Studio life...

 This building is amazing and inspiring...

I love the light,

 

the dark,

 the windows, 

 the crusty floors...

 

...and the inherent creativity imbued in the space.

I love that I can have a messy desk...

I love that I'm creating things with materials I've never used before...

 I feel so privileged to be a part of this space for the short few months it has left...

Afraid of the dark...

The downside to a creative practice that is (currently) centering around projection installation is that you need the dark to make the work.

Now it's been a long time since I was truly afraid of the dark, but I've got to say, working alone at night in a big old creaky warehouse in a slightly dodgy area of town keeps me on my toes! Every creak, rattle, and shudder the old building makes makes me a little jumpy!

In the Ghetto...

For some reason or other, the song "In the Ghetto", (originally be Elvis - covered beautifully by Cartman on Southpark) has been the song of choice at our house for a while. Just one of those in-house memes. So when the Count came to visit my studio space for the first time, he thought it was very "ghetto". Now I'm singing it in my head in my Cartman voice...see below...

A Room of One's Own...

I have a studio space.

I think I need to write that again...I have a studio space. I'm still in shock. Pleasant shock. 

That's my little corner there (these photos were taken before I moved in, so none of that stuff is mine).

A Room of One's Own as it were. 

Now I just need to make stuff! 

Eeek!

The Night!

Expanded Architecture 2011 lit up the walls, floors and architectural details of Carriageworks on Wednesday 26th November from 7 - 10pm. Evolved from a more traditional screen based film festival style screening and panel discussion in 2010 - we deliberately went beyond the screen and called out for artists, designers and architects to respond to the amazing architecture of the Cariageworks foyer.

All of the works in the exhibition were moving projection installations that were made up of footage shot on site or in the surrounding urban environment.

Participating Artists were:

FloodSlicer + Beth Steven

Adam Russell (DRAW) + Suzy Pickles (Kann Finch/Staple Design)

The Conductors (Thomas Rivard, Michael Lewarne,
Francesca Veronesi, Paul J. Warren)

Killanoodle (Michael Killalea, Sarah Barns, Ian Plowman)

MNP Projects (Linda Matthews, Sarah Nolan, Gavin Perin)

Lucy Rimmer + Irina Belova

Marcia Jane 

MoFo

Nicholas Maurer 

Office Feuerman

Bert Bongers

Tega Brain

All photos above by Alex Wisser - including the one above of me (on the right) and Sarah Breen Lovett in front of our work "Corridor".

All photos below taken by myself and my ever obliging Dad, Ian Hamilton.

The fabulous Ms Emin

Illuminating, engaging, intelligent, fascinating - the amazing Ms Emin is profiled in this thoughtful interview. It made me want to know more. I might get the book.

I'll post photos from last night's Expanded Architecture soon - it was a great night!

Expanded Architecture 2011 on tonight! (sneak peek)

FACETS - BERT BONGERS

DIGITAL DISTILLATIONS - FLOOD SLICER AND BETH STEVEN

THE PENDULUM CONTINUUM - KILLANOODLE, BARNS & PLOWMAN

LOCAL GLOBAL - LUCY RIMMER & IRINA BELOVA

ENERGY FIELD - MARCIA JANE

ELECTRO VIBE - NICOLAS MAURER

NIGHTLIGHT - OFFICE FEUERMAN

KILOWATT HOURS - TEGA BRAIN

 All photos above - Alex Wisser

It's finally happening...and here's your sneak peek! The pictures above show just a few of the works on tonight, there are more amazing works that we're keeping under wraps until tonight!

Expanded Architecture 2011 will be lighting up the cavernous and evocative Carriageworks foyer tonight!

We've done our test night, (where the photos above were taken), I've hand folded over 500 catalogues (my poor fingers!), and it looks like we're all set to go! 
...I need not mention my nightmare last night, where I was stumbling through the Carriageworks building tripping over power cables and not knowing where I was! 

Expanded Architecture 2011 at Carriageworks (245 Wilson St Eveleigh) part of the Sydney Architecture Festival.