maps we know so well. A map that informs me of who is claiming what territories. A map aimed at an younger audience, that allows them to pinpoint their dwelling, project their desires onto it: it only takes 3 points to claim an area, but you have to physically be in that area. I can claim the tower of london, if only i can encircle it...

A map that is both physical and virtual where I can see who dwells in my newly claimed territory. A map that allows me to escape this political reality we are bound to and generate a new layer of meaning. Tribocracy.

Layers

Fri, 10 Jul 2009 16:31:47 +0000

Conversation is now everywhere as more and more people become 'users' of some technical device which allows them to converse, to formulate opinions, to project their desires onto the digital realm. Everyone's carrying a little mirror.

If you cross-section it, you will find a wonderful layer, painted twitter blue. Busy, loads of users opinionating, writing about going to the loo, about whatever takes their fancy. A layer of noise where sometimes one can discern some melodies. Necessary noise, just like the noise our bodies produce with the flowing of blood, or the crackling of joints.

Some users within this layer, depending on social status or historical behaviour, become social broadcasters and their opinions are followed by even more people.

Conversation can be filtered, it can be localised. Conversations surface issues and issues are then dealt with by a secondary layer: a political layer.
What if the conversation layer was already empowered by tools that turn opinions into real actions? We probably would not need to look at a reality of layers.

A few years back I started painting this thought process using a vertical class system metaphor. The reality however, is not vertical, but a 2D mesh of people with mirrors. The political layer (in green) needs to be part of the mesh.

D

Wed, 01 Jul 2009 12:47:17 +0000

In my latest pieces i have been tinkering with a giant digestive system. Stemming from Novak's liquid architecture where the 'user' creates the space simply by moving his body. Using the same line of thought, i have become fascinated by this idea of how food meanders through our bodies giving us shape and structure. What architecture have we provided food with, in order to get as much nourishment out of it as possible?...

Leopard rising

Thu, 11 Jun 2009 10:48:19 +0000

Sitting next to me, a lady died in her sleep as we were flying over the swiss alps.

Wiispray by Martin Lihs

Wed, 01 Apr 2009 10:14:50 +0000

Congrats Martin, it looks beautiful and the game will be even better!

Masks

Mon, 09 Feb 2009 18:35:35 +0000

A few weeks ago I experimented with Buraka's black diamond look. This piece is my face.

451 left, come on Bandstockers!!

Fri, 06 Feb 2009 20:31:38 +0000

Mekwa has entered my mobile

Thu, 29 Jan 2009 20:55:44 +0000

New Fact Mag

Fri, 19 Dec 2008 08:57:40 +0000

The newly redesigned Fact Mag website is coming out soon. These are just some thoughts that drove the rebranding. Fact is for the discerning, eternally unsatisfied eclectic music lover that needs blunt, honest music reporting. It's in your face, blunt, sharp. It's also one of the digital properties I oversee and that gives me most pleasure working with.

Moz for 3 weeks

Fri, 19 Dec 2008 08:52:49 +0000

Off for 3 weeks to Mozambique.

Ladybirds

Thu, 18 Dec 2008 13:26:52 +0000

This last year I've been playing weird metropolitan roles. I am now metamorphosing into another being, one with spots and wings :-).