Itch Away blog » Itch Away http://itchaway.net/blog Mystery Guts Sun, 29 Mar 2009 17:27:39 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 en hourly 1 Book Launch, New work by ME http://itchaway.net/blog/2008/11/21/590/ http://itchaway.net/blog/2008/11/21/590/#comments Fri, 21 Nov 2008 22:53:30 +0000 Itch Away http://itchaway.net/blog/?p=590






Earlier this year, I was invited to take part in a project, responding to the painting / text work of artist Beth Ames Swartz.  This work is itself a response to and incorporation of Du Fu poems (ancient Chinese poetry, see Wikipedia entry here for fast track knowledge) and I wrote two poems in response to her exhibited paintings, two procedural works using fragmentation techniques to harness the already fragmented qualities which are the result of the translation process.

The book launch is tonight.

I have also made an online digital work as part of my contribution.  Dead and in this Painting can be viewed here.

 

See Beth Ames Swartz’s paintings online here.



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]]> http://itchaway.net/blog/2008/08/28/store-debts-electrocuting-on-company-time/feed/ 0 More from Ideas on Oedipal Bitstreams http://itchaway.net/blog/2008/07/31/more-from-ideas-on-oedipal-bitstreams/ http://itchaway.net/blog/2008/07/31/more-from-ideas-on-oedipal-bitstreams/#comments Thu, 31 Jul 2008 16:07:39 +0000 Itch Away http://itchaway.net/blog/?p=459 kaput surprise squirm sing-along confessional

sequence bully

needy celebrities twist alpha

beats sanguineous nerve centre

pseudo-Springsteen

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Resize the window to effect the effect.  I’m trying to work with phyisical aspects of web interaction, scrolling, resizing, etc. — I guess as some kind of parallel to the thought processes behind some bookart practices which explore the phyisicalities of the medium in non-trivial ways.  I’m obviously only at the start here – the example I’ve upped here needs tweaking (currently works best from very small, expanding slowly outwards) but gives me a pretty good idea on what changes I need to make in order to get a more effective interface working.  Next, expect, animated gifs in the mix.

]]> http://itchaway.net/blog/2008/07/25/parallaxative/feed/ 3 From Ideas on Oedipal Bitstreams, Draft 2 http://itchaway.net/blog/2008/07/21/from-ideas-on-oedipal-bitstreams-draft-2/ http://itchaway.net/blog/2008/07/21/from-ideas-on-oedipal-bitstreams-draft-2/#comments Mon, 21 Jul 2008 20:18:42 +0000 Itch Away http://itchaway.net/blog/?p=437 Occasionally, I am a government in which

fine print ignition idiot footsie

splutters above eyes

smells of dead ego preposition

pull the punitive festival

oil task force

indicative superporno

the money stinks

of structures and flesh

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commodity deficits, metaphorical

loophole sexy enough for

office

forcing motorists

to jizz

so what you like

middle age destroys

the West

two mumbling ears

gearbox / totality / vinaceous / long-distance / harl / fag / written / organ / machinic / syntax / organs / spleened / in / sixths

]]> http://itchaway.net/blog/2008/07/20/year-10/feed/ 0 Variations on an Old Theme http://itchaway.net/blog/2008/06/21/variations-of-an-old-theme/ http://itchaway.net/blog/2008/06/21/variations-of-an-old-theme/#comments Sat, 21 Jun 2008 20:22:00 +0000 Itch Away http://itchaway.net/blog/?p=406 Yup, the old style is back.  Here’s my problem: I tire of an old design, get stuck into a complete redesign, run out of time, and then get sick of that too.

Anyway, it seemed a bit ridiculous that my site has been down for so long, so I’ve re-uploaded it, and it’ll just have to do while I finish work for several clients and attempt to get my practice in gear.  Then, maybe then, I’ll fashion my electroacres into something more aesthetically pleasing.  In the meantime, I’m going for functionality…

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4. Will there be a full tour?

3. I am filled with anticipation

2. I love you lick

1. True ladies feed Jesus

I hope this helps.

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something alone and pure
sigh a battle
you are now angels
copies of ghosts
group flesh
I grieve and would forget
the poisonous song
always thinking and forgetting
now with the old
languid smile
officious and abruptly sobering

there are colors in the wind
lovelier than moon rising
venting beauty
the sky
a new sketching
silk thunder
so that even night
is art

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