Further Progress

Had a 'brainstorming' session earlier on in the week with fellow 'scholars' - lol - and decided that it might be a possibility to project some of the ideas and animations at gigs. One of the guys is currently putting new stuff together with his band Indian Red Lopez and has suggested possibly trying it out at one of their gigs. There's also a possibility of using some of the bands music too for putting into further animation - fingers crossed. I also have further assistance with the music for my own animation which I hope to create as the initial one to get the ball rolling, from 2000llbee Other students and former students have also been a great help so far with giving me links, advice and possibly lending a hand (?) Terry, from my class suggested a couple of cool website links including Stencil Revolution and Graffiti Research Lab.

There was also a great article in Trend Candy magazine on various guerrilla design and arttists trying to raise consumer awareness by ad tagging
I also contacted Iain Connell from Limousine Bull and Aberdeen Art gallery and he gave me some great contacts and links, one being Justin Orde a former Grays student , who has done non-digital but similar projects around the city getting people to think about how they engage with their environment.

And just 'cos I feel like it I will end with a quote from Banksy's website ;)

" A City that felt like a living breathing thing which belonged to everyone, not just the estate agents and barons of big business.
Imagine a city like that and stop leaning against the wall - it's wet".

Over and out.

Contact Made

Got some feedback about my idea which is starting to take shape now. Jack and Monika at Peacock Visual Arts have suggested a meeting next Thursday to go over some ideas and also how Jack can possibly include the projects progress on 360tv. Jack also gave me a great link for a similar project - that appeared in The Foyer who is setting up a meeting to discuss with her colleagues how to get involved. The Foyer would be a great collaboration as it helps young people from various backgrounds express themselves and obtain a decent further eduacation and career prospects. Some of these people might have some gret ideas and potential that would be a fantastic opportunity to be able to archive and collect their general opinions creatively.

Fifth Column

Got the name for the whole 'movement', now just need to come up with a logo and can start promoting the idea across town. Also managed to contact a few people (ex-Gray's students and people involved in the local council) who appear willing to assist and help formulate ideas and concepts. Fifth Column is a military term used to describe groups who are citizens of enemy countries held or watched because of concerns that they might be a 'fifth column' or enemy of the state.

name for digital archive?

Have started to get organised with getting in contact with different collectives and hopefully getting some council backing of my 'digital archive' - the idea is to maybe get some of the young people's work (animation, short films etc or podcasts of them actually doing some 'guerrilla gardening' for instance - lol) and project it onto derelict buildings/walls around the city or possibly burn it onto Cd's and leave them lying around on park benches, phone boxes etc for people to enjoy and then pass on. Feeling a bit more organised with the shape and direction that this is now beginning to take.

Birth of baby guerrilla

I'm currently in the process of starting/creating a new project which involves a bit of 'DIY' or 'guerrilla' design/art. My starting point was Banksy, Takashi Murakami etc and a bit of KLF for further inspiration. The projects main focus is on making your mark on a celebrity obsessed Americanised world and providing something a bit more thought provoking than just being a 'WAG' wannabe, or your only answer being 'I'm not sure' when questioned about anything slightly more thought provoking than 'Hollyoaks' latest storyline. If anyone has any further helpful reading info or information/ideas on the subject of 'guerrilla art' then feel free to comment. At the moment the whole thing is at the very early stages, and will initally involve research and putting together some flyers advertising the initial website (all done very mysteriously hopefully...) and getting people to become involved but will hopefully go on to include pod-casts, video, animation, etc etc.