snaf

I’ve recently been showing prints of my austerity series of drawings. I want these drawings to be things that people will want to possess and own, yet make people think and question, even stir up trouble - in a positive way. Ideally I want them to be seen and owned by different sides of the [...]

The Gite Set

I made this drawing “The Gite Set” - over the last couple of days:
It explores the recent phenomenon of English people emigrating to France and running gites. It studies the subject from a number of angles - such as reasons why people want to do this, how dreams can be undone, socio-economic factors driving this, and [...]

aims: 2009

My overall aims for this year are as follows:
1. To do a weekly cartoon series - illustrated stories.
These will be short stories, with the focus on writing and drawing well, critical ideas and informed reflection on current issues. I want them to be initially online, and promoted this way. I’ll try make some income [...]

If I could have a penny for each time

I just read about this new project announced on Rhizome:”The Tampa Public Mood Ring Will Pappenheimer and Chipp Jansen A gradient project in art, steel, sports and blogspace. The Tampa Public Mood Ring(TPMR) is a combined internet and spatial artwork installation which allows an online news community to display the emotional condition of public news stories as color [...]

A walk in the park with Joseph Paxton

I’ve just completed a quick interactive online experiment: http://davemiller.org/experiments/paxton. This is an interactive conversation, and visual story combined. It deals with a controversial, topical and emotive local issue, concerning the development of Crystal Palace park after long years of neglect. Lots of plans are being put forward, and local people consulted extensively. It occurred to me [...]