Author Archives: Matt

Another trip to Mona – (its hard to walk away while you are sitting down)

I went to mona to check out the Experimenta Utopia exhibition. It was fantastic, this time I went with a view to what parts of what installations I thought worked well and why. Possibly one of the more powerful works in the exhibition … Continue reading

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Sound – not as good as it sounded

I have given up on the generated sound idea not for ever but definitely for this project, getting beep, pings and bleeps is easy bit it completely takes the work to somewhere else that what is intended, the work is best when … Continue reading

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Adding more – sound

What would this work sound like ? While working I have tended to listen to Soma moody electronica, the slower tracks would be the rough style of sound that first comes to mind when thinking about sound. I’m not particularly … Continue reading

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More screen thoughts

After a few gallery wanderings I’ve decided I really don’t like TV’s and monitors for exhibiting work.Even some projections that are just another slightly larger screen can be uninspiring. The TV or monitor tends puts me in to the frame … Continue reading

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Is it enough ? – down.

No a very arty thought just worried about passing. What is enough to make assessors happy ? Is it really enough just to get last years work happening in a space ? It doesn’t feel like a semesters work surely there needs … Continue reading

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Open day from afar

Although not the best way to see people engage with my work it was great to see the first image come in. It wasn’t quite how I left it but I was getting images up it was working. Every few minutes I … Continue reading

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Open day feed back – and it was good.

General feedback was really good, people liked my work and were engaged with it. I had quite a few good comments from various sources, very encouraging. Given that it was my first attempt at setting it up and there was … Continue reading

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One day open day setup. – the magic stool

I thought I would be dropping in to UNI for about an hour to set up today. Oh so very wrong. There was the physical mounting and connecting to be done which all went relatively smoothly (thanks to my purchase … Continue reading

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Watching the watcher

With open day closing in and me becoming more disappointed about not being able to attend I have experimented with the work saving grabs and posting them online. This way I will be able to use my phone and check on progress. … Continue reading

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So why was show and tell underwhelming ? – feeling better

Screen running the work on a monitor is not my final intention, this went against my idea of people being part of the space. The image was small and everybody just sort of stood back. Occasionally people would wander in … Continue reading

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