Remember, remember the 5th of November

and tonight... http://www.jerwoodvisualarts.org/uploads/documents/PRESS%20RELEASE_08%20Oct_Passing%20Thoughts%20and%20Making%20Plans%20v5.pdf

Jeremy Deller, Tacita Dean and Rachel Whiteread!! i think i'll be in art heaven


AND Also this Sunday there is the Savage Messiah zine launch at the ICA...

Thanks

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..to everyone that made it on saturday to the opening to my current exhibition which was largely a presentation of my explorations into the physicality of the photograph, if you would like more info about the work, do give me a shout.

It was also Halloween so there were some ghoulish characters around...





Thanks also to Danger Dylan (Hervais-Adelman) for curating and putting it together... and to Rolan Daks for the AMAZING food via his pop-up restaurant. Also to The Breaktime Jazz Quartet for their beautiful music.

The exhibition's on for a few weeks to do still come down if you couldn't reach


http://www.antennastudios.co.uk

This Saturday

A momentary leap back into the real world, come and look at some stuff that's not been online and listen to some nice music in beautiful Crystal Palace

www.antennastudios.co.uk

Up Town Top Rankin

Goldie's be-jewelled hands, halo's in his eyes, a snarl reflecting from his bullion teeth, baggy jeans.

Madonna's veins bursting from her muscle packed arms, Earth Mother / Holy Mother Hair


Bjork's intense eye peeking through her Icelandic wind-blown hair


This is what I think of when I think of Rankin's photography, images that I have looked at and loved for many years..

Now having been Ranked as part of Rankin Live in association with OXFAM I can add sound to my thoughts:

"Ooh you look like a sinister child. Click. Like a sinister child from a film. Click click. You'd make a good witch....Click, I mean a good witch...Click, a sexy one... that's it, talk to the camera with your eyes, Click... put your head on your shoulder, Click, chin up a little, nice, nice... Click, you've got a strong face...amazing eyes, amazing...Click..."

And some new visions:

The void of a cavernous camera lens surrounded by a bright interrogation light, the hair-stylist with a fan, various other assistants doing I don't know what cos I'm trying ever so hard to look like Kate Moss or Anna Friel.

It's comparable to being an altered state of consciousness, like being blind drunk with only the sound of the surrounding world, or that of your own voice to comfort you. Except in this instance, the voice is Rankin's and he's asking me to look through the tunnel, through the camera. He's not unlike a male siren, luring his prey with a song that ends in (flat) death by photograph; A mantic creature whom by default of his medium, simultaneously sees that which has passed (a live moment) and that which is still to occur- frozen, flattened reflections of those moments which with a press of a button, become destined to live on forever as images embedded into monitors and sheets of chemically treated paper.




In other words, Rankin's got some lines and he's not afraid of using them to get the images that he desires.

My own moment of charitable, photographic death by siren-camera was recorded last Thursday at approximately 1pm (see...http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/arts_and_culture/8177751.stm "Another woman in a green dress danced to Ultravox throughout her shoot." Note- I requested Donna Summer!).

I hope to be able to point you towards it soon.

Currently Showing...

> A couple of music inspired photographs at the Jealous Gallery in Crouch End as part of the Presenting the Top 100 open submission art exhibition >

http://www.presentingthetop100.com

Degree Show

exhibition

I have some new work on display as part of the 'In Place' Exhibition at The Parfitt Gallery, Croydon College until this Friday.

If you need further details, please contact drumzofthesouth@gmail.com

thanks!

Ja!

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End of March beginning of April, I was invited to contribute to an exhibition taking place at the Backackra youth hostel in the Southern Swedish countryside. The show was part of an annual Easter tradition in which most galleries and museums plus homes, shops, pubs and tourist sites display art of varying nature. It was a good chance to see parts of Sweden that I've never seen before despite having been a regular visit to the country since the age of 9- it's a beautiful place - clean, spacious, quiet.



Luckily myself and fellow travelling friends - photographer Dean Grenier, Ida Bergsforr plus my good ol' Uncle Barry who now lives in Malmo were able to catch Skream play at Kontra Musik. It was the first Dubstep gig I've reached outsite of Britain and NYC so was interesting to observe people's reactions. The crowd seemed to enjoy themselves but there was none of the usual rewinds, no MC's, generally none of the hype you get on UK dancefloors. The Swede's are a great bunch of people, but pretty serious and neutral when it comes to most things including their dress- beige, greys, black etc.... the sight of a girl dressed in bright green glow in the dark clothing jumping up and down and pushing the button (who else was gonna do it?), must have amused them somewhat.


