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A waste of good wine, originally uploaded by H4NUM4N.

On Wednesday I was asked by CECI to help out with the FluxFeast performance at VIVID. From the VIVID website:

FluxFeast is an attempt to undermine the monumentality of art through the use of food

Myself, along with other members of CECI, were slightly sinister, yet at times playful waiters. My favourite part of the night involved the waiters swapping and changing dishes with other diners whilst they were blindfolded!

H4NUM4N has a few more photos of the event

On Wednesday 18th June I was helping out fellow artist Vickie Wood at the graduate exhibition at Margaret Street. Several of you may have seen me look a little like this

I shan’t explain, but instead point you to the website to find out more

The Pyramid Stage, originally uploaded by hellocatfood.

I was at Glastonbury Festival lat week volunteering with Oxfam. When not on my shift watching as people got searched I saw these bands:

Thursday
King Blues

Friday
Ben Folds
Fun Lovin’ Criminals
A little bit of Fatboy Slim
Ozomatli

Saturday
A little bit of Massive Attack
Jay-Z

Sunday
John Mayer
Mark Ronson
A bit of Goldfrapp
A bit of Leonard Cohen
The Zutons
A bit of Solomon Burke
A bit of Manu Chao

As you can probably tell I had my Gameboy Camera with me too There’ll be a few more pictures like that coming soon!

Chris Hodson’s work, originally uploaded by hellocatfood.

On Tuesday I was at the NGA event at the Q club. I could review the work, which was all very good, especially this work by Chris Hodson (who also has a blog about his work and is a member of B-VAC), but instead I’ll talk a little about the venue itself.

It sucks as a gallery/viewing space.

Hmm, maybe that might’ve been a big harsh, so I’ll rephrase: The building wasn’t used to its full potential and for me it distracted me from the artwork on show. Most of the time I was trying to find my way around and many of the rooms were off limits. This wouldn’t have been a problem, except that the many signs were confusing. I think the venue would’ve worked a lot better if all of the rooms were used, so that the exploration of the building actually had more of a reward. Instead we were given a map. I hate maps, mostly because I can’t follow them.

Setting up, originally uploaded by hellocatfood.

Thanks so very much to all that came to see the first B-VAC exhibition! It really was a great success.

I had a slight problem with hanging stuff up and we ran out of drinks, but for something that is funded entirely by us I think it was executed very well.

As this is my first exhibition ever (aside from the uni Degree Show) I felt really nervous about how well it’d be received, but my fears were put to rest once the event started. There’s a certain sense of satisfaction when you see someone looking at your artwork. Even if they don’t like it, just knowing that they’ve taken the time to form an opinion on it is more than satisfying.

Here’s a copy of the work I exhibited. (click to expand)

These are the last two screenshots I’ll show as it’s nearly finished. I don’t wanna ruin the final piece The other three are looking great as well. A few more minor adjustments to each and then off to print! Don’t forget to come along, join the facebook group or whatever!

I’ve really gotta make a move on with this work.Tomorrow I will have it all done!

Pretty self explanatory. Contact Eastside Projects if you know a bass player called John.

B-VAC display preparations, originally uploaded by hellocatfood.

All of the work’s almost done…

I went to the private view for this show by Ruth Claxton but I had to run off to see Reuben, so I went back a few days later so that I could appreciate the work and not just the free wine!

To me the work talks about the future and how it’s all just bouncing off each other and we’re not really going anywhere new. The way that the old, traditional figures are fused together with bright, colourful and very experimental objects made me think about how some art is just reinventions and reinterpretations of older works.

Though, after reading the actual booklet methinks I missed the point completely! Still, good work

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