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The Isle of the Dead: The Jumper
Mentioned in Ballard’s The Crystal World and strongly hinted at in Nabokov’s Despair, I’ve always loved Arnold Böcklin’s The Isle of the Dead. Here’s the Basil version… And now I have the jumper. I am the Isle of the Dead – a veritable picture of goth in mohair-blend by Coach. I’ve not loved an item of clothing…
Read MoreWhat is the quiet life anyway?
Mmmmmm, it involved re-watching Stalker on DVD while reading Geoff Dyer’s Zona. If you thought Stalker was a little swift at times, you know on the speedy side, then I recommend using some of your precious time in this intertextual flip-flop. I managed to stretch things out for an entire Sunday… The quite quiet life…
Read MoreEye am living – just not posting…
…I appear increasingly less interested in recording it would seem. Though I’m sure it’s just a phase, no doubt connected to a recent desire to shun devices in favour of, well, the quiet life. In a short blast of posts today, I’ll catch up by broadcasting some items of interest and others of note. Consider…
Read MoreThe Influencing Machine – The Reader
Get yourself an early Christmas present and enjoy this exceptional reader which supports and develops themes of group show The Influencing Machine (nGbK, Berlin). In fact, get yourself six copies, as images from my website are wrapping the inside covers in six different ways. I’ve seen a couple of preview copies, and it looks like…
Read MoreNewspaper or (Memoirs of a Spacewoman)
Here’s the front page of Alex Hetherington’s Newspaper or (Memoirs of a Spacewoman), written in response to Peter (2014). It’s not a collaboration, this is all Alex, but I wrote a bit of text and choose the images. All these images by Alex Hetherington.
Read MoreShe Was a Visitor – No.35 Project with Alex Hetherington
Thank you to everyone who came along to She Was a Visitor, the last No. 35 project by Alex Hetherington. Alex used my work and imagery as a jumping-off point, writing and designing a gorgeous text which was launched (in very limited edition) while we played around with www.rabbitcottontoothcottonrabbit.com, watched Peter, nou and The Man…
Read MoreArtist Talk – Moving Mountains Art in the Environment – Millom Palladium
Thank you to Moving Mountains artist and curator Irene Rogen, Phil of the vital Signal Film and Media, Frank (not Santa), Mary (who hung out with Norman Nicholson when she was a child!) and everyone who turned out of my talk in Millom the other week. Drinks were served and badges worn.
Read MoreJane Topping, Newspaper or (Memoirs of a Spacewoman) – A No. 35 Project – Opens 12-6pm 8th Dec. 2018
Consider yourself officially invited to Newspaper, a collaboration with Alex Hetherington – the last of his innovative No.35 projects in Stirling and a celebration of the entire series of shows, performances and films: http://alexanderhetherington.com/project/jane-topping/ More on Alex and his numerous projects here: https://fractofilm.com/SELECTION-4 Web address, developed with artist Alex Tobin, http://alexanderhetherington.com Instagram https://www.instagram.com/edinburgh_film_school/ MODERN EDINBURGH…
Read MoreThe Influencing Machine – nGbK, Berlin – a peek…
Hi you, I maybe shouldn’t share these images, which are merely mocks, but I’m too excited about the incredible work going on in Berlin, towards the ngbk* show The Influencing Machine. My work www.rabbitcottontoothcottonrabbit.com will be in the show, and in the associated publication. The show is curated and made real by a working group consisting of Vladimir…
Read MoreBig Store (1999 or 2000)
Just found this blast from the very, VERY distant past. I made Big Store in 1999 as part of Nicola Atkinson-Griffith’s Bulkhead project. It was my first work after graduating from GSA and I got to show with far superior artists Justin Carter, Jess Worrall and Rob Kennedy. It’s excruciating to read this interview – yet…
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