loci - relation 1

Matthew Sinnock, February 2011, Loci – Relation 1 [magnets, steel, card, wood, canvas, paper, plasticene 21 x 30cm]

loci - identity 1

Matthew Sinnock, February 2011, Loci – Identity 1 [human hair on paper 21 x 30cm]

loci: exhibition

If any of my favourite people would like to come along and see about 1,000 pieces of work produced over the past 2 weeks by year one BFA students, let me know, I'd love to have you there.

OMG I am my mother

I had hoped this wouldn't be like this in the morning.

letterbox

This is a montage of stills from some work I'm doing for my first assignment at school. Sorry about the Ken Burns effect. Didn't have time to figure out how to kill it.

loci

working on an assignment for school. loci: identity, place, site. so much fun.

this started off as a letterbox that i was going to somehow show in it's assembled and disassembled state.

the possibilities and the need to produce 8 pieces by friday are keeping me awake..

last roll of kodachrome

I love this bit of street art captured in 2010 on the last ever roll of kodachrome film

Lucas and the ice cream

Brixton to Tower Bridge in 84 seconds

I went through periods over the past 6 years where I felt compelled to take huge numbers of photos and try to capture and communicate what it was like for me in Europe, away from friends and family, swallowed up in a big city.

This compilation from my camera stuck to my bicycle handlebars captures some of it. I also included this in my portfolio submission for entry to Whitecliffe to which I was accepted on Wednesday(!)

really big

This painting is A0 it's almost as big as me.

painting finished

painting stage one

Also started a painting that may appear in a movie my friend Kobi is making..

calm

tired of reproductions of this poster in every gift-shop around

last night I did this one

New year, new painting

Very pleased to have completed my first painting in the newly organised spareroom/studio. I have an easel that can do biiig pictures on and space to be messy!

go car go

Trina and Leandro joined Denise and I in Barcelona for a few days and after seeing other people zooming about the city in these funny little yellow cars, Leandro got it into his head that we ought to do it. We had a hilarious time, what with our unwillingness to follow the instructions of the GPS system that was telling us where to go and its tendency to tell us after we passed a street that we were supposed to have turned up that one it was amazing that we found our way around as well as we did.

Leandro's rather more complete account of events below:

We had seen the bright yellow "go cars", with their speed racer black stripe, zooming up the hill and through Barcelona the night before and we all were excited about the idea of having our turn at stylishly taking in the view. Matt (an IT genius) had googled and youtubed the cars finding the site, booking and researching what it would be like.
I was crapping myself about driving one (we had a go car per couple) I had never driven on the right side of the road before and European traffic has always given me the heebies. But once inside the go car and on our way it was great fun. Matt looked extra sexy in his open black motorbike helmet, somehow pulling off a "Chips" look. I looked more like the escaped special needs version of the biker from Village People.
The three wheel mopeds flew across the streets, naughtily we hit speeds of up to 60 miles an hour, albeit down hill. (Matt and Denise insisted theirs was slower, sure guys, good excuse).
We got terribly lost and then stuck in a traffic jam on La Ramblas while the GPS lady started to sound more like a repeating rapstar than a navigation system, that is if she was talking at all. But the  fun factor was through the roof and Matt now has some great photos and video footage of us buzzing our way round the immigrant quarter and up the mountain, past Colombus and winding through many small side streets, beeping our horns cheerily as peoples faces brightened to see these crazy little yellow speed cars.
I would recommend it to anyone going to Barcelona or the other cities  where it is available, it's not cheap but it was worth every penny,  it's still making me smile inanely just remembering the experience.  Though I would say it would be great if the GPS was more interactive  and you had more choice of setting an itinerary and destinations. Plus I think the lady in the small GPS box in car 36 might need a reboot. Cheers guys, brilliant fun and a great laugh!

Barcelona

Been doing lot's of relaxing and a little painting in Barcelona. Days are full of trips to the fresh food market, siestas and dodging all the people who fill the streets. Nights seem to start late and finish just before the sun comes up with drumming not far from our window. Very good to be back here.

standing up

 
3 paintings I did this evening. nice way to start the mini-weekend.

Blinding Light

 

feeling a tiny bit like a character from TRON i visited Anthony Gormley's Breathing Room III today and managed to get this photo before i got told off

colour

Out on the patio today I started using a palette knife just playing around with the colours left on the palette from last weekend then decided to try another self portrait using the knife. Mouth went a bit strange, but apart from that I'm pleased with it.

self-portraits

Did a couple of self-portraits - well one and a half, experimenting with colour and tone trying to create 3D effect using colour intensity. Ran out of time to finish the second one but felt I was getting somewhere. (click image to see bigger)