exhibits

Veteran

Wed, 14 Jan 2009 03:22:24 +0100

I am collecting images of people who support the veterans of the Armed Forces, these images shall be used in a format as yet to be realised and will is intended to raise public awareness of this countries veterans, as a former Parachute Regiment Soldier myself this is a cause close to my heart..

The images that I am collecting are have a special message as they are of individuals not only supporting the veterans themselves in general, but who also support a call for the now established National Veterans Day (27 June) to become a public holiday.

I have started a facebook group entitled 'Veterans - a Public Holiday' and will also organise an e-petition to run in tandem. I have no fixed numbers to aim at for completion there is however a fixed date when the petition and the facebook figures will be presented to Downing street and is intended from the outset to co-incide with the launch of the onemillion project exhibition, this will not only further the veterans cause which is the primary function, but also to act as a catalyst to promote National Television and media coverage of the Exibition.

White Noise

Mon, 12 Jan 2009 20:21:46 +0100

The Audio Visual exhibit currently alligns with meditation and meditationary disciplines and the space that is entered during such 'visualisations', from sea surf to bird song, each space is as individual as that of the person seeking solace from a troubled world.
The audio-visual component of the exhibition will currently take the direction of researching and extracting specific sounds in differing environments in an attempt to bring forth the 'white sound' from differing locations some at the extremes such as the pitt stop area of a racetrack meet.

Sound is little more than vibrations however from an analytical perspective sounds will be interpreted as musical notes, the majority of which I expect to be outside of the academically recognised scale though notes nonetheless.

The extraction of such noises will be grouped in musical harmony and supported by film and still images to create a meditationary sequence, a mandela of calm, even in the harshest of audio environments.

1 million

Wed, 07 Jan 2009 16:21:33 +0100

The one million exhibit will take the form of the same number of comments from individuals around the globe, voicing their opinions in an unsettled world. It is intended at this time that all one million voices will be printed in a format as yet to be decided, possibly covering an entire wall or even written on pebbles and suspended from the ceiling I really have no fixed idea yet but await a time when this exhibit becomes the priority, at the moment the priority is the 'centre piece'.

As at 6 January 2009 there are 999,987 to go. Please keep them coming in.

Centre Piece

Mon, 05 Jan 2009 18:09:29 +0100

The Centre piece from which each of the others will evolve will consist of a homage to the innocents of conflict and depravation.

Primarily it is imagined to be in the form of a wall, 20' x 3' x 8' formed from stained and leaded glass it will depict, not the veterans of wars in recent years but the so called 'collaterals'; the civilians, women, children, male non-combatants, those whose spiritual lives guide them to provide aid to war torn countries, for these individuals the woes and sorrows that we in the western world suffer are luxuries though let that not distract from the joys of the children blissfully unawares of the realities of war.

There is no shortage of conflicts, there are few parts of this beautiful world that are not torn apart by bombs, bullets and death but, life goes on. water, power, education, health services food and sanitation, the basics of what we enjoy though take for granted more often than not are either in short supply or non existant and yet, while armies wage their war on full stomachs and thoughts of an end to their tour of duty, those not involved are forced, not only to try and glean some form of life within the strife but to continue long after the warring factions have dispersed.

Images of women who have lost relatives in Rio de Janeiro's drug gang violence adorn homes in the Prividencia favela. (Eye Witness Foto by Antonio Lacerda/EPA. Guardian Newspaper UK 20.08.08)

It is not only in the war torn countries where abject suffering exists, the favelas of South America, the slums of India, the poverty of the africas, the unstable baltics, the overcrowded childrens homes, forced labor and prostitution, the suffering of this modern world even away from war is equally appalling and for sure overshadows the incomparable sadness exhibited in developed continents, listen to the people in the queues in which you stand, listen to those unsatisfied with their governments, their employment, their wage, their homes, you do not have to stray too far from home to find unhappy people though for me they are not the unhappy ones, they are the ignorant who have much to be thankful for.

From this central piece all other structures, artworks and sculptures will hi-lite the discontent in civilised and peaceful lands.

It is intended that the wall will issue, not only the sounds of the suffering but also the joys of the children who should be crying though find joy in their lives in the worst possible surroundings, always a football, always a toy, always a smile in return for the seemingly insignificant gift that in our world would be rejected.