A sneak peak at one of my video ideas/process

I'm not going to post anything other than a few pictures of the process I've gone through today . The idea is taken from one of my favourite Oscar Wilde books. I am in the process of making a video depicting all of the dark visual influences but like Mr Gray I also have my sins deflected onto a portrait in my attic in a dark corner ,, this is the reason I still look so  youthful ! 

(erwin olaf)

I love Olaf's photography. although there is no dialogue, when I look at them I have the sense that I am watching a macabre play. There is something very theatrical about his work, the majority of the work I have seen is very dark, but I am always intrigued and inspired by people who can balance a dark intellect with a pretty aesthetic quality.
The effects look as though they have been done digitally, and although I love the images I feel that because of this fact they seem to lose a little something,I still like them, but know that if i were to do anything like this part of the challenge for me is making the visual effect,, aside from all this I think the images are very imaginative and have a magical quality to them.

Jamie Reid at the Temple works leeds

I attended this wonderful exhibition last night. I thoroughly enjoyed the whole thing. The venue itself is beautiful, and add an iconic artist such as Reid's work to this mix and you have a wonderful combination. There are original sex pistols screen prints and collages up along side new pieces, my favourite works were Reid's ink drawings, they were so different to his iconic punk rock collages and prints, they still had the same angst and meaning behind them as his early work, but visually were a great distance apart, i think the contrast was beautiful and worked very well.
I feel so privileged that I had the opportunity to see this collection of work and actually meet and be in the presence of such a visually influential man. When I think of punk rock I always associate the whole culture with Reid ( amongst others) and I'm sure that most people do, for one mans work to have such an influence , well i find it beautiful and something to aspire to.

I almost forgot to mention Reids tee pees , This is where I am on the photograph. inside were beds and sheets with iconic prints on them. I found it very kitch and cute (although I'm not sure that's a very punk rock thing to say , but that's what i thought, and I liked this)

The photographs were not taken by myself They are by my friend Elliot
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Lastly I would just like to say if you like street art, the temple works is definitely the place to go. resident artists were there in force last night creating beautiful work before your very eyes!

In the same bucket of ribbons

And I am most certain that if there were to find each other in the very same bucket of ribbons, they'd be sure to become friends and get up to all manner of shenanigans.

Doll parts

I imagine the same principle would apply for Olivia .

Everyone needs a smaller version of themselves!

I imagine that if I were to turn into a tiny doll made of pretty fabrics, ribbon and hair, I might look a little bit like this.

It must be true

These images never fail to make me smile. I think that the only thing that keeps me going sometimes is the ability to laugh at the disastrous situations life tends to keep throwing at me. This one seemed very relevant and made me smile , for that simple reason I like it.