Sunday, December 10, 2006

 

Shameless Publicity

I haven’t been so active on the blog recently. I have been busy in the studio. I had a my termly turn at presenting work at Goldsmiths and have been locked into supercritical art thinking which had made me question the worth of this blog. Is it little more than self indulgent diary of self promotion? Oh well, you’re still reading this stuff.

I have been busy helping to organise an Art Auction to raise money for our end of year show at Goldsmiths. It has all gone a bit crazy. When I came up with the idea a few months ago I expected to have a bit of a piss up and raise a few quid selling some works by mates and a few tutors in the college hall. However the event got moved to Chelsea Arts Club and some big names have donated some work worth 4 figure sums and it is all a bit daunting. This week we received donated artworks from Julian Opie, D J Simpson, Albert Irvine, Basil Beatty and Yinka Shonibare amongst others. Anthony Gormley and a few more are also interested in donating work. I really hope someone with money actually shows up or it could be a bit embarrassing. Check out www.goldsmithsauction.co.uk for more information. If you are rich come along to Chelsea Arts Club on Thurdsay 14th December

I took my script to the BBC Comedy Department last week. The BBC were lovely and want me to send a final draft in January which I will work on over Christmas.

I have also been busy trying to write the script for my Peace Camp performance 4 pm Saturday 16th December. I was asked to make a work for Peace as for an art exhibition called Peace Camp in Brick Lane Gallery. Peace is quite a big subject to tackle, particularly with the current state of international affair, and I had been a little unsure of where to start with it. What do I know about the meaning of peace? I am a middle class bloke who lived most of his life in a back waters of rural England far from the terrible wars other have seen. After a little research into peace I discovered there was once a Peace Camp in Lakenheath. I do have a lot to say about Lakenheath and the surrounding area as I used to live nearby and still visit often. I have even written stories and songs about the place. Lakenheath is in a remarkably peaceful area of the countryside if you should ever pass through it, except for the airbases full of American nuclear weapons. As I researched further I also discovered it is where Ian Huntley buried the Soham schoolgirls. I was originally going to send this script to the BBC Comedy Department but I had to rewrite it because the Huntley bit wasn’t very funny. I will perform the uncut version on Saturday at Brick Lane Gallery. It will be the story of my personal journey to Lakenheath. It will bit like Heart of Darkness except it is not down a river in the Congo but down the A11 to Barton Mills roundabout.

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