Sound and Vision

Setting up an interview at 10.30 in the morning is not a good idea.

I was approached by a Media student who's doing a short interesting documentary about the power of music on people and its use as inspiration and therapy.  She suggested we meet early on Sunday, and I agreed, thinking that I would make a head start and avoid lazying around on Sunday.  I woke up 5mins before my phone rang, her saying she's already at out meeting point with all the bulky lighting and all.

10 mins later (ye I'm that good when late :D) we were at my studio, setting everything up and playing around with lights, going for the excellent natural light found in my soon-to-be-demolished studio.

The interview consisted of my explaining how I use a state of mind created by particular music which I use to my advantage when creating works..for example with the car crash series, it's mostly 80's electro pop stuff (such as Alphaville and Secret Service) and Prodigy, which I find as a source of inspiration even when creating larger, colourful stuff.  I just love the way Prodigy built up a song with the use of various sounds acquired from any source that seems suitable.  The cut-copy-paste method is something I use constantly in my work, partly due to my major interest in collage when I was in college which I kept on evolving to develop my mixed media visual language. 

Below is a collage entitled "No Women No Cry", done in 2010.

The interview evolved in me describing how I try to portray the quality of sound, such as immediate response and development in real time, in my works. The following work can be described as a perfect summary of my interview, where all the mayor points mentioned can be traced down in this small painting
entitled "Forever and Ever".

                                                 

That was it basically, after that it was home, slept four solid hours, hopefully I go out later on tonight. Ye, I feel like I need a drink or two or more.