Blue Light (excerpt) and the imagination

I have finally managed the time to organise getting an excerpt of 'Blue Light' onto YouTube and vimeo. It has been shown at Aid and Abet in Cambridge and I am pleased to say that it will be showing in Bethnal Green in December and I hope it will travel on to many other venues from there.

I am now finally getting the time to work on new work without the added pressures of shows etc for the first time in a little under three years so have spent time procrastinating in the studio by painting the floor, tidying up (not much) and getting things ready for a couple of shows of existing work.

I am heading into my usual modus operandi of unearthing new ideas through research (reading), disguising (writing), manipulating (both writing and making) and imagining a fusion (mainly making and loosing all sense of clarity) of the nonsense that pops up into my head whilst forming new ideas and work. Through stealing moments from my surroundings I attempt to extract that internal sense of clarity, to walk carefully through those internalised conversations, to escape quickly with little warning. Things are rarely mapped out, most of it is a fleeting romance with my imagination and the sum of the parts is measured through what comes out, often made up from self -elected rules placed in some kind of reality as well as those that are very definitely not. Its a complicated landscape ahead that I am running into it with my eyes wide open, I hope that one day institutional bodies might recognise that imagination cannot and should not be quantified and certainly cannot be taught.

Staring into the future

The Portsmouth show was busy, manic, if not a little damp, perfect for Father and Son. Sovay and I attended to everyones costumal behests, took some evidential snaps and then I headed home for an install of Bluelight at Aid and Abet the next day. This proved to be technically a little more difficult than expected so with a cry for help to Mr Pearl, he donned his cape and flew up from the depths of Suffolk to my aid. All eventually went well. The opening was well attended and I have to say I am absolutely thrilled with the outcome but still need a little time away from it to get to grips with the printed legacy of the experience as well as reflect on it properly before I plan my next venture. I have a lot of ideas, I just need money to make it happen and an offer from a space to house it in some way.
I hope I have offers to show 'Bluelight' elsewhere.

This weekend I head off to Hereford for the final juncture of Tainted Love. It will be great to have some time to catch up with everybody there before the works are put to bed, sold or moved on.

I am really at a point at last where I can head to the studio to make new work and put new ideas together with no outsider influences. I have had a great month.

Oh and I need to get some more socks.

A full September

The long summer is now almost over and things are getting busy in the studio. The film is done and the music is being composed (hopefully). Now I am making props, black glass and a drawing for the show amidst trips to London, Coventry, Cambridge, Herefordshire and next weekend Portsmouth.

The first show is a one day event at The Round Tower where the Monte team are back again with the next chapter Father and Son. I am pleased to have worked with the fantastic Sovay Berriman on this leg and we are planning a one day 'event' alongside the works of the others in the show. It should be fun!

After that I am in the collective show at Aid and Abet showing Blue Light

http://aidandabet.co.uk/roaming/

And then after that I am in the last showing of Tainted Love, showing at The Downstairs Gallery

http://downstairsgallery.co.uk/wp/?page_id=28

October will be restful when I sit back and think about what I want to next and return to the studio with no particular agenda other than my own..

Thinking about September

Last night I went to Aid and Abet in Cambridge to see Transition Gallery take over the bibliotheque area of the interior space. There was some great artwork, tranzines, badges and second hand books for sale so if you can, visit the gallery next to the train station to buy some bargains!

This week I have had some work show in Beaten Black Blue Red Green and Gold, a show highlighting some great work from great artists, link here http://beatenblackblueredgreengold.tumblr.com/archive

I am continuing to edit Bluelight as well as talk about the object that will contain the film and prepare for a few shows in September. I am working collaboratively with Sovay Berriman for the first time as part of the next chapter of 'The Count of Monte Cristo', this time in Portsmouth Round Tower, I will be installing work at Aid and Abet as part of the group Roam for Roaming http://roamcollective.com/ and then will be heading to Herefordshire for the final show of Tainted Love http://taintedlovetainted.weebly.com/ at The Downstairs Gallery at West Brompton House http://downstairsgallery.co.uk/wp/?page_id=28
Its going to be a lively and busy September.

Finding the password

The sound pieces are done and the film has been shot. All I need do now is find the password?

Film excerpt

And sound...both tasters

http://soundcloud.com/hayley-lock/21-1

I guess something starts soon?

All the filming is done. It was an efficient day but a long one. The actors were outstanding and John was amazing. A small yet fantastic team. Friday this week is the day that we are recording the voiceover for the film, so August will be the month of editing, no doubt the sun may shine then.

I am now back amidst Freudian theories and newly constructed narratives, looking at how I can weave letters from Freud and his daughter through object and hysterical behaviour. Last weekend the symposium took place where we talked through our research, our theories and our ideas. I asked the audience to participate and they were outstanding, so pulling the last few ideas together over the next week or so.
I am pulling things together for the show at the end of the month and sending work off to Cardiff for Beaten Black, Blue, Red, Green and Gold, an exciting looking show curated by Tom Goddard, Huw Andrews and Laura Reeves to run along side the Olympics, which I guess opens soon.

All things film & Freud

All things for filming are in place and ready to go. I have sought costumes, venues, a B & B, props and aides and so all has gone quietly to plan. I am looking forward now to Friday filming in Cromer Hall and Saturday at Beeston Regis. All I have to do now is find me a black dog..

Other work is going to plan too. Citing Freudian psychoanalysis with three tangential viewpoints, displace love, object and ritual I am working on a body of work that will hopefully all fall into place for the end of July.