A really haunting video for PJ Harvey's beautiful song 'Let England Shake'. A lot of the imagery is of an abandoned(?) fairground, cut with shots of Punch & Judy. Apparently it was filmed at a Fairground on Canvey Island - must visit! Here's a link to Seamus Murphy talking about the process of making the film. The work reminds me a bit of An Entertainment - a video piece by Susan Hiller that I saw recently in her retrospective at the Tate.
6 Aug 2011
4 Aug 2011
Neil Armstrong Apollo 11
Seems like an appropriate image to say Happy Birthday to astronaut, Neil Armstrong - the first person to set foot on the Moon, which he did on July 20, 1969. He famously said, "That's one small step for (a) man, one giant leap for mankind." Armstrong later said that he had accidentally dropped the 'a' from his remark, rendering the phrase a contradiction (as 'man' in such use is synonymous with mankind if you know what I mean!) I did this illustration for an article in New Scientist a while back.
Surrealists: Masks & Disguises
A pretty great window display in Paignton. Beats the original surrealists with their 'Arcades' images!
3 Aug 2011
The Collected Stories of Deborah Eisenberg
Here's an image I did for the New York Times. It was a book review by Jean Thompson for 'The Collected Stories of Deborah Eisenberg'. Strange characters in strange stories. Here's a snippet of the writing in a story titled 'The Girl Who Left Her Sock on the Floor': "Francie snatched open a drawer and out flew the fact of her mother's slippery, pinkish heap of underwear." Click here to see other editorial work.
29 Jul 2011
Happy Birthday Abram Games
Happy Birthday Abram Games, Graphic Artist. Grow your own food - supply your own cookhouse. Still visually and socially relevant today.
26 Jul 2011
V&A Courses 2011-12
The V&A have published their new courses booklet which I have illustrated. The flowering creativity of Byron!
24 Jul 2011
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