attn Rob

Rob
do you know any templates that might be suitable?
Where are they? I'll get on to it.

merry Christmas to all.

Merry Christmas all and a happy new year. Keep posting. Enjoy the holiday season. Send some pics of where you are.

still listening,looking

The Mythological studio is being revamped for next year with more projects planned. Stay tuned for developments. We should be able to upload sound and video then too. There has been lots of interest but the end of the year activities got in the way. Anyone interested in turning this into magazine? Thanks to those sofar who have been involved and keep posting.

Art School Hong Kong

We will soon move to our New Studio in another place in Hong Kong, here is some picture I took at the backstair of
Hong Kong Art School.

I have not been posting much as I can't seem to upload sound files or blank videos with the sound embedded but I just want you all to know I am out here watching and enjoying your work. Cheers, Rich.

greetings

Sometimes, before the water dries up again,
I go to meet my friend who lives under the surface.

I know she's there, we have our way of saying hi:
I extend three fingers out to her, and she raises hers back,
to touch mine.

Abandoned villages in Hong Kong - my research... - Part 2

Further research, and a quote from my artist-statement-in-progress. Thoughts and critique very welcome (but please be gentle!).

Beyond the fold in the map

Objects can tell the story of a place and the people that lived there, about their lives, about their connections to the wider world. Objects have their own lives* and live on beyond us. They fill our folk/daily life museums: the "modest and cast off remains of other people's everyday lives"**.

These quotidian objects, once transformed into raw clay, somehow signify both the particular (that particular object taken from that particular place) and the typical (that object as commonplace within a particular culture or period). This allows the viewer to bounce between these two points, between seeing the object as an instillation or trace of a particular narrative, and seeing the object as a specimin to be categorised, labelled, displayed.

Placing the clay model back into the space from which the original was taken re-contextualises the object itself and the surrounding space. The viewer is forced deeper (into imagining the stories located in that place) and simultaneously pushed back (into seeing the objects as if through a glass case).

*See The Social Life of Things edited by Arjun Appadurai

**Patrick Wright, Living in an Old Country

Camera Tossing & Kinetic Photography

Thought some of you might share my interest in kinetic photography. Got interested in this as part of my recent research into transient moments.

Wiki

Kinetic photography

Camera tossing

And of course there's Picasso.

Here and There

Hey Inari, it's really cool that you have been in my little home town hehe. Where are you from?

So looks like we have something cool going on! Anyone else got some other ideas?

This are some examples of the comparisons between Melbourne and Mexico City...

The house for the Arts:

The Arts Centre

Palacio de Bellas Artes

the main square:

El Zocalo

Federation Square

A sunset from my door:

Coyoacan,Mexico D.F.

South Yarra, Vic.

A music festival

(that starts with V):

Vive Latino

V Festival

My favourite drink:

Capuchimoka, Cafe El Jarocho

Tropical Storm, Boost Juice

Let me know what you all think!

'Circles' video - looks and sounds like there's an end of semester break-up coming up.

Same eyes, different places

Hi! I also agree, it's a great idea to have an exhibition once we have gathered some good material for it.

Inari, your idea of comparing different locations is very appealing, I have already thought about it myself, even thought about creating a kind of comic strip with the simmilarities and differences between Mexico (where I'm from) and Australia and have written down some things like the differences in public transport for example.

I even have this very random but beautiful example:

Teddy Bears

I am going back home for a month in December, so we could maybe work out a list of people, places or activities that each of us can photograph (or draw, etc.) in our countries and in Australia and then put them all togeather to look at the contrasting points.

For example: the train in Melbourne, the metro in Mexico. Federation square and the Zocalo which is our main public square. Our neighbours, the guys at our favourite coffee shop etc.

Sunsets. Even everyday objects like garbage cans...

Or, working with the time of day like the picture you posted, say, take a picture at 10 pm from your rooftop pointing north, or something like that... Or using the Australian time to say, at 10am oz time take a picture where you are...

Well, this are some ideas, hopefully not too confusing! But I'm in!

Cheers

Cynthia.

I agree re. exhibition within a year

Hi all,

I think it's a great goal to try and work towards an exhibition of some kind. And yes, times are rather busy and intensive at the moment uni-work-wise, sorry for not posting any ideas although promised earlier.

How about making a resolution that after mid-November we'll "convene" virtually through this blog, wherever everyone is in the world, and actively discuss themes and ideas for our exhibition project/s - ?

I'd be happy to work as a small team with someone with similar ideas, or as a part of a larger group, which ever suits people.

Cheers
Inari

PS. I've been thinking about a concept for a series of works, wondering if anyone (in a different geographic location perhaps?) would be interested to work as a partner: We could take photos, or draw, or paint etc., of people in our area, just ordinary local people, say one a day at a certain time, and then pair these portraits to show the similarities / differences. Or something along these lines, just simple, but could be interesting.



around where I live, at night / october 09

???????

