http://www.alyshawkins.co.uk/news Wed, 21 Jul 2010 15:46:26 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Come on down to the Arches Studio open weekend on Sat 14th & Sun 15th Aug 12-5pm: a chance to nose around the studios, see artists at work and buy work for sale from the pop-up Arches boutique. All welcome! Big day is Saturday when print studio Red Hot Press will ... http://www.alyshawkins.co.uk/news/?p=349 On Monday I installed two new large-scale drawings made onto external awnings at brilliant arts centre The Point in Eastleigh, near Southampton, as part of their recent phase3 redevelopment. One covers the new roof terrace, a memorial garden for dancer Charlotte Kirkpatrick... And the other signifies when events are to take place ... http://www.alyshawkins.co.uk/news/?p=339 I'm thrilled to say that Crying & Wanking was screened as part of the Frauen Film Festival in Dortmund & Cologne earlier this month. It was shown in the Queer Animation programme curated by Dr Karin Wehn. www.frauenfilmfestival.eu http://www.alyshawkins.co.uk/news/?p=336 I'm just about to start on a new pair of large scale drawings for The Point arts centre in Eastleigh, Hampshire. They are to be on awnings for the new roof terrace and outdoor stage, part of The Point's recent phase3 developments. www.thepoint-online.co.uk I had the fantastic opportunity to observe the ... http://www.alyshawkins.co.uk/news/?p=331 I've just learnt that Hysteria was awarded the prize for Best Film at the Compass of Desire Festival in Bristol on Sat 24th October. Great news! http://compassfestival.blogspot.com http://www.alyshawkins.co.uk/news/?p=324 This is the animatic (the filmed storyboard with working soundtrack) for 'Word of Mouth', a one minute film for distribution via mobile phones, as well as for screening online and at events, made with Bunny Schendler, Magda Segal and Syd Anstee of Claptrap Productions. Informed by the ideas of young people ... http://www.alyshawkins.co.uk/news/?p=315 This is the film I made as culmination of an artist-in-residence project at BDO in 2008. Please use the comments button below to let me know what you think. [flashvideo filename="uploads/WAC-master.flv" /] http://www.alyshawkins.co.uk/news/?p=310 Here's a glimpse of the show in its current location at the Hartley Library until Monday 28th September. See below for details. Images courtesy of Jane Birkin & Laura Joy. http://www.alyshawkins.co.uk/news/?p=272 Having got married to Ben in June, I now have a new name: Alys Scott-Hawkins. I'd be very grateful if you could update your address books please. Thanks! http://www.alyshawkins.co.uk/news/?p=270 Mysterious Histories, the show for which I was invited to make a selection of items from the Southampton Museum of Archaeology's archive, has been invited to continue at the Southampton University library. With a selection of objects from the collection and the addition of a new series of photographs and site-specific ... http://www.alyshawkins.co.uk/news/?p=266 The show has now been granted an extended run and will be open for a number of additional weeks. If you get a chance to see it, let me know what you think... http://www.alyshawkins.co.uk/news/?p=265 http://www.alyshawkins.co.uk/news/?p=261 Last night a show of my new drawings opened at the Archaeology Museum in Winkle Street, Southampton. I have been given the privileged opportunity to access the Museum's Collection, and have selected some weird and wonderful artefacts to exhibit, alongside a series of large-scale drawings. Please come along and have ... http://www.alyshawkins.co.uk/news/?p=256 [flashvideo filename="uploads/installationfilm06sep08.flv" /] http://www.alyshawkins.co.uk/news/?p=255 We started at 10 o'clock this morning and amazingly, the sail was in place by midday. A few tweaks later its installation is now complete! It's still sinking in -it's been an idea, a diagram and a work-in-progress for so long it's hard to believe it's really finished. Huge thanks to ... http://www.alyshawkins.co.uk/news/?p=243 Here are a couple of shots of me at work on the sail, a few doors down from my studio in Arch no. 4. We're all set to install over the weekend of Sat 6th & Sun 7th. Watch this space... http://www.alyshawkins.co.uk/news/?p=235 and a self-portrait from a member of BOA staff! http://www.alyshawkins.co.uk/news/?p=240 http://www.alyshawkins.co.uk/news/?p=231 Drawings from the Audit managers meeting on 18th June. Thanks for letting me sit in! http://www.alyshawkins.co.uk/news/?p=228 Some developments on the design for the atrium installation, based on Kim's idea of a spinnaker. This is a two-dimensional sail with a curved shape to suggest a spinnaker in full sail, hanging freely from above to allow for some movement, and tethered at its lowest point, as if to ... http://www.alyshawkins.co.uk/news/?p=218 Last night's Front Row on Radio 4 brought to my attention the use of crochet to make geometric models of hyperbolic space, as practised by Dr Daina Taimiða at Cornell University http://www.math.cornell.edu/~dwh/papers/crochet/crochet.html You can listen to the programme here: http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/arts/frontrow/past_programmes.shtml There's a free exhibition of the Hyperbolic Crochet Coral Reef at the Hayward Gallery ... http://www.alyshawkins.co.uk/news/?p=217 I've been playing with ideas for the atrium installation, and today's is a Mobius Strip. What do you think?! http://www.alyshawkins.co.uk/news/?p=214 More drawings made in my sketchbook, from the first floor office. http://www.alyshawkins.co.uk/news/?p=210 Emma is now deciding the winners of the photo and caption competitions. Watch this space for news of who's taking home that wine... http://www.alyshawkins.co.uk/news/?p=207 http://www.alyshawkins.co.uk/news/?p=203 http://www.alyshawkins.co.uk/news/?p=198 I can today officially announce prizes for the photo competition: bottles of Pinot Grigio & Brut Cuvee for the two most popular photos (get up there to have a look and cast your vote!) and as a special prize a bottle of sparkling rose for the best caption. The post-it ... http://www.alyshawkins.co.uk/news/?p=195 Today's workshop, Perspective & Vanishing Point explored the geometrical mapping of spaces. Here's a one-point perspective drawing of the corridor on the second floor... http://www.alyshawkins.co.uk/news/?p=192 In today's Scale, Proportion & the Golden Section workshop we explored the role maths plays in aesthetics. We discovered that the theories of divine proportions in nature were established by Luca Pacioli the man whom, apparently, invented modern accounting (did he?). His proposal, published in 1509 and illustrated by Leonardo ... http://www.alyshawkins.co.uk/news/?p=186 Paper Constructions made in today's workshop inside and outside the building: http://www.alyshawkins.co.uk/news/?p=179 Today's self-portrait workshop was a resounding success. The four participants did incredibly well in just 50 minutes, making their first drawings somewhat hesitantly; but after a couple of exercises including copying an image upside down (the drawing, not the draw-er!) they made second self-portraits, all of which showed a dramatic ... http://www.alyshawkins.co.uk/news/?p=173 ...And kids came in out of the sunshine to make a grand old mess in meeting room 6. It was loads of fun... Thanks to all who made it. http://www.alyshawkins.co.uk/news/?p=167 Today I was on-site with another collaborator, this time for the short film which I'll make as part of the 'Your Space' project: composer Alexis Bennett, with whom I've worked on short films since 2001. He plays viola, studied at the Royal College of Music and is a very talented ... http://www.alyshawkins.co.uk/news/?p=185 Today some of you may have seen me hanging around in the atrium with a bald-headed guy called Paul. He's from Squeeze18, an events services company who will help me to install the work into the atrium space when it has been designed and built. His insight into what