With the interactive sound installation elective we spent time learning how to project a 3D image.  The video was taken from two digital cameras position eye width apart and cue together so the images recorded are what we see as humans.  These two recordings are then projected onto opposite sides of a weather ballon with digital projectors.  The result is quite mesmerising.  The first day we did not have the images framed or edited the second day we had done this however I was unable to captu...
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So here in Purchase I am being introduced to woodcut and then lithography.  The projects are about learning the process not focusing too much on the idea or concept.  The rough outline for my outcomes came from a visit to Coney Island however this is a starting point and I have been taking the time to see how far I can push woodcut.  In other words trying to make a woodcut that is not a stereotypical woodcut.  Hence with these first three there is a lot of wood cut away leaving lines which is...
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Each Wednesday at Purchase College we have a visiting artist come and give a talk within the Visual Arts building.  These like at any arts college are up and down and some inspire and others barely keep you awake.  Tonight was a talk by Brock Enright, his talk did not fall into either category as to be honest he is not one to quantify.  I am left inspired, depressed and in a point of reflection for Brock creates work that is by no means original and fully embraces the avant garde.  Talks like...
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One of my days a week here at Purchase is actually spent in Manhattan looking through the art world first hand.  Yesterday was spent in Chelsea which is a law to itself with every other door being a gallery.  Unlike other cities I have been to with large art scenes this gallery structure is different with no other real business tied to it.  If you are in Chelsea I guess you are stating your claim as being in the art world.  Quite a different feel one that I am no where close to getting my hea...
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Just about settled into my new college here in Purchase New York.  I am here for the next four months as part of an exchange program.  I guess my goals for coming on exchange were to learn some skills which I am not able to learn presently in Edinburgh.  These new skills might in turn become incorporated into my practice in the following years.. The two main electives here that I hope to gain a new perspective on are: Sound and Interactive media and Interactive installation: Hacking the every...
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Busy times this end whilst I put everything in place for four months study at Purchase College, New York.  I finally have booked my flight so as of the 23rd of January I will be New York based until mid/end of May.  

The course if the opposite of what I have been experiencing so far in Edinburgh with the US college system focus more on skills.  I am looking forward to learning some new skills that I hope to bring back for my fourth and final year of my degree.  

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