Stargazer films
The Stargazer films stem from a new body of work in which I have been trying to create equivalences for sensuous experiences. Specifically this is a rather futile series using a range of more or less successful and rather mundane techniques, which repeatedly do no more than try to recreate that feeling of staring into the night sky. In a sense they are always bound to fail, to fall tragically short of what they try to emulate. I like that.
Stargazer 5, 1min, dvd, 2009
Stargazer 1, 2008, 3'40" looped dvd (sound, Greg Fox)
I think these works also stem from a form of nostalgic wonderment, I still remember clearly spending what seemed like hours (but were probably only minutes) lying on my back looking at the stars until I could see or at least imagine the distances between them. This was coupled with a love of science fiction. I grew up watching shows like: Dr Who, Space 1999, UFO, Star Trek and Blake's 7. The tv image that I still enjoy most is the 'starview'. It is usually presented 'onscreen' on the bridge of a spaceship, a show within a show. The stars stream past or twinkle or explode as the narrative demands.
Liberator, pencil on blackboard paint, 2010
SID, pencil on blackboard paint, 2010
Alien Abduction, Hornby figure, led, ground glass, 2010 (SOLD)
One of a series of abduction sculptures.