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Xbee Glade Air Freshener

Posted by Dickie Webb on Tuesday, October 23, 2012,

Our Friend Bill

Posted by Dickie Webb on Tuesday, May 1, 2012, In : Artists

After working for the last two years at the Fruitmarket whilst I am studying at Edinburgh College of Art I have been fortunate to witness many good exhibitions from both sides. Recently before I came to New York the last show I worked was Bill Bollinger and it was the one that I enjoyed the most for it had a different conversation.. Whilst here in New York that same exhibition has come to The Sculpture Center. In addition to the works at the Fruitmarket there were other Bollinger works tha...
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The Lonely Savage

Posted by Dickie Webb on Tuesday, May 1, 2012, In : Projects

I am always seeking and witnessing words on the street as sometimes they feel more pertinent to me than those that are published. This isolated writing in Brooklyn was in a barren area and really spoke to me. The photo I have to give credit to Julia Yusupov as I did not have my camera at the time.

Lonely Savage probably refers to text in David Hume‘s essay XVI, entitled "The Stoic"

The great end of all human industry is the attainment of happiness. For this were arts invented, sciences cu...

MOMA - Lee Bontecou

Posted by Dickie Webb on Tuesday, May 1, 2012, In : Artists

Seeing work by Lee Bontecou over Spring break was a real surprise at MOMA. I had not seen her work before but really wish I had.

This work is Untitled but was made back in 1961. Its form and presence seems timeless with only the materials harking back to work of that era.

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Sound art work by Semiconductor

Posted by Dickie Webb on Tuesday, April 10, 2012, In : Artists

Here is a sound piece by Semiconductor. The work is part of an exhibition currently on at LABoral art center in Spain. The title of the show is Visualizing Sound - Representations of Sound in Contemporary Creation. This work by Semiconductor alongside other works are really inspiring to my current work.

http://vimeo.com/semiconductor/20hz

Here is the link to Semiconductor's website and other work here.

LABoral site here

I found the link to this through we make money not art blog here.
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Thomas Schutte - Peter Freeman Gallery NYC

Posted by Dickie Webb on Friday, March 16, 2012, In : Artists

Last Tuesday we spent a day looking around SOHO district of NYC. One of the highlights of this area was found in Peter Freeman Gallery space http://www.peterfreemaninc.com/exhibitions/thomas-schtte_1/

His sculptural works as well as his woodcut large scale prints were on offer. The works occupied the half renovated commercial space really well. The size of the works alongside the high ceilings combined with the finesse of the works and shabby decor complimented each other. For me seeing th...
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3D Imaging - Perception Lab SUNY Purchase College NY.

Posted by Dickie Webb on Friday, March 16, 2012, In : Purchase College

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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Woodcut Print Projects So Far

Posted by Dickie Webb on Friday, March 16, 2012, In : Purchase College

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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Zimoun at Bitforms

Posted by Dickie Webb on Friday, March 16, 2012, In : Artists

On our field trip elective I was quite happy to arrive at the Bitform's gallery and project space in Chelsea. Bitforms have a cross section of new media and contemporary artists. With Zimouns' work currently on display in both the gallery and project space. Great to see it in person. Here are a couple of pictures as well as a link to the Bitforms site with a comprehensive selection of his work. http://www.bitforms.com/zimoun-gallery.html

Brock Enright - Evening of eye opening prospects.

Posted by Dickie Webb on Thursday, February 9, 2012, In : Purchase College

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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Gordon Moore

Posted by Dickie Webb on Thursday, February 9, 2012, In : Purchase College

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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Professors suggestion, right on the money.

Posted by Dickie Webb on Friday, February 3, 2012, In : Artists

My current Field Trips professor, Sarah Walker, suggested I check out Jeffrey Schiff's body of work after I had to a short presentation of where my current practice was at. Really appreciate the link as his work is really intriguing and developed. Much to contemplate and digest. Here is a couple of works as well as the link to his website

First Week At Purchase..

Posted by Dickie Webb on Friday, February 3, 2012, In : Purchase College

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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Do Not Bend - Postal Collaboration

Posted by Dickie Webb on Monday, January 16, 2012, In : Projects

Prior to leaving for the USA next week I have been trying to conclude my responses to the replies I received for the Do Not Bend Collaboration I created last year. So please click here to see the current updates. Here are a couple of sneak peaks to recent uploads.