Hi all, have had alot of queries re the blog but few posts. A few people have said that they are experiencing difficulties logging on and posting comments. I need to sort this out. Email me or comment as a post. AS the end of the year is looming for assessment in Melbourne I guess some people are busy preparing for that but I am still evisaging a publication or exhibition within the year arising from this site. So ....log on if you like. I will post more details asap when I hear from artists.

Coincidence and the Circle

These safety vests were arranged on the wall in a grid, as a game of 'tic, tac, toe'. It was only when I photographed them in the dark with the flash on, and rotated 180 degrees, that I realised the reflective tape referenced the Pi symbol - the mathematical equation of the circle.

gathered from coincidence

I am interested in coincidence and have decided to start collecting them. The last post has firmed my resolve to do so. how can it be that thinking about something or someone so often results in their appearance or a reference to them shortly afterwards/
I want to make a book of coincidences. ( i bet you were already thinking about this).
also check out Francis the bird blog and too much of nothing.

round pizza face

Moments in transient space…

A project based around some of the themes of moments in transient space.

Mythical and allegorically driven events and themes explored, deconstructed and reconstructed for public interaction.

Going aRound

More circles around Melbourne...

Meridian Bronze Foundry
Debneys Park, Monee Valley

Victorian Tapestry WorkshopGreat Petition
Bubble wrap

Construction and The Circle

circle in map world

i do project in map and i notice there are maps which are in circle shape too.

braggart

Circles

Here's a theme/topic to get things started; The Circle.

This work is a series of photographs of circles taken in the Art building at RMIT. They range from teapots to rubbish bins to bottle tops, as long as they were circles they were included. These images were then placed on the wall in a grid shape. Instead of cutting out circles in my canvas as I did in 1st semester, I created these as positive shapes. They are a document of a time and place.

catalyst

If anyone begins an interaction on this site which is loosely based on something that interests them i.e. myth, archeology, location ,fashion,..or whatever we will collect them for exhibition or book project. Just start blogging.

project myth

starlightpigeon said...

That's great. I am interested and want to do some
work related to mythology. But how should we start?
September 15, 2009 4:21 AM
artrblogger said...

Great idea. How about you 1/ post something on the main blog page to indicate an interest and then 2/ start another blog about work related to mythology as link which i will put into a special section at the side. Or Perhaps think of some project such as general images of a mythological nature or we can tag as belonging to that catergory.
September 15, 2009 5:51 PM
IK said...

Hello,
How about thinking up a loose project definition (maybe it is mythology related? or maybe there is a word or a theme that we can choose and interpret freely?), putting that out as a suggestion to the participants of this blog, and then posting the resulting work here, to give this blog a kick start? Doing a week or month long projects like that within this blog might even be a future catalyst for a virtual (or other) exhibition, and a somekind of 'framework' (idea, theme, thread) might help people posting their work and link it all together. If the posts are labelled under each theme, that will also build a good archive over time on different topics.
Just a thought :)
September 15, 2009 6:57 PM
artrblogger said...

Great Idea. Do it. Set the parameters and post it up. If you like I can send a group email to all as well.It would be best if the iniative comes from you.
phil
September 16, 2009 9:53 PM
IK said...

Hi Phil,
thanks no worries. I shall try and get my act together on the weekend!
Cheers
Inari

Hi from *CYNAMööN*

Hello everyone! I'm Cynthia, originally from Mexico City, I'm doing the Master of Art in Public Space and loving every bit of life in Melbourne.

I have worked before with photography, three of them, part of my Moonee Valley Tarot series are currently hanging on the walls of BSG for the Picture This 09 contest.

For my masters research I am working with the sense of Touch, since I find a striking difference in how interaction through this sense is far less here than in Mexico and other latin cultures.

I recently had an exhibition at the Rooftop Bar called "OutsideIn. An exhibition on what you can touch but can't see... and what you can see but can't touch"

(Click on the titles for more info and pictures)

I'm very happy to be part of this community, all the posts are very interesting and so diverse, I'm pretty sure that sharing and exchanging ideas with each other we can come up with great things!

projects?

It appears that people are adding the their personal blogs which are linked to this one and it amy be time to set up some art projects associated with these interactions. Any one interested? may be set up a new project based blog linked to the mythological studio for each idea?

Mcdonald go green

Never see this kind of color before for a mcdonald

Mapping

Currently doing project about mapping, here are some map create during my elective print making lesson in Rmit Hong Kong.






Ideas of theae come from old Chinese
map. Will contine to do other works relate to mapping

Fragments

Hey everyone I'm Rob from Melbourne, doing painting and drawing, exploring fragments of the everyday in my work.

By the way, I'm about to head off to Japan for a few weeks, so if anyone got places to recommend in the osaka / fukuoka / nagasaki area that would be awesome. Hope to post some interesting stuff from there anyway.