Michel Blazy: Bouquet Final

Amazing foam installation:
http://www.itsnicethat.com/articles/michel-blazy

'Jelly' hd video, 16:9

A short film featuring a beautiful glass jelly mould I recently bought and golden syrup. Still in the process of editing this video to put it on vimeo, so for now here is a still.

'Scoop', Georgie Hodgson, 2012, 2.38 min hd video. 16:9

See full Video Here (although play it on mute as the sound still needs to be taken off!): https://vimeo.com/41919565

'Food about you' film by Alexandre Dubosc

An animation film, by Alexandre Dubosc. The cinematography in this is amazing, and it plays with simple ideas of reversing footage in an effective way. 

Carnal love, music video

I came across this video which is very much related to my practice. The thing that I like most about this video is the scenes in which honey is dripping from various objects. I think it's interesting that there is something about 'the pour' of any liquid (viscous one's especially) that completely fascinates human beings'. It probably stems from some sort of infantile desire, and my work definitely plays upon this.

Bitter Sweet

A chocolate fountain and fairy liquid. The fairy liquid became almost 'whipped' and was aerated until it became a frothy paste. 


I built the machine into a plinthe to conceal what it actually was. To the viewer it appeared a strange, moving, bubbling unidentifiable almost life-like creature, constantly changing form and growing. 


The menthol scent also filled the atmosphere around it, which added to the sensuous nature of it.

Video coming soon, but for now heres some photos.

The Liquid just added

After a couple of hours

Bompas and Parr

Gorgeous jelly by Bompas and Parr. I love their work- it's mad yet ingenious. They actually create the kind of idea's you think would never be possible, and execute them brilliantly. Jelly is just the best material, there's something about it that just makes you want to look at it, touch it and eat it.

The best thing about Bompas and Parr is how accessible their work is to everyone- kids obviously love it, but adults and people who have never been into art are entranced by it also. For me that's what successful art is.     

'Glaze' 23 min hd video, 2012. 16:9

See full video here: https://vimeo.com/37371641

Golden syrup jelly

Beautiful recipe I found on the internet, by Bompas and Parr. Definitely going to experiment with this.

Glaze

My video Glaze, featuring a model being poured in Golden syrup. Edited to accompany Ollie Haylett's music.

https://vimeo.com/42393693

Supermercado

Amazing video, featuring a man pouring food on his head in a supermarket.

http://player.vimeo.com/video/37074698

'Smother' 2012 Collaboration with Andrea Macario

Petrina Hicks

Its Blitz! album cover

Album cover for 'Yeah Yeah Yeahs'

Work in progress using golden syrup

Planning on developing this further, just wanted to try it out before I spent alot of money on a new fish tank!

 

'Bear Heads' photos from the private view, Camberwell

My Fairy Liquid Creations at 'Bear heads' exhibition, I had pots of food dye built into each plinthe with a pipette to add an interactive element to it.

Interview with Philip Levine

An interview in which Philip Levine talks about his own work, as well as mentioning our collaboration

http://www.labkultur.tv/en/blog/headism-philip-levine

Collaboration with Philip Levine

Philip Levine, a London-based artist, uses his bald head as a canvas for his art, creating intricate head designs. Find more of his work here: http://www.philsays.com/

I met Phil through friends at a private view, and was really excited when he saw my work, and offered to be a model for a syrup pour. We have done some filming together now, and I am in the editing process. But it's great that he is interested in what I've been doing, and working with him was a great opportunity for me, aswell as being really fun. Images to follow soon.

Nigella lawson

60 second film entry

https://vimeo.com/43419874

Collaboration

I prepared and styled the food and designed the set for a piece my friend Andrea approached me about. Milkshakes, candy cakes, jellys and all sorts! Lots of fun.

Black Treacle Experiment

Andrea and I have decided to do come film work together, bringing together our performative ideas', and my use of food. We have so far done one day of filming, and are planning to re-film. Unfortunately, all I have so far is this photograph (Andrea has all the footage on her computer), but I will get the footage and stills soon and upload them. It's interesting to work with someone else, and I sort of feel it takes the pressure off a bit. The films we are making are much more 'fun' than my syrup films, and don't require as much precision and technique, so we were able to relax and just experiment with different ideas:

Collaboration with Andrea Macario

Andrea and I were in a group show together, during which some interest conversations arose about the relationship between our work, as both of us deal with similar subject matters of female objectivity. Here we have just projected our videos on top of each other, which was quite bizarre:

Stills from Second Round of filming Syrup Headshot

For the 2nd Round of filming, we did for different takes. The first 3 were unsuccessful, the syrup with going on her face too fast, or missing her head entirely. The final round of filming went brilliantly, and I think it was a good decision to scrape Jess's hair back. Here are Stills from it: 

Vintage 'Flake' Adverts

Marks and Spencer food advertising

Harry Handyside- 15 denier

A graduate of Chelsea College of Art, Graphic Design. This idea is simple, but successful.

Billboards...

I am thinking about different ways of showing my film work. Because it has strong links to advertising, I'm considering a billboard-type structure, double sided, with my videos projected onto each side. Whatever structure style I choose/design, I know I want it to be large scale.