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by Spacewood on Jul.29, 2010, under Music, Playlist
Photo: Robert Lochrie
Second installment in the WCNS Playlist feature. Not as large as the first, but the intention is that, they will be more frequent. Like the last, there is a stramash of different music and styles here which, we feel, deserve to be heard. From 70s Congolese psychedelic rumba beats to ghost pop in the form of Sleep Over, right round to looping foot tapping surfabilly revival music. We’re also happy to feature the polyrythmic tones of the Scottish band Forofo.
Enjoy
De Frank Professionals – Afe Ato Yen Bio
These New Puritans – Hologram (Salem remix)
The Samps – Peppergood
Keep Shelly In Athens – Cremona Memories
The Splinters – Blood on My Hands
Moster Rally – Palm Reader
Sleep Over – La rose
Fatima – Soul Glo
Forofo – Ha! Moose & Pidida
Dam Funk – Love Is Here 2nite
Ian Macarthur
by Spacewood on Jul.29, 2010, under Beyond, Illustration
Ian Mcarthur is an illustrator from Swindon. I love the combination of surreal patterns and fine detail in the portraits. It’s like breaking apart the shell of the physical presence, to reveal an insight into the subjects wild imagination.
See more of his folio at iainmacarthur.carbonmade.com
Dan McPharlin
by Joe Crogan on Jul.25, 2010, under Art, Beyond, Craft
“As early as I can remember I was always fascinated by any record that had a synthesizer on it. The sound itself seemed to have such a strong, purposeful, and intellectual quality about it that tended to cut through everything else. When I was young my Dad bought The Music of Cosmos which was the soundtrack to the groundbreaking Carl Sagan television series. It introduced me to the music of Vangelis as well as classical composers like Toru Takemitsu. The music was just so evocative of the vastness of space and scientific discovery that I just used to sit by the speakers and listen intently to every sound. Later when I heard Kraftwerk and Detroit Techno for the first time those electronic sounds resonated with me. From my home in Australia, Detroit seemed like a vision of an exotic Bladerunner – like future – the crumbling auto industry had left in its wake a decaying urban centre, deserted and boarded up, but out of this environment came a group of pioneers who were making this wild new music with archaic synthesizers and drum machines. For me it just seemed to click. The re-appropriation of urban space was always a strong element in the early Techno movement. Utilizing car parks and abandoned warehouses for all night-parties of machine music just seemed very sci-fi to me at the time, almost post-apocalyptic.”
He also makes lovely models of retro synths
Check out more at his folio – danmcpharlin.com
Ben Cooper
by Spacewood on Jul.23, 2010, under Glasgow, Photography
Ben Cooper appears to have the nack to enter and document the untouched areas of Glasgow. These photos, taken from his High Places collection, show Glasgow in a way the public, practically never get to see. From the top, we have Glasgow Cathedral, Armadillo, Finnieston Crane, Post Office HQ, Inchgreen crane and John Brown crane.
If you enjoy urban exploration and abandonements, have a look through his massive collection of photos.
Colleen McMahon
by Spacewood on Jul.21, 2010, under Edinburgh, Photography
Colleen McMahon is a 20 year old self taught photographer from Ayr. She has some excellent pieces in her folio. Really liking that diffused glow and the colours she gets in her portraits.
“I picked up my first camera when I was 15 without any idea how to use it – five years on, I’m trying to constantly improve and perfect my photos. I Grew up in South Ayrshire, and hope to move to Australia and New York in the coming months. My biggest inspiration comes from high fashion trends set by the best and colour palettes from surrealists painters.”
“I try to make my work vibrant, energetic and as full of emotion as possible, being self taught I feel I’m constantly out to prove myself. I was Shortlisted to Nikons photographer of the year 2009 had a 4 page spread in Digital Photographer magazine and have been featured in exhibitions in my hometown of Ayr. I am currently working on personal projects and client work, in my local area with loads more exciting work to come.”
Anywhere but Nowhere
by Spacewood on Jul.21, 2010, under Glasgow, Opening, Photography
As part of the Merchant City festival, Gordon Burniston is holding his exhibition Anywhere but Nowhere. Exhibition is on from 22nd July til August 1st, at his studio on 40 Osbourne Street. On display is a collection of contemporary photographic landscapes from west-central and north-west Scotland.
