Very early painting...

THE MAKING OF ART

Painted text reads

(from right to left):

The making of art (untitled).

The making of art with added water (untitled).

The remaking of art with added water (untitled).

Here in the world of humour....a noncomformist albeit eccentric painting from 1991 by myself! It was one of my very first public art exhibits. I remember one of the art lecturers exclaiming that I was swimming out to an island on my own (I think that meant that I was not concerning myself with the general run of 'art' studies etc..). This has been very much my hallmark before and after this time....to go where the universal impulses take me....if I encourage them etc...I personally like to review the work of the past because I make new connections, new myths and extend and remind myself of elements that have helped shape me....the shaping carries going on and on brothers and sisters!

'ALL GREAT DISCOVERIES ARE MADE BY AMATEURS' - Osho.

SITES OF SOCIAL SPECIAL INTEREST NO.1

SITES OF SOCIAL SPECIAL INTEREST (SSSI) NO.1

Bristol Street subway/underpass - Birmingham (UK) / 2008

On going eccentric archaeology in progress.

BACKGROUND TO PROJECT

The idea of this project was to adapt (some would call is ‘appropriate’) the term ‘Sites of Significant Scientific Interest’ into a personal exploration of ‘social significance’. I therefore began a series of accounts in the city of Birmingham (UK) in which is ‘investigated’ Sites of Social Special Interest or SSSI. Herein are some documentation of ‘events’, gatherings and exploration under the SSSI banner. Enjoy.

A letter to contact grafitti tagger named Debra.

With Social Cartographer, Sian Hindle, talking to pedestrians concerning

the six children's murals at the subway.

Local passer-by attends the self proclaimed celebratory exhibition (Harry in the background).