New York Bound

Posted by Dickie Webb on Monday, January 16, 2012, In : Purchase College

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.

Space and Light - Concrete Britain

Posted by Dickie Webb on Tuesday, December 20, 2011, In : Projects

Space and Light 1972 Murray Grigor combined with recent footage by Luke Alexander. The video work is part of a project titled Concrete Britain.

Concrete Britain/St. Peter's Seminary from Luke Alexander on Vimeo.

St Peters Seminary a step closer to a rebirth..

Posted by Dickie Webb on Sunday, December 18, 2011, In : Projects

I cam across a book titled: To Have And To Hold. whilst working at the Fruitmarket Gallery. The book outlines the current process NVA are going through to help conserve and regenerate one of Scotland's famous modernist buildings and nearby castle. I used Cardross Seminary for a photo shoot recently and it is really interesting to see how this project evolves.. It would be great to see the place have a second life and it is truly remarkable place.. Here is a link to the NVA webiste..

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Visit To Cardross Seminary just north of Glasgow.

Posted by Dickie Webb on Friday, December 2, 2011, In : Projects

Last Sunday I made a visit to the old St Peters College Seminary in Cardross which is just north of Glasgow. I traveled by train from Edinburgh through Glasgow then Dumbarton and finally to Cardross. The idea was to take some photos of my current realisations of my Vessels work. The Seminary was part of a Catholic Teaching college it has been abandoned since the 80's and is now overgrown and destroyed.. I chose this place due to its fallen utopia aesthetics which allow me to place the Vess...
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Carlos Bunga

Posted by Dickie Webb on Friday, December 2, 2011, In : Artists

Really intrigued by the process and outcomes of Carlos Bunga. Thoughtful work that makes you enjoy all parts from the starting point through the process to the outcome. Pretty incredible.

Simulacra

Posted by Dickie Webb on Sunday, November 27, 2011, In : ECA

I am currently writing an essay for college which is looking into the innovative ways various art practices use virtual performances within their work. One group/collective called Igloo are of interest with regards to my interest and use of space. In an interview with Igloo they refer to the word Simulacra, which is an idea or concept that nothing is real. Its worth mentioning this is post modern idea as it describes the world we experience as a series of interlocking illusions, with the m...
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Robbie Rowlands

Posted by Dickie Webb on Sunday, November 27, 2011, In : Artists

Came across Robbie Rowlands work a couple of days ago. Interested in how he has applied his process to objects as well as rooms. Click here for his site:

New works

Posted by Dickie Webb on Wednesday, November 16, 2011, In : Projects

I recently showed some of my new work in a Project Space at ECA. Feedback seemed positive and motivating. I have a few more weeks here in Edinburgh before packing up and moving to the States so I will continue experimenting and see what results happen. Here are some pics..

Intense Biro Drawn Images By Il Lee

Posted by Dickie Webb on Sunday, November 6, 2011, In : Artists

Interesting abstract biro drawings Il Lee

Studio Experiments: Cut No Paste

Posted by Dickie Webb on Saturday, November 5, 2011, In : Projects

Studio Experiments: Cut and Paste

Posted by Dickie Webb on Saturday, November 5, 2011, In : Projects

Following on from observation that I did with the Fold un Fold project. I have looked at objects and structures that I can put through similar processes.. One day a building.. For now furniture and more manageable sized objects.

Job Description for the Untutored Builder of Space and Time.[UBST]

Posted by Dickie Webb on Saturday, November 5, 2011, In : Artists

The Institute of Illegal Architects (IIA)

Recruitment and Human Resources

Untutored Builders of Space and Time Scheme

The Role of the Untutored Builder of Space and Time has expanded since the position was established and will continue developing based on the needs of tutored practitioners in the fields of Design and Architecture. The job was formally a static position held at the IIA [Institute of Illegal Architects] who's offices are directly opposite the RIBA, London. But recent expansion ha...

MAGIC NUMBER: Drawing Seated

Posted by Dickie Webb on Monday, October 24, 2011, In : Exhibitions and Shows

Small exhibition at the Edinburgh College of Art last Friday. My piece Drawing Seated was included in this group show. Here are a couple of photos of the work.