We ran a feature on Gordon’s work, a while back and you can also see more of his work at his folio site.
Recoat Gallery 3rd Birthday
by Spacewood on Jul.21, 2010, under Glasgow, Graffiti, Opening
To celebrate their third birthday on 30th July, Recoat Gallery, have invited artists from each of the countries they visited from their Fools Gold tour, to exhibit in an international group show. There will also be a live mural painting by legendary writers, Insa and Inkie. Head on down as Recoat always put on an excellent night. We’d also like to wish them a hearty congratulations, on beating the three year crunch!
Also, check out our interview with Recoat’s owners here.
Ian Guy for Dyson Award
by Spacewood on Jul.20, 2010, under Glasgow, Product Design
Ian Guy, a recent Product Design Engineering graduate, from the Glasgow School of Art, is running in this years James Dyson Award – a competition which champions innovative design engineering geared at solving real human problems. Ian, 20 years old, has spent the past year working with leading anaesthetists at Glasgow’s RHSC Yorkhill to tackle the problem of Air Entrainment in Intravenous Drip Lines.
As complicated as this sounds, Ian explains that “Air Entrainment is simply the problem of air bubbles forming in the infusion line. These bubbles cause a variety of problems, mainly staff distraction which consequently lowers patient safety – you don’t want to be wasting time removing air bubbles if a patient falls into a critical condition in theatre. At the extreme end of the spectrum these bubbles can result in fatality via air embolism – this is when a bubble passes into a patient’s bloodstream and stops blood flow. The solution seems initially surprisingly low-tech, however for me a true solution not only needs to solve the problem, but also be easily manufactured, implemented within an already over-complicated medical environment and also compete with existing less safe products price points, so for these reasons after exhaustive enquiries into more ‘sexed up ideas’ a simple modification to the existing drip chamber was the most viable option, both with respect to the engineering challenge, clinicians opinions and commercial viability.” Ian’s design includes the addition of a small floating seal which prevents “air entrainments from rigid fluid containers running dry – the most dangerous mechanism of entrainment due to the large volume of the air entrained, and the time consuming removal method.”
Ian’s simple redesign of the intravenous drip, could bring many benefits to hospital wards.
This year Ian has already placed 2nd in the University of Glasgow’s Big Idea Award, and won the Science, Engineering & Tech Category in the Scottish Institute for Enterprise’s New Ideas Competition securing funds to patent the device.
“Winning the Dyson Award would provide me with funds to secure the patent internationally and publicity to get under the radar of larger medical manufacturers who have the power and funds to take this project further.”
You can view Ian’s project, see the prototype in action and vote for Ian, by going to the James Dyson Award website.
Product Design Engineering is an undergraduate degree program and more information on the course and this years graduating students work can be found on the course microsite.
Joe Skilton
by Spacewood on Jul.16, 2010, under Beyond, Edinburgh, Photography
Joe Skilton grew up in the walled city of York, and left home in 2008 to study visual communication at the Edinburgh College of Art.Having recently jumped ship to the United States, Joe has been based in Baltimore, MD for the past 6 months.
Inspired by loving friends and bad tattoos, Joe captures certain moments with whatever camera he decides is todays special. At a rate of 3 broken cameras a month, Joe hasn’t spent more than $5 on a camera since 2009.
Moved by the talent and enthusiasm of his friends and contemporaries, Joe’s photographs attempt to seize what he is most fascinated by, the highs and the lows of the people around him.
Recently, Photographs have been part of a group exhibition in Baltimore City, and are to be included in the first fourteen-nineteen exhibition in London. Printed material and collaborative works are all soon coming.
Collections are online through his Cargo Collective and other updates through flickr.com/becausehannahsaidso
Image Of The Day
by Spacewood on Jul.15, 2010, under Beyond, Image Of The Day
This shot was taken from a photojournalism piece, covering poverty within white South Africa. Set in Coronation Park, many of the 400 squatters see themselves, victims of ‘reverse apartheid’. Race tends to play a large part in poverty in Africa, but this also shows that it’s a human issue.
You can see more of the collection in the Boston News
