Islington Mill Exhibition

Islington Mill ‘You Fancy Animal’ exhibition- April 2008

You Fancy Animal showcased the artists’ use of a low tech and often handmade approach. In this they were moving against a lot of the current trends in a contemporary art scene that seemed to celebrate both the high tech and the purely conceptual. The show embraced craft, skilled and often time consuming, intricate work which saw the process of making as important as the finished piece. Each artist aimed to tell a story, explore ideas and make the viewer think without attempting to get a reaction via shock or disgust. You Fancy Animal demonstrated that artists do not need expensive materials to make work and celebrated the beauty of the flawed.

I exhibited two pieces:

The LycanthropistA series of models detailing mans transformation into a wolf

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The Ancestor, The Great Bear and The King of NowhereAn animation following the story of a bear god who travels to the frozen wastes to take revenge on an evil king who is responsible for the destruction of the bears (see below for stills)

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The Mouse Hunt- Graduation Film

The Mouse Hunt- June 2006

This was my graduation film from the Interactive Arts Degree at Manchester Metropolitan University.

The film follows the story of the Mice Men, a small (in stature) tribe of people who live in our forgotten spaces, behind the walls and under the floors. We follow the tribe as they engage in a hunting ceremony and using disguise, ritual and magic in order to capture and kill a mouse.

The story was initially inspired by a mouse infestation, but I also took inspiration from my experiences living in Finland and a struggle with vegetarianism. This fed into the theme of animal human relationships and the connection between hunters and hunted and our disengagement from the food chain. The narrative construct of transformation and disguise was inspired by my research in my theoretical study. All the themes that appear in this film have continued to feed into my work post graduation.

The Mouse Hunt is a combination of live action, animation and after effects.



Here is a link to my sketch book for this project.