will ... http://www.alyshawkins.co.uk/news/?p=163 Spent yesterday experimenting at the studio, with painting and collage to work towards a visual style for the animated film, and also with moving pieces for the atrium. The idea of the square silver pieces is that they’ll hang from wires and reflect the sunlight as they move, mimicking the reflection ... http://www.alyshawkins.co.uk/news/?p=155 Did anybody catch Saturday Live on Radio 4 over the weekend? Fi Glover was talking to Prof. Darren Crowdy about maths and creativity. He's published his solution to a formula which has remained incomplete for 140 years - the Schwarz-Christoffel equation.I’m afraid I didn’t gain much from the ‘tiling the ... http://www.alyshawkins.co.uk/news/?p=154 Last night’s free local paper had two articles about the local area: the new Ocean car park around the corner is in the running for an architecture award (it always reminds me of the Guggenheim building in New York!), and the Calshot Spit lightship is to be returned to the ... http://www.alyshawkins.co.uk/news/?p=153 I’ve been working on some cut-out paper collage at the studio, making experiments to develop a visual style for the film. I’m looking for a way of bringing together drawing with photographic images, and in this case it's by 'drawing' with scissors in cutting out a silhouette of a person ... http://www.alyshawkins.co.uk/news/?p=152 A decision has been made by Emma, Guy and myself to re-schedule the workshops for later on in the project, since so many staff are busy right now. We'll run one or two sessions a week in May and June. I hope this will mean that everybody has an opportunity ... http://www.alyshawkins.co.uk/news/?p=151 11.30am Rain & wind. Horrible weather! Sadly, there are not enough people to run today's gallery visit, the first of the 'Your Space' workshops. It's a shame since the show closes on Sunday, so we won't have an opportunity to re-schedule it for a later date. It shows the work of the Systems ... http://www.alyshawkins.co.uk/news/?p=149 I've been developing ideas for the atrium, thinking about sails and how I might use sail cloth as a surface for the large-scale drawings in the space next to the stairwell. Since Kim's initial idea was that the piece might be like a spinnaker, I'm wondering if it wouldn't be ... http://www.alyshawkins.co.uk/news/?p=148 My residency at the Southampton branch of international accountancy firm BDO Stoy Hayward is now well underway. Please follow the 'artist-in-residence blog' link from the home page to follow my progress... Or click here http://www.alyshawkins.co.uk/news/?p=257 2.30pm I’m thinking about colour: trying to work with the BDO palette and to find sources of these colours within the building, e.g. the blue lino in the kitchen on the second floor. I’ll bring in my scanner so I can start ‘sampling’ these colours where I find them. Then I'll ... http://www.alyshawkins.co.uk/news/?p=145 12.30pm Grey and wet today. I’ve been finalising the plan for the workshops which will begin in a couple of weeks. There are three strands: Drawing from Observation A series of structured drawing sessions for beginners, re-learners and the frightened. Playing with Space Using a variety of three-dimensional materials these are informal sessions for experimenting ... http://www.alyshawkins.co.uk/news/?p=144 'You Never Listen' will be shown as part of a programme of shorts during this weekend's Southampton Shows Off event at City Art Gallery, Southampton on Sat 15th March. Screenings at 11:30am, 1pm & 3pm. Admission Free! www.discoversouthampton.co.uk/showsoff/ City Art Gallery Civic Centre Commerical Road Southampton SO14 7LP Telephone 023 8083 2730 Thanks to City Eye. http://www.alyshawkins.co.uk/news/?p=39 1pm I've been asked to help shoot a video message today for tax partner Stuart Lisle, who’ll be away skiing when next week’s Budget Breakfast takes place. We managed to get it right after only a few takes! I’d have loved to make it more theatrical with costumes