change of plans//'vagrant disposition'

so i've determined that the body of work i proposed before (titled cheesily 'lydia was here') should not be the focus of my exhibition here in Dunedin for the following reasons:

- the body of work will not be completed at that time (it will not be complete until i have left New Zealand, seeing as how it is about my entire experience here)

- it is more suitable for American audiences (seeing as how it focuses mainly on expressing my experience in a foreign land..)

- i have yet to come to a final decision on how to display the work, and i am not happy with hastily putting the images up on a wall

- i got another idea that i'm excited about.

so what is this other idea, you wonder? well, after the success of my installation at the Branch exhibition i mentioned to Alex the idea of adding more pieces like that to my exhibition. his response: "i think that in itself is a show." so i thought, why not make it a show?

so i've shot four images (well, actually five, but I don't like one of them) of me in various locations around dunedin - the middle of princes street, the alley by the dowling st studio, craig's bedroom, a jetty out in the bay.. Alex is going to print these images 1:1 so i can get to shooting the video.

 i'm quite excited about the space, it will be perfect for the print/projection combo. i will also be putting up some images from that 'lydia was here' series just to flesh it out a bit and add some variety. the main focus will be the installation series, which i have titled 'vagrant disposition.'

aaaand here's the poster.

project drawing

project drawing was meant to be a class where we worked on drawings that would somehow help us with our studio work.

i couldn't really think of anything like that, so instead i decided to just draw stuff i'm interested in. and it turns out i'm interested in the difference between drawings from photographs and from life, as well as how people portray themselves for photographs versus how i perceive them when drawing them from life.

i had each person take a photo of themselves using photobooth for me to draw, and then drew them from life as well.

photobooth drawings are on the left, life on the right.

Theo

Samdrub

Amanda

Mishca

Paul

Bugs

Ben

that is all.

the branch presents: unrest - documentation

The Branch Presents: UNREST

collaborative exhibition by members of the Branch: Max Bellamy, Lydia K Boehr, Samdrub Dawa, Emily Hlavac-Green, Alex Lovell-Smith, Ollie Lucks, and Chris "Bugs" Miller

documentation by Emily Cannan

Hypnic Jerk by Emily Hlavac-Green

Feeling Nauseous with Fun on the Quiet - performance by Bugs Miller and Samdrub Dawa (pictured: Bugs) 

Untitled performance by Damian Smith and Alex Lovell-Smith (pictured: Alex Lovell-Smith)

Rank and Fathom by Max Bellamy

Arcana by Samdrub Dawa

T's and C's by Alex Lovell-Smith and Emily Hlavac-Green

Finale - music performed by The Something Quartet, "paparazzi" lighting by Lydia K Boehr, Emily Hlavac-Green and Alex Lovell-Smith, VJing by Ollie Lucks and Max Bellamy

and my installation....

projected video loop on back side of print

front side of print with projection shining through

and a little closer

YEAH!