http://thesalon-doc.forumotion.net/feed/? Latest topics Wed, 19 Nov 2008 02:42:53 GMT 10 http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3074/3000458596_b013ba37d8_o.png http://thesalon-doc.forumotion.net/feed/? http://thesalon-doc.forumotion.net/first-salon-exhibition-collaborative-documentary-space-f1/live-performance-compass-photographic-evidence-t14.htm claudia Click on the image above to view photos of Compass (Ball Cam Performance) or HERE. Ball Cam is an innovative camera-in-a-ball that Lizzie Sykes invented. She uses the cam in collaboration with dancers to produce a series of highly original dance/video pieces in which the dancers themselves are able to control the camera. These are photos of 'Compass' - a live perfomance event by Olu Tawio and Lizzie Sykes that took place at the exhibition. ARTIST STATEMENT "At the core ... first salon exhibition: collaborative documentary space Wed, 19 Nov 2008 02:42:53 GMT http://thesalon-doc.forumotion.net/first-salon-exhibition-collaborative-documentary-space-f1/live-performance-compass-photographic-evidence-t14.htm#16 http://thesalon-doc.forumotion.net/first-salon-exhibition-collaborative-documentary-space-f1/live-performance-compass-photographic-evidence-t14.htm http://thesalon-doc.forumotion.net/first-salon-exhibition-collaborative-documentary-space-f1/artist-interview-phil-allen-video-document-t6.htm claudia Whilst setting up his photographs for exhibition, Phil Allen tells me a little more about the life stories of the Muay Thai fighters in his photographic project ‘Sakprasert’ and his emotional reactions to carrying out a three-year body of work on a sport his pacifist self didn't much care for initially. ARTIST STATEMENT ‘Sakprasert’ is a formative developmental body of work constituting the introductory phase of a three year project aiming to capture, distil and communicate ... first salon exhibition: collaborative documentary space Wed, 05 Nov 2008 00:12:12 GMT http://thesalon-doc.forumotion.net/first-salon-exhibition-collaborative-documentary-space-f1/artist-interview-phil-allen-video-document-t6.htm#6 http://thesalon-doc.forumotion.net/first-salon-exhibition-collaborative-documentary-space-f1/artist-interview-phil-allen-video-document-t6.htm http://thesalon-doc.forumotion.net/first-salon-exhibition-collaborative-documentary-space-f1/artist-interview-lizzie-sykes-pen-pynfarch-video-document-t13.htm claudia Lizzie articulates the feelings her film Pen Pynfarch evokes in her as film-maker. ARTIST STATEMENT At the core of my work is the moving image. Other dynamic forms I work with are dance, landscape and recently sound... combined with video. I love the concept of cameras. The physical, immediate, sometimes playful nature of the work means that now and then I need to create cameras, or bits of cameras, to achieve the response in myself and an audience that I’m looking for. Ultimately, ... first salon exhibition: collaborative documentary space Thu, 06 Nov 2008 00:41:56 GMT http://thesalon-doc.forumotion.net/first-salon-exhibition-collaborative-documentary-space-f1/artist-interview-lizzie-sykes-pen-pynfarch-video-document-t13.htm#13 http://thesalon-doc.forumotion.net/first-salon-exhibition-collaborative-documentary-space-f1/artist-interview-lizzie-sykes-pen-pynfarch-video-document-t13.htm http://thesalon-doc.forumotion.net/first-salon-exhibition-collaborative-documentary-space-f1/lizzie-experiments-with-her-ball-cam-photographic-documents-t12.htm claudia Ball Cam is an innovative camera-in-a-ball that Lizzie Sykes invented. She uses the cam in collaboration with dancers to produce a series of highly original dance/video pieces in which the dancers themselves are able to control the camera. Here she experiments with the camera in situ, in preparation for 'Compass' - a live perfomance event by Olu Tawio and Lizzie Sykes taking place on 6 Nov at the exhibition. first salon exhibition: collaborative documentary space Thu, 06 Nov 2008 00:05:31 GMT http://thesalon-doc.forumotion.net/first-salon-exhibition-collaborative-documentary-space-f1/lizzie-experiments-with-her-ball-cam-photographic-documents-t12.htm#12 http://thesalon-doc.forumotion.net/first-salon-exhibition-collaborative-documentary-space-f1/lizzie-experiments-with-her-ball-cam-photographic-documents-t12.htm http://thesalon-doc.forumotion.net/first-salon-exhibition-collaborative-documentary-space-f1/artist-interview-lizzie-sykes-ball-cam-video-document-t11.htm claudia Lizzie Sykes demonstrates just what her invention - the Ball Cam - can do. At a certain point during the interview, Lizzie captures me filming her on her own Ball Cam: snatching a cunning glimpse of the documentor herself. ARTIST STATEMENT At the core of my work is the moving image. Other dynamic forms I work with are dance, landscape and recently sound... combined with video. I love the concept of cameras. The physical, immediate, sometimes playful nature of the work means that ... first salon exhibition: collaborative documentary space Wed, 05 Nov 2008 23:47:01 GMT http://thesalon-doc.forumotion.net/first-salon-exhibition-collaborative-documentary-space-f1/artist-interview-lizzie-sykes-ball-cam-video-document-t11.htm#11 