Artist: Aspen Mays

Posted by Dickie Webb on Thursday, October 13, 2011, In : Artists

Came across this artist Aspen Mays today. Really enjoying the dark monochrome images. I like when images rely on simple applications to create depth and feeling. click here

ROLU Blog Post

Posted by Dickie Webb on Sunday, October 9, 2011, In : ECA

I just read these two quotes on Rolu Blog

"art is what we do. culture is what's done to us." carl andré ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ "if art is what we do and culture is what's done to us - what could culture do to us if art is what we didn't do?" keith arnatt

It made me think.
As yet I have no answers.

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Matthias Schade Photography..

Posted by Dickie Webb on Saturday, October 1, 2011, In : Artists

My current work is looking into traffic cones, bollards and protected space. I came across the photography of Matthias Schade which captures structures and objects in condensed lit environments. Here is his website here

Versionen I & II by Sinta Werner, in collaboration with Markus Wüste.

Posted by Dickie Webb on Wednesday, September 28, 2011, In : Artists

I was intrigued by this collaboration I recently read on Today and Tomorrow blog view

Works seem reminiscent of Gordon Matta Clark's work and refreshing to see new thoughts with artists playing with buildings and architecture.

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Edinburgh Return, New Studio and New Motivations....

Posted by Dickie Webb on Monday, September 26, 2011, In : ECA

Contemplating buying a clocking in machine to monitor studio work mmmm will see...

Los Angeles Rosslyn Rooftop Hotel Sign

Posted by Dickie Webb on Thursday, April 28, 2011, In : ECA

Up close and personal with the now famous Rosslyn Hotel Rooftop sign. Palladium Boots short video visits the site and gives us an idea of the size and significance of one of these rooftop signs.

Click here

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25 years ago Chernobyl and now Fukushima...

Posted by Dickie Webb on Wednesday, April 20, 2011, In : ECA

Donald Weber explores these to disasters through the lens. His approach and reasons for visiting Chernobyl and now Fukushima.

Click here to watch..
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John Humble - Photography

Posted by Dickie Webb on Saturday, April 9, 2011, In : Projects

John Humble website

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Reflecting on past print work...

Posted by Dickie Webb on Monday, April 4, 2011, In : ECA

Looking back at my billboard prints done in early 2010 which was when I started thinking about what these structures present to us..

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Corine Silva

Posted by Dickie Webb on Monday, April 4, 2011, In : ECA

Imported landscapes by Corine Silva. http://corinnesilva.com/

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Berlin Day 4...

Posted by Dickie Webb on Sunday, March 20, 2011, In : ECA

Day 4 in Berlin and I headed to see some of the exhibitions that were a plenty.. Firstly checking in at the Deutsche Guggenheim to see Agathe Snow - All Access World show. This took a while to get into as by its very nature was overloading.. The vast walls covered in collages and the floor filled with movable statues or monuments, once you started to interact with the pieces it seemed to become less intense and easier to digest.. Here are a couple of photos..

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Berlin Day 3... Swimming dry...

Posted by Dickie Webb on Saturday, March 19, 2011, In : ECA

Visited Stattbad Galerie today.. Miss understanding lead to me getting locked into their gallery space.. not a bad place to be locked in as it is a disused swimming pool which made for great photo opportunity.. Shame that I did not get to see an exhibition in the space as I can only imagine how good this would work..

Other than that I checked out studio spaces and galleries around Berlin.. Reynold Reynolds work Secrets Trilogy... Worth having a look as he has a special way with film making ...
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Berlin Day 2.... casual trespassing and open airports..

Posted by Dickie Webb on Thursday, March 17, 2011, In : ECA

Today has been eventful after taking advice to visit an old listening station of the Americans called Teufelsberg.. The place is deserted and covered in graffiti, it has an end of the world air about the place with everything destroyed. Access was by a small hole in one of the fences then just a case of carefully finding your way through the run down buildings and wreckage that lies everywhere...

Later in the day I also checked Turmkunst which is a building taken over by some street artists w...
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5 Days in Berlin.... Day 1...

Posted by Dickie Webb on Monday, March 14, 2011, In : ECA

Arrived mid afternoon and by the time I was settled it was early eve.. Set out to get lost in the city which is not hard considering the size of Berlin.. Great evening seeing some of the sights and taking some night photos... Here are a couple of tasty ones..

Sau Paulo to Berlin..