Big love and thanks to my Swinglish family who put me up and put up with me for nearly 2 weeks. Below are 2 Flickr links, one to mine and one to Dean Grenier's who's visit to Sweden was part of his marathon trip around Europe which began with London in March.


Drumzofthesouth Sweden, Georgie C
a love letter to trains, Dean G

Forthcoming exhibition

Yell if you're gonna be in Malmo for the Skream gig. I'm exhibiting some night photos alongside other photo based images by Therese and Bjorn Carnemalm.

What is Maximal Minimalism anyway?

Cerith Wyn Evans' so called 'Maximal-Minimalist' exhibition 'take my eyes and through them see you' at the ICA was cluttered with noise and pollution; pots plants, over-bearing white walls, huge windows.

Okay, so the actual visual element of the piece that the exhibition was named after is minimal: two rolls of blank film -one collecting the room's dust, the other collecting the scratches caused by repeated projection on to the screen. I like the idea, but came away slightly stressed by the mess of it all:

One of the works was broken upon arrival, the film projector of the other one was so noisy that it was difficult concentrate on the actual film. That eventually broke too.

The lady on guard (who'd previously attempted to introduce the exhibition yet was of little help when I questioned the suspiciously placed pot plants) attempted to fix the machine that had broken down but to no avail. So I left via another piece-'Please pay attention Motherfucker' - a stuffed magpie.

On hindsight, I'm hoping it was a set-up. That would have been truly contemporary.

I'm still yet to read all of the text heavy minimalist-maximalism-whatever brochure that came with the show. Maybe now's the time.

Diff'rent Strokes and Dhobi Exhibition

Next Thursday (1st September), you'll be able to view some of my work shot exclusively for Dhobi Records at Brixton's Plan B. Dhobi Records and Diffrent Strokes DJ's Mek and cH!co (happy birthday!) are currently infiltrating South London after a variety of successful nights in Camden, Croydon and Brixton. Mek, who's Dhobi label is due to drop soon is a long time friend and huge inspiration so to exhibit alongside he and his wickedly feel good music is a great honour. Expect a huge dose of soul and funk from the DJ's and live artists performing on the night, plus a selection of images that are a little different from my usual club scenes.


DIFFRENT STROKES
EVERY 1ST THURSDAY OF THE MONTH @ PLAN B

ADMISSON: £5, Members/NUS Less £3 Concs
VENUE: Plan B
ADDRESS: 418 Brixton Road, London, SW9 7AY.

www.diffrentstrokes.co.uk

What they say....

"Now into it’s 2nd year Diffrent Strokes has sought to bring the best in live music of all varieties to the heart of south London without conforming to any of the generics required to fit into any of the ‘scene’s’. Constantly seeking to bring new and fresh sounds Diffrent Strokes have invited some of the most refreshing looking and sounding acts around down to brighten up the nights, alongside a variety of fashion designers and artists who’s works have embellished not only the walls but also the bodies of models, dj’s and performers too! Upcoming artists are invited to perform alongside established acts in an atmosphere completely lacking in pretension, where artists, performers and patrons all mix and mingle in their shared appreciation of the arts on display.

After a hugely successful year at Bug Bar (MTV attended and filmed the final party) the team have now moved on to Brixton’s number one spot Plan B to become an integral part of their new ‘live’ entertainment roster, Rock/Indie Promoters will fill the Monday to Wednesday slots while Different Strokes and other Thursday provide the perfect bridge to the weekend’s big name line-up’s.

Hosted by Keezerman, one half of rap group AMMO, the night is brought to you by cH!co and Mek of Dhobi Records (releases due later this year). In line with the night’s music policy both are dj’s unlikely to be pigeonholed within any one style; they bridge the gaps between acts of Hip Hop, Funk, Soul and many other varieties of music that the night hosts…

Previous live performers have ranged from shortMAN (Multi Award Winning Spoken Word/Poet/Rapper), Moorish Delta 7 (Birmingham’s number 1 rap group) to live drum and bass from Dead Silence Syndicate (a John Peel fave) and new boys on the electro-whatever circuit; Machines, plus many, many more. Expect to see more of the same and more over the coming months…"