Fight or flight first screening...

If you are in Manchester you can see my film here:

Odds Mini Cine Picture Show – FutureEverything Showcase Special

Tuesday 3rd May 2011, 8pm – 10pm Odd Bar, Thomas Street, Northern Quarter, Manchester. *Free Entry/ Free Popcorn

Odd’s Mini-Cine Picture Show – the Best of the Northwest (a FutureEverything Showcase Special)
The Picture Show is a monthly short film night at Odd Bar, located in the Northern Quarter, the heart of Manchester’s creative scene. The Picture Show is proud to present an evening of short film fun, in collaboration with FutureEverything Showcase 2011. For this very special event they will be showcasing the oddest short film and moving image work from around the North West. They will be screening mini-masterpieces from students, artists and filmmakers, all from your regional doorstep. The only rule is – all work must be a little bit ODD.
Come along for an evening of short film frenzy, free popcorn and visual treats.

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Finished film

Finished this now so here it is...

Fight or Flight?

Fight or Flight?
January 2011 (estimated finish date 01/03/2011)
Work in progress

In this film I am exploring the idea of anxiety and how a biologic response designed to protect us to can actually cause us harm when faced with the complicated dangers of the modern day. This piece is a story of someone falling apart under perceived dangers, until the fear he feels actually appears to become real, finally forcing him to confront the problem.

                                For more pictures go here, and for sketch book images go here.

M19 Collective

I have been working with the Levenshulme based multi-disciplinary arts collective M19 for over six months and together we have curated and taken part in exhibitions, developed community art projects and workshops and are continuing to explore our ideas and create new exhibitions and experiences around the levenshulme and wider Manchester area.

Click on the links below for more information...

Levenshulme Inspire Launch- Oct 2010

Victoria Baths- Chew the Float exhibition- September 2010

What happened next?- August 2010

Bankley Mill Gallery- Raree Show- July 2010

M19 website

Contravention

Contravention
Music: Joe Galen

This piece is a video accompaniment for musician Joe Galen’s song Contravention. Set in a theatre the film focuses on a Magpie who is resurrected and moved by several players. These creatures mimic the magpie, both in dress and action and create a false impression of life with their puppetry. It is both a macabre dance of death and an expression of losing control, but in the end there is hope as the bird escapes the constraints of the stage.



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Alternative version for M19's Raree show

Pictures from the set

Sketch book

Bears Book

Bears, September 2009

This is an illustrated book about a flight of fantasy involving a bear army and world domination. It follows on from two books I made at university ‘Dreams of Beards’ and ‘Pirates’. All the books are naive in both word and picture and act as a light hearted guide to the more childish aspect of my imagination.

Bears- paint on acetate, coloured card.

To see the book in action you can go here (and click the 'bears' tab)- or if that doesn't work then here.

A Masquerade- The National Media Museum

A Masquerade

Filmed in The National Media Museum’s Animation Booth, this piece was made as part of the AYUP scheme, each animator spending up to four weeks animating under the watchful eye of the museum visitors.

A Masquerade is a short piece about the dangers of inviting a stranger into your home. In this film I am exploring the idea of disguise and social behaviour, looking at the masks we wear everyday to hide and protect ourselves from others. At the end of the film these disguises crumble leaving only the raw reality of the unfortunate host and her guest.



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Sketchbook               Interview from the booth               Photos from the booth