Posted by Dickie Webb on Sunday, March 6, 2011, In : ECA

It was about this time last year that I stumbled across this site about Sau Paulo and how the governor there is cleaning up the city and has taken drastic measures to do so. He has removed all advertising from the city which as you can see from yourself in this link has had a dramatic effect of the feel to the city, I can only imagine how it must feel.

http://weburbanist.com/2010/03/06/clean-city-sao-paulo-scrubbed-of-outdoor-ads/

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Sign artists...

Posted by Dickie Webb on Monday, February 28, 2011, In : ECA

I was introduced to artist Matt Siber a couple of days ago, with his work highlighting our saturation with advertising and isolating the information we are fed. His works are really quite inquisitive and make you look back and forth as to what is actually being shown in our everyday lives.

Here is a link to his website: http://siberart.com/

Also checkout bill boards and sign work by artist Mark Titchner that works a long similar lines I am currently investigating..
http://www.marktitchnerstud...
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DO NOT BEND - Collaboration

Posted by Dickie Webb on Tuesday, February 15, 2011, In : Exhibitions and Shows

Before Christmas I set up a collaboration with different creatives I have met around the world. I sent each one three drawings similar but not the same and asked them to respond. Their responses are starting to return and I have created a separate blog to document the outcomes. Alongside their response the creatives included visual prompts for me to now react to, these will also be posted over the coming months as I start to work through these visual starting points...

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Three Exhibitions - Craigcrook Castle

Posted by Dickie Webb on Wednesday, January 19, 2011, In : Exhibitions and Shows

Videos of interest...[black cube room]

Posted by Dickie Webb on Wednesday, January 19, 2011, In : ECA

Paul Sharits, "Shutter Interface," 1975

Ernie Gehr - Serene Velocity (1970)

iamblichi - sense from nonsense

Music video which plays with similar imagery..

Posted by Dickie Webb on Wednesday, January 19, 2011, In : ECA

Space as a metaphor...

Posted by Dickie Webb on Wednesday, January 19, 2011, In : ECA

The search for space is not the end..
The space I find is there just hidden..
~~Once one believes its there you are already halfway there..~~
~~However space is a metaphor....~~

Belief of existence opens doors to greater change.

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Embassy Open Exhibition: Salon Vert

Posted by Dickie Webb on Wednesday, January 19, 2011, In : Exhibitions and Shows

Embassy Members Show tomorrow here in Edinburgh.

Spaces Revealed

Posted by Dickie Webb on Sunday, January 2, 2011, In : Projects

Here are some photos of the two shells that I have experimented with. These are corrugated boxes which have been stripped back to reveal the inner corrugations. Then these have been filled in with plaster and the remaining cardboard has been burnt away. The shells you see now are mainly plaster and some parts cardboard where it is needed still to hold together. I am looking to see how I can remove the cardboard completely, leaving just a skeletal plaster shell.

New developments.

Posted by Dickie Webb on Sunday, January 2, 2011,

After a good Christmas, New Year and yes a little time on my snowboard Im back to it working with new ideas for upcoming exhibitions and projects. I am still working around similar themes however bringing these ideas towards final resolutions. I have been playing with the idea of space that is hidden yet still has a use and potential. The idea of using corrugated cardboard and revealing the corrugated space that is designed to protect and contain another space. I have tried to fill these ...
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Video Work By Paul Sharits

Posted by Dickie Webb on Sunday, January 2, 2011, In : Projects

A friend gave me the link to Paul Sharits work, incredible seeing these video installations which were done in the 1970's makes me rethink how I will use video projection in the future. Enjoy..
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Circles and Squares

Posted by Dickie Webb on Wednesday, December 8, 2010, In : ECA

Kazimir Malevich

Gillian Carnegie

Richard Serra

Drawing Collaboration Project Mail Out

Posted by Dickie Webb on Tuesday, November 30, 2010, In : Projects

I am just in the process of mailing out drawing packs to other creatives. I am doing this to create a new way to gain perspective on my current thoughts. I guess I am trying to find some clarity and see how other respond to images that I am playing with and working on.

If anyone is interested in being part of this process then please let me know and I will send you a pack and instructions of the project.

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The Fruitmarket Gallery Exhibition: Childish Things

Posted by Dickie Webb on Saturday, November 20, 2010, In : The Fruitmarket Gallery

I am currently working part time for The Fruitmarket Gallery here in Edinburgh. Their new exhibition has just opened with some seminal works by British and American artists.

Lost within space..