http://thesalon-doc.forumotion.net/first-salon-exhibition-collaborative-documentary-space-f1/artist-interview-lizzie-sykes-ball-cam-video-document-t11.htm http://thesalon-doc.forumotion.net/first-salon-exhibition-collaborative-documentary-space-f1/artist-interview-stephen-bell-video-document-t10.htm claudia Stephen Bell chats about some of the ideas behind his interactive piece 'Mapping Behaviour'. ARTIST STATEMENT Every time we make a decision, we choose a path from a vast range of possibilities. As we follow our path so it interacts with those of others. Imagine the shapes we would see if the paths we followed were made visible. Scientists would make maps representing these routes to analyse them. I do it for aesthetic purposes, to celebrate its complexity and simplicity, its messiness, ... first salon exhibition: collaborative documentary space Wed, 05 Nov 2008 22:33:04 GMT http://thesalon-doc.forumotion.net/first-salon-exhibition-collaborative-documentary-space-f1/artist-interview-stephen-bell-video-document-t10.htm#10 http://thesalon-doc.forumotion.net/first-salon-exhibition-collaborative-documentary-space-f1/artist-interview-stephen-bell-video-document-t10.htm http://thesalon-doc.forumotion.net/first-salon-exhibition-collaborative-documentary-space-f1/artist-interview-roy-brown-video-document-t9.htm claudia

Roy tells us more about his piece, 'Outcrop'.]]> first salon exhibition: collaborative documentary space Wed, 05 Nov 2008 22:02:10 GMT http://thesalon-doc.forumotion.net/first-salon-exhibition-collaborative-documentary-space-f1/artist-interview-roy-brown-video-document-t9.htm#9 http://thesalon-doc.forumotion.net/first-salon-exhibition-collaborative-documentary-space-f1/artist-interview-roy-brown-video-document-t9.htm http://thesalon-doc.forumotion.net/first-salon-exhibition-collaborative-documentary-space-f1/artist-interview-olu-taiwo-video-document-t8.htm claudia Olu Taiwo chats about his exhibition piece '€˜The 5th Cardinal point'€™ and his live performance of 'Compass', taking place at 5:30 pm on 6 Nov in the gallery. ARTIST STATEMENT Dr Olu Taiwo’s main aim is to propagate 21st century issues concerning the interaction between body and technology. Currently my research is based on the conceptual notion of both the ‘return beat’ (West African rhythmic sensibility), and the ‘physical journal’ (Kinesthetic knowledge, memory ... first salon exhibition: collaborative documentary space Wed, 05 Nov 2008 15:31:47 GMT http://thesalon-doc.forumotion.net/first-salon-exhibition-collaborative-documentary-space-f1/artist-interview-olu-taiwo-video-document-t8.htm#8 http://thesalon-doc.forumotion.net/first-salon-exhibition-collaborative-documentary-space-f1/artist-interview-olu-taiwo-video-document-t8.htm http://thesalon-doc.forumotion.net/first-salon-exhibition-collaborative-documentary-space-f1/01-nov-setting-up-the-exhibition-raw-video-footage-t5.htm claudia RAW [1] Susan Sloan sets up her motion capture installation with the help of Adam Vanner, and Sandy and Dennis from The Study Gallery, whilst everyone else appears to loiter in and out of the frame. RAW [2] Neal White sets up his Office of Experiments RAW [3] Jen, Lizzie and Neal in conversation over a relaxed, rushed lunch of fish and chips. RAW [4] Lizzie Sykes, Susan Sloan and Adam Vanner chat through plans. first salon exhibition: collaborative documentary space Tue, 04 Nov 2008 08:14:04 GMT http://thesalon-doc.forumotion.net/first-salon-exhibition-collaborative-documentary-space-f1/01-nov-setting-up-the-exhibition-raw-video-footage-t5.htm#5 http://thesalon-doc.forumotion.net/first-salon-exhibition-collaborative-documentary-space-f1/01-nov-setting-up-the-exhibition-raw-video-footage-t5.htm http://thesalon-doc.forumotion.net/first-salon-exhibition-collaborative-documentary-space-f1/01-nov-03-nov-setting-up-the-exhibition-photographic-documents-t3.htm claudia photographers: Claudia Vieira; Phil Allen first salon exhibition: collaborative documentary space Tue, 04 Nov 2008 01:57:41 GMT http://thesalon-doc.forumotion.net/first-salon-exhibition-collaborative-documentary-space-f1/01-nov-03-nov-setting-up-the-exhibition-photographic-documents-t3.htm#3 http://thesalon-doc.forumotion.net/first-salon-exhibition-collaborative-documentary-space-f1/01-nov-03-nov-setting-up-the-exhibition-photographic-documents-t3.htm http://thesalon-doc.forumotion.net/first-salon-exhibition-collaborative-documentary-space-f1/documenting-process-t1.htm Phill I've been curious myself as to why, out of hundreds of photographs taken thus far, many more of fights themselves than of training sessions and fight warm ups, I chose to exhibit just one image from a fight and the rest from preparations for fights. Having spent a day at the gallery in preparation for the exhibition I came away with dozens of photographs that perhaps provide a clue to myself as to what it is that fascinates me most about an event, of any kind. I'm far more intrigued ... first salon exhibition: collaborative documentary space Mon, 03 Nov 2008 23:27:23 GMT http://thesalon-doc.forumotion.net/first-salon-exhibition-collaborative-documentary-space-f1/documenting-process-t1.htm#1 http://thesalon-doc.forumotion.net/first-salon-exhibition-collaborative-documentary-space-f1/documenting-process-t1.htm