Stop Motion Last Supper by Mitchell Villa |
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Brief
Personality Assessment I like reading PD James, listening to Norwegian music (Lerche, Berntzen & Dybdahl), spending time in Magma, running up big hills, meeting strangers in Cornish pubs, working in the British Museum's reading room and curating the odd museum.
There's nothing I like more than roaming around aimlessly with my faithful Leica or beloved but dusty Epson RD1. I've had a marvellous time travelling that has allowed me to get pictures in some splendid places. A couple of years ago I had a solo exhibition at the Art of Propaganda Gallery of pictures taken in Auschwitz. Have a look at the pictures here and read about the exhibition here and here. I like spending time in Eastern Europe. I'm not a drug-runner and I don't have a soft spot for East European prostitutes with their lovely pale skin, buoyant sense of humour and immaculate manners. I enjoy sitting on secluded benches in Highgate Cemetery, the smell of old books (particularly German theology) and the euphoric feeling that follows a two hour workout or a massive dose of heroin. Having toured the country in my old VW campervan, I now have an urge to either form a religious commune on tenuous grounds or buy an old Dutch barge, a goblin teasmaid, a doberman pup and go on a Big Adventure. In the meantime I foster what I believe to be healthy obsessive-compulsive tendencies, work in marketing, write about stuff, dabble in goose breeding and occasionally play the trumpet at funerals. I never use the word 'cool'. You can see what I look like here. some websites n that
other stuff designed over the years
I enjoy designing. A few of these were flyers for a series of African drumming nights a friend and I organised with Scritti Politti's Tom Morley. net nuggets*
music massages the soul There's one track that makes the hairs stand up on the back of my neck. It's Imagination by Miff Mole & his Little Molers (aka Red Nichols Five Pennies), recorded by Livingston / United Artists on 30th August 1927. Described by Red Hot Jazz as 'very chic and urbane, a little time capsule of 1920's sophistication', for me it makes life worth living. Close your eyes and it has more beauty than a Summer walk in the Cotswolds. "Miff Mole cut his jazz teeth in New York with Jimmy Durante's Original New Orleans Jazz Band, and Phil Napoleon's Original Memphis Five. The music has generated much controversy, its cool, cerebral approach appalled the 'New Orleans or Nothing' brigade, but has appealed to a large body of enthusiasts who feel that 'impressionism' has a legitimate place in the jazz vocabulary." Click here to listen to the track and see what you think. I also love disovering new music - from stumbling across 60s classics like Love with Arthur Lee, to seeking out new talent before they become mainstream, like an immensely talented young Norwegian called Sondre Lerche. See one of his tracks, Minor Detail below.
Right now I'm enjoying Omnia, Andrew Bird, Roddy Woomble, Kris Drever, Loney Dear and the boy least likely to. I run from people who listen to Dire Straits and anyone who buys 'music' by the Scissor Sisters should be sectioned. In no particular order, here's a list of my current top ten desert island essentials: - Saint Simon by The
Shins
Here's The Shins performing Phantom Limb from their album Wincing the Night Away. Other bands and artists that I enjoy listening to include:
The
Kooks
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