Posted by Dickie Webb on Saturday, November 20, 2010, In : ECA

My discoveries and experiments within the last month have continued. From these ideas and findings I have started to realise how my work looks at the idea of potential or possible potential. On understanding what where or how much potential might lie within or exist I explore ways in which this potential can be manipulated or released....

Currently lots of avenues are being explored and new potentials being adopted..

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Next step voids and melts...

Posted by Dickie Webb on Tuesday, November 2, 2010, In : ECA

So looking at my results from these experiments I have started to bring elements together. With the voids I am now looking to see if I can get the similar effects I have seen in the melts. hence I am now experimenting with bleach and its common use for removing colour. So continuing with the square paper but now creating the voids similar to the xerox paper but this time letting the medium eat away at the space whilst creating a new space.

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Void Expansion...

Posted by Dickie Webb on Tuesday, November 2, 2010, In : ECA

Whilst using the xerox paper I started thinking on how I could reverse the process, so instead of taking the ink of the paper rather trying to re-apply the ink back to the paper... Here I have used graphite and polish on paper and tracing paper to see how this transfer could work. I was really trying to re-create some of the effects I had made in the xerox voids whilst also seeing how the new mediums could work..

Xerox Process..

Posted by Dickie Webb on Tuesday, November 2, 2010, In : ECA

This process of working with the xerox paper and its qualities and flaws allowed me to keep on discovering new ways in which to expand these ideas.. He are some drawings developed from the voids..

Void Xerox..

Posted by Dickie Webb on Tuesday, November 2, 2010, In : ECA

On duplicating my original drawings it gave me thoughts as to the use of the xerox paper. The dusty texture it creates when scraped was similar to the dust I felt you would find within a space you could not see or access. If you did access it would be dust that would aid the claustrophobic feeling and with its choking qualities. I decided to use the paper and manually create duplicates through using the same size and shape piece of paper.. This in turn was the square which has been a const...
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Melting Escape...

Posted by Dickie Webb on Tuesday, November 2, 2010, In : ECA

My experiments and development of the escaping space have produced some intriguing shapes and forms. I have played with different contents of the frozen spaces, including salt and liquid acrylic as well as ink and water. The effects have been quite different with the salt leaving crystals as the ink and water has evaporated and the solutions that have contained more acrylic have bled less than those with more ink content. Some of the melts have sat and left a solid shape exactly where the ...
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East Coast vs West Coast

Posted by Dickie Webb on Monday, November 1, 2010, In : Projects

On both sides of America there seems to be a move to alter the generic billboard advertising we are presented with.. Here are some links to projects on both sides of the States.

Walead Beshty: Passages part of the LAXART billboard take over in LA. Check out their site for all the works on display: http://www.laxart.org

Staying on the West Coast and still in LA there seems to be so many billboards they just keep them coming.

The How Many Billboards: Art In Stead project brought together 21 a...

Abstract Billboards

Posted by Dickie Webb on Monday, November 1, 2010, In : Projects

Billboards are becoming the canvas of choice it seems for many artists. Check out the work of French street artist OX and his abstract visions, I like his take..

Weekend of reading...

Posted by Dickie Webb on Saturday, October 30, 2010, In : Projects

Feels like I have taken a journey through so many blogs and sites this weekend.. Never ending information feed.

I find my self increasingly being influenced by the building and structures around me. Whether this comes from spending so much time in the outdoors in the mountains away from all this.. This being the confinement yet the reliance.. It feels like in the city everything needs everything else yet in turn everything rejects one another. The posts on the sites I have been reading ar...

Train of thought

Posted by Dickie Webb on Saturday, October 30, 2010, In : Projects

Reading further through some of the posts and pages on the Pop Up City blog has been really informing and reassuring leading me to sites such as this one
http://www.themobilecity.nl/

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Internet Wanderings... Places of interest....

Posted by Dickie Webb on Friday, October 29, 2010, In : Projects

http://popupcity.net/2009/06/sao-paulo-clean-city/

Checked out this website today whilst looking at rooftop signs and billboards.. Really good site many posts relating to the work I am currently thinking about. This post is really interesting in how it shows us the results of Sao Paulo's decision to stop all street advertising. The before and after pictures really do show how the city came back to life once the signs were removed. Old buildings reappeared and streets came back to life quit...
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Space Escape..

Posted by Dickie Webb on Friday, October 29, 2010, In : ECA

First one of a series....

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Space release...