and special effects. ... http://www.alyshawkins.co.uk/news/?p=137 5pm Have printed out contact sheets of all the photos I’ve taken so far and stuck them to the wall in the break-out area. Set up video camera to shoot time-lapse across the balcony, looking towards roof of cinema. Shot time-lapse of people moving through the atrium, with light and clouds changing. [flashvideo filename="uploads/atrium27feb08.flv" ... http://www.alyshawkins.co.uk/news/?p=83 3pm Shot more time-lapse through the windows of the break out room. Not so successful this, since there's little change in the light and little movement but for the tide going out making the boat appear to be sinking! [flashvideo filename="uploads/breakoutwindow20feb08.flv" /] http://www.alyshawkins.co.uk/news/?p=85 3pm Stuck paper constructions onto window. Will enlarge on this ‘paper drawing’ next week. http://www.alyshawkins.co.uk/news/?p=46 10.45am The first overcast day I’ve been here. The break-out room is consistently busy, but the light is dull, though the mist across the water is pretty. I noticed thick ice on the pond as I arrived this morning, and want to take photos, but am hoping the light will improve ... http://www.alyshawkins.co.uk/news/?p=45 I'm becoming entranced by the reflections I find on almost every surface, both inside and outside the building. It's giving me ideas about how the film might use multi-layered and refracted images, with varying degrees of transparency. http://www.alyshawkins.co.uk/news/?p=131 Manhole cover from around the corner... http://www.alyshawkins.co.uk/news/?p=128 A stop-motion journey through the break-out area and out onto the balcony, made by taking a photograph, taking a step forward, taking another photograph and so on. [flashvideo filename="uploads/stillssequence14feb08.flv" /] http://www.alyshawkins.co.uk/news/?p=87 http://www.alyshawkins.co.uk/news/?p=125 Set up video camera on the balcony, filming a time lapse sequence across the marina. The camera takes one photo every minute, so when it's played back time is speeded up. It's great to see the tide rise and fall. Much to my delight a few people came up to ... http://www.alyshawkins.co.uk/news/?p=44 I have now begun my residency at BDO Southampton, an accountancy firm overlooking the marina at Ocean Village. Watch this space for updates... http://www.alyshawkins.co.uk/news/?p=35 If you're in the area check this out:23 Feb 2008 19:30 West Hill hall, BrightonPTHHHH (1st gig in 4 yrs, with live video stream performance from member in Australia)BLOOD STEREO (with members of Bolide Awkwardstra, Polly Shang Kuan band, Lepoard Leg & Pthhhh, playing shriek n scrape soundtrack to brilliant ... http://www.alyshawkins.co.uk/news/?p=34 http://www.alyshawkins.co.uk/news/?p=111 Stripy shadows everywhere... http://www.alyshawkins.co.uk/news/?p=120 Very quiet, very sunny and very hot in the break-out room. Got some good photographs of the atrium and stairwell. Discovered how to get out on balcony. Fingers crossed for more good weather next week. http://www.alyshawkins.co.uk/news/?p=43 I’ve spent some time drawing in the break-out room, which has light pouring in and beautiful striped shadows from the venetian blinds across each window. I also discovered a stash of ancient accounting pads, which I’ve realised provide a grid onto which I can draw, or map, the windows and ... http://www.alyshawkins.co.uk/news/?p=42 8.45am Introduced myself at monthly meeting. A great response to my request for staff to draw themselves on post-it notes. Forty in total, encompassing many self-portraits sitting at desks, some abstract (stain from wet mug), diagrammatic (cog in a machine, octopus with people and departments at end of each tentacle) and ... http://www.alyshawkins.co.uk/news/?p=41 'You Never Listen' will be screened at the 15th International Children's Film Festival, Hyderabad, India from November 14 - 20 2007. More info at www.cfsindia.org/festival http://www.alyshawkins.co.uk/news/?p=32 'Hysteria' & 'Crying & Wanking' are now available to buy on 'Desire & Sexuality: Animating the Unconscious vol. 2' a region-free DVD, for £17.99 +P&P from www.britishanimationawards.com This compilation was released at Annecy in June of this year, and includes 10 films in total. http://www.alyshawkins.co.uk/news/?p=30 Hysteria will be screened as part of the Film Festival within Michigan Womyn's Music Festival, August 5th-10th 2007, Walhalla MI, U.S.A. http://www.alyshawkins.co.uk/news/?p=31 As part of the Sexuality & Desire programme, curated by Jayne Pilling 'Crying & Wanking' & 'Hysteria' are showing at Annecy International Animated Film Festival, 11-16 June, France. I'll be there Monday-Thursday, getting stuck in to the tartiflette! www.annecy.org http://www.alyshawkins.co.uk/news/?p=27 You can catch 'You Never Listen' in Circulo de Bellas Artes between 28th April- 5th May during Rencontres Internationales, Madrid, Spain. www.art-action.org http://www.alyshawkins.co.uk/news/?p=25 Check out Imagining Ourselves, an online exhibit curated my the International Museum of Women. 'Bun in the Oven' is part of the Pregnancy strand. You can watch the film on the site, make a comment, and add to existing conversations with women from all over the world. http://imaginingourselves.imow.org http://www.alyshawkins.co.uk/news/?p=24 My large-scale permanent drawing installation at the Centre for Enterprise and Innovation, University of Southampton, will be officially unveiled on 14 March 2007 at the Art in the Workplace event, networking artists and businesses. The piece was commissioned by Tony Raven in 2005 following a group show at the Hartley Library, ... http://www.alyshawkins.co.uk/news/?p=20 I'm happy to say that ‘You Never Listen’ will be screened by old friends the Tricky Women Animation Festival which runs 1-5 March 2007, in Vienna, Austria. Programme info at www.culture2culture.at http://www.alyshawkins.co.uk/news/?p=19 'Herein', 'Crying & Wanking', 'Hysteria' and 'Bun in the Oven' will be shown by Cinewomen NY on January 23rd, 7pm, Two Boots Pioneer Theater, 155 E. 3rd Street, near corner of Avenue A. Screening, Q&A, followed by FREE beer, soda and pizza. Tickets $10.00 Gen. Adm. / $6.50 Students/Groups/Pioneer Members Purchase online at ... http://www.alyshawkins.co.uk/news/?p=18 'You Never Listen' will be screened as part of the Tricky Women programme at Resfest 10, TOP KINO, Vienna, at 7.30pm on 30th November. www.resfest.at http://www.alyshawkins.co.uk/news/?p=17 'You Never Listen' will be screened at the Jeu de Paume, Paris on Nov 23rd, as part of Rencontres Internationales Paris/Berlin. www.art-action.org http://www.alyshawkins.co.uk/news/?p=16 'You Never Listen' will be screened at the Hampshire in Motion Film Festival, Fareham on Friday 20th October at Ashcroft Arts Centre 2.30pm, supporting 'Hoffman'. http://www.alyshawkins.co.uk/news/?p=14 'You Never Listen' will be screened at Flip Animation Festival, Light House, Wolverhampton. A screening of all four AIR films commissioned in 2005 will take place on Saturday October 28th from 4.30 - 6pm www.plotonline.co.uk/flip www.a-i-r.info http://www.alyshawkins.co.uk/news/?p=15 I've just completed a commission for Rethink and Young Minds. 'Road to Recovery' is a five minute film which uses drawing to illustrate the experiences of a group of young people with mental illness. Sixty people were interviewed in a consultation process. The film is part of a £1.2 million ... http://www.alyshawkins.co.uk/news/?p=11 'You Never Listen' will be screened at the Chili Film Festival, part of the Brick Lane Festival, London, this Sunday 10th September at 11am. http://www.alyshawkins.co.uk/news/?p=12 Five of my films will be screened at Prophecy, an exhibition at the Bargate Monument Gallery -a contemporary art space within the medieval city gate in Southampton. In the screening room (comfy seats) you can watch You Never Listen, Herein, Crying & Wanking, Hysteria and Bun in the Oven, which ... http://www.alyshawkins.co.uk/news/?p=13