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New News from Nowhere Feb 2006

Maciej — Mon, 13 Feb 2006 00:00:00 +0000

This was a group show celebrating the 100 years since the death of William Morris. Selected artists were asked to respond to artifacts and artworks in the permanent collection of The William Morris Museum in Walthamstow London. In his book “News from Nowhere” Morris speculates on a post-industrial utopia ,a rural idyll situated on the outskirts of London. I responded very strongly to an engraving by the artist and illustrator Walter Crane. He had a small engraving called “The Triumph of Labour” and the irony of this was too compelling to overlook. I created a large plate etching called “The Triumph of Consumption” for this exhibition.

Taking a Line for a walk

Martin — Mon, 18 Apr 2005 18:49:26 +0000

Not strictly an exhibition but an interesting on-line collaborative drawing experiment using the MARCEL network. MARCEL is a high bandwidth internet connection that links a substantial (and growing) group of Art, Design and Media institutions around the globe. The event was very speculative and included members of staff and students on a variety of programmes within the Digital Arts and Visual Communications field.

2004 Winters Leap

Martin — Wed, 18 Feb 2004 18:43:37 +0000

Exhibition of large scale drawings worked directly onto the wall of the recently opened AVA (Architecture and The Visual Arts) Gallery on the Docklands Campus at the University of East London. I enlisted the help of two willing student collaborators who helped me draw up the images from an overhead projector. I was able to use the corner of the gallery to create an illusionistic space that defied the logic of the space in some ways.