Posted by Dickie Webb on Thursday, October 21, 2010, In : ECA

Results of the inner space running out.. It's weird to see how if made its own path and sat on the paper the way it did for thirty hours. The results seem to work so I am planning on working with this idea in further experiments.

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Free inner space..

Posted by Dickie Webb on Wednesday, October 20, 2010, In : ECA

While updating my blog with these photos the inner space was continually melting and leaving its mark on the paper beneath. I have no control over this piece and how it unfolds. I will see in the morning as to how it finally is free.

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In and Outer Space...

Posted by Dickie Webb on Wednesday, October 20, 2010, In : ECA

These two forms were once one and once apart they change and operate differently. The outer shell needs and require the inner space to be there to support and consume the space within. The inner form needs the outer space to maintain its form, without who knows how the inner space will survive and whether it is fair or safe to let this space be released.

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Current Cube Experiments: Space within Space..

Posted by Dickie Webb on Tuesday, October 19, 2010, In : ECA

These acetate cubes have been filled with water and frozen. The idea is to now let the inner space escape and leave its mark to see its full potential if it is not contained. I have also frozen cubes like these now with ink. I will post the results as and when.

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Crit..

Posted by Dickie Webb on Tuesday, October 19, 2010, In : ECA

The critique was really interesting with other students all showing work from their drawing residencies. The work covered all approaches with work in sound, video photo, performance and of course drawing.

My two pieces caused discussion in a few ways firstly my choice to attach the drawings to the wall using black electrical tape and secondly whether they were a pair or not.

The tape happened due to a 50/50 decision as it was either drawing pins or tape.. The pins bent when I tried to put ...
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3D to 2D forms.

Posted by Dickie Webb on Tuesday, October 19, 2010, In : ECA

The 3D cubes I had made I thought worked well representing the balance or not so between inner and outer space. I thought it would be good to return these to 2D format and work with them from there..

Inner Cube..

Posted by Dickie Webb on Tuesday, October 19, 2010, In : ECA

Cube inside the greater elevator cube inside the main building cube inside the city cube inside the country cube inside the continent cube inside the hemisphere cube inside the world cube the atmosphere the solar system and galaxy.

What about the reverse?

Paternal Cubes:

Posted by Dickie Webb on Tuesday, October 19, 2010, In : ECA

Space from 2D to 3D...

Posted by Dickie Webb on Tuesday, October 19, 2010, In : ECA

The drawings spawned ideas of the inner space escaping the outer space. Whilst also there was a dialogue about how the outer space try's to control the inner space kinda like a teenager and parents. So I thought it might be worth seeing how a 3D form could represent this paternal idea whilst still keeping elements of drawing:

Drawings Continued...

Posted by Dickie Webb on Tuesday, October 19, 2010, In : ECA

These drawings are all done using a combination of graphite, marker, charcoal and xerox.
As I do not know where the end is or for that matter the start these drawings keep on evolving, the use of the xerox machine is to create multiples without using a computer. This allows for reference points to go different directions even though they share the same starting point.

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More Drawings From The Inside...

Posted by Dickie Webb on Tuesday, October 19, 2010, In : ECA

These drawings were done using graphite, bic biro and xerox...

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House of Leaves. Mark Z.Danielewski

Posted by Dickie Webb on Tuesday, October 19, 2010, In : ECA

This novel by Mark Z.Danielewski is a book that I read about eight years ago. I am not one for reading much however this book kept me reading from start to finish with little or no effort. My current residency made me revisit this book and think about one of the three stories that runs through the book. The story of a photo journalist and his family moving into a house that on the outside is normal just like any other houses built of its time. However the story unravels when members of th...
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Space within space.

Posted by Dickie Webb on Tuesday, October 19, 2010, In : ECA

Initial drawings of inner spaces being bigger than those that surround.. I am trying to draw something that I cannot see and in some ways does not exist, however by the same reason is there and is ever present. The idea of the outside looking in and inside looking out and how the eyes try to adjust to comprehend. Then the next step is for the brain to then accept that this space may be there and this opens the door to what is in there or what could be in there... Adventure, escape, knowle...
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From within... Inside looking out...

Posted by Dickie Webb on Tuesday, October 19, 2010, In : ECA

The lift itself is functional and all the information on the inside reflects its purpose... Stripped back, basic function...

Three floors:

Basement
Ground
1st

Number of persons: 21
Weight: 1598 kg

Doors Open

Alarm Bell

One Fluorescent Light

One Emergency Light

I hear the phrase, 'move along nothing to see here....'
However maybe it is the space itself and what it can contain that I should be looking at:

The space alone says it can handle 21 people however on just looking alone you can see the space is n...
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ECA Drawing Residency: Sculpture Court Elevator.

Posted by Dickie Webb on Monday, October 18, 2010, In : ECA

Functional Elevator shaft hidden away in the corner of the sculpture court in the main building at the Edinburgh College of Art. I have chosen this site for my residency due to its purpose and function within the college. It is not designed for looks or to enhance the building rather more to work behind the scenes and allow the three levels it serves to operate and function purposefully.
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Visual Camouflage... interesting link..

Posted by Dickie Webb on Friday, October 8, 2010, In : Projects

Just getting back into the studio after a winter season in New Zealand.. My first short project titled Ambient Intervention which was based within the Edinburgh College of Arts estate.. I worked with a piece that I titled Valet Camouflage.. You can see pictures of this work on my site. Today though I was reading an article about Yiting Cheng a designer who has designed a series of 8 works that all conceal or hide valuables within the home. Follow this link to see more...
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Latest Studio Project.... Check The Change Allowance Project Blog

Posted by Dickie Webb on Thursday, April 22, 2010, In : Projects

http://changeallowanceproject.wordpress.com/
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New Saturation: Third piece in the series in progress

Posted by Dickie Webb on Sunday, April 18, 2010, In : Projects

Here are the bricks for the final part of this series of works. These concrete blocks will be the base of the final work which will evolve over the next couple of weeks.
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We're Very You press launch. Gallery 27 - Cork St.

Posted by Dickie Webb on Friday, February 12, 2010, In : Exhibitions and Shows

Here are a collection of works that were exhibited alongside some of the artists and the sitters.

Photos for DisGuise and Dolls preview.

Posted by Dickie Webb on Friday, February 12, 2010, In : Exhibitions and Shows

Preview...!!!

Posted by Dickie Webb on Thursday, February 4, 2010, In : Exhibitions and Shows

New show up on BBC... Go check...

http://news.bbc.co.uk/local/oxford/hi/people_and_places/arts_and_culture/newsid_8495000/8495610.stm
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DisGuise and Dolls

Posted by Dickie Webb on Wednesday, February 3, 2010, In : Exhibitions and Shows

Show opens this Friday. If you are near or in Oxford go check its a good group show and the museum is one of a kind.
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Final Brum

Posted by Dickie Webb on Friday, January 29, 2010, In : Projects

Last day on the commute. Back to the shires now to get to work on developing the studies have done. Busy week ahead tho so will see how much work I get done. Pitt Rivers show opens this week with preview on the 4th of Feb. So check out disGuise and Dolls at the Pitt Rivers museum in Oxford. Following week preview at Gallery 27, Cort St London. For the 'We're Very You' exhibitition. So time to knuckle down and may a few less updates so bear with me.

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Brum walk... Day 2

Posted by Dickie Webb on Thursday, January 28, 2010, In : Projects

My three day commute to Birmingham continues.. I am really starting to get a feel for this new project.. A lot of photos already in the bank, i'm mainly looking at the way Birmingham is going through a rebirth. Out with the old and in with the new.. However how does the new sit with the old and when its all done will the new be old?
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Three days in Brum... Day 1

Posted by Richard Webb on Thursday, January 28, 2010, In : Projects

I am currently researching for a new project. Day 1 brought some inspiring images will see what day two brings...
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Exhibition News...

Posted by Richard Webb on Friday, January 22, 2010, In : Exhibitions and Shows

I will be showing a portrait in this upcoming exhibition opening on the 11th of February. Please have a look if you live in the London area.

Dickie

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First post on the new blog!!

Posted by Richard Webb on Thursday, January 21, 2010, In : Exhibitions and Shows

Hi all...

Busy start to 2000 plus 10..

I ahve just finished my piece for an upcoming show in Oxford, UK. The show is title 'DisGuise and Dolls' and will be on from the 5th of February through to 21st of March at the Pitt Rivers Museum.

My piece is part of a group show from Oxford Brookes Foundation course. I will upload some photos and more details nearer the time however you can see my piece 'My name is Wilf' on my site.

Here's a link to the Museum go visit pretty awsome venue pretty honoured ...
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