PIPE DREAMS AND RUMOURS Sculpture

Made mainly from the foundations of found wood, and cut and glued in parts...found around me in Bangkok area of Thailand where I now live. There is decorators lining paper I had from many years ago that as a patina colour Ive used here. The bottom are is made from a constructed ribbed MDF and glued into place. The canvas material is made from a bleached hessian canvas type material. The measurements of this piece are as described in measurements. But I wish to point out the bottom half where the pink electronic cigarette stands. This ribbed table area; sticks out six inches from the rest of the area. PIPE DREAMS AND RUMOURS This will sound like a lecture or an essay to many people who wish to read my ramblings or my own personal manifesto, Then a brief description about the work, so please be warned ! But I like to express has I see fit. Most of my work that I produce and create is a central theme that circulates around my investigation in to what space means! And gaps' between material things' or relationships' with others' in general, The meaning I usually like to attach to my own work is explained a bit. Although I know in some cases that it's not always trendy or cool to do so in the Art world over the years' especially when it gets a little poetic or philosophical or feels like lecturing in places to others' and explains the work away so to speak. And takes the goodness out a work for some. But I am very much myself in the way I like to do things and a bit old fashioned. So please do not be offended if I go on a bit here. Please feel free to drop out of this anytime you like. It has some simple metaphors attached to it. And good and bad points about it. Only genuinely as an Artist as of myself I feel; I attempt to establish that relationship in both ways where I can in my work. Before I continue I don't have a major in english; or that of great grammar; and structure; or social psychology degree; or great political understanding. I am an average man who struggles with grammar a-lot. But I am prepared to make myself vulnerable to explore my view points. But so far in my 57 young years I have had much life experience that I feel I wish to share happily with those who wish to hear about this particular work. But I do my best here to share my points with you; So please forgive me on my writing skills before we proceed. Firstly starting out; On any piece of work that I have in mind to do; it is me who is present' in the making; And also next to it' and that of the materials that are by my side' are that of simple tools' that I use to utilise to the best of my advantage. And although this relationship can be rather rocky at times' the object takes shape and form in most cases without great hitches or problems along the way; And in this back and forth motion; The object is informing me; in its process of intuitive insights' that present themselves to me in flashes; And this becomes a furnishing and furthering of possibilities' that maybe there; However a lot has been pre planed stuff of before hand; Via simple notes' and sketches' that formulate a model of this idea' or that concept' to see if it will work'' successfully. Only the process involves me going in their myself' so to speak' in the creative cupboard and pulling it out by its trouser leg into the world around me of light. And allowing the accident to appear as-well. A method I tend to avoid his that of forms of brute force through creativity. Only it tends to look not connected and stale; And contrived in method and thought in some way. My long investigational practice method over the years are Cousin's of creativity, I feel and help me if you like ! And not that I am to fond of are those of my own ego markings of which I have discovered comes from my own ego driven creativity centre that makes a lot of frustrations for me personally. This ego and its driven need to override the intuition over the years via its need to control the act of full creativity is like that of a spoiled child for me. Very few works in my opinion make me truly happy end results via ego art pieces that are driven by the strongest of that urge. Especially these pieces of a contemporary fashion. Only I see the hand of myself; And not the hand of my heart, if I follow ego directives. it tends to fail in my eyes, but at the same time its hard to avoid its interference on the radar of creativity. I find that it is the closest of allies these cousins to the ego; that operate it appears a little way out of sight, in getting the best deal' regarding the outcome that appears the natural contender and order' that I favour and like to work for me. But it's not without its hang ups. Only at times the light that comes from the sun gets obstructed by a cloud. And things can go all wrong as they usually do. Let's continue on ! ! Sometimes 'ideas'' it appears are like waiting for inspiration. Too never happen. You can wait and wait and wait ! Let me explain in another way of what I am trying to explain in my metaphoric feeling of creativity for me as its expression via a short story. It his very much like that of waiting for the bus that never really arrives or appears or comes along. Only eventually; To get impatient, And decide I cannot wait any longer, I leave it today or to walk on too the next stop. And only to find in doing so, half way through the journey' of waiting for this to arrive" That a bus' just like sods law' as arrived behind you out the blue it appears, and in sight it's racing down the road in all its full glory and at great speed. You stop and ask yourself Am I gonna catch it or will it pass by me. And its not usually one bus but two. And running for it or putting your hand out his not gonna stop it in most cases. And so for most part you proceed to wait again for another bus. So after my metaphoric story telling, For me I work in a way by not waiting, But by independent of action in doing ! Ideas happen then! And are predisposed in most case to assisting accidental meetings of ideas along the journey to the next stop with the work at hand. Now'' I will to go back to actual exploring the work now; And give the reasons I done this' or that' with the work in question ! I will out line below; For those who maybe interested to read a little further about this particular piece. Don't yawn now; Stay with me ! Ive come to find that the relationships at times we have with others' regarding that of life; and in the world at large that we all live in' and occupy especially in todays world; as changed so much. And also our day today lives; and the truths' and also that of fact; or that of fiction; of what ever we get to hear; Read' and see; And generally do' in reaction to these notions' And just how they generally effects us' from within' and from without' out for better' or worse; who knows! But they are there all the same. And are an enlightened view we all have I feel of its reality in our current times. It appears and seems to me at times in general; to support a social cohesion for society; As a whole' and for the better' and the good. On the other hand; There stands against it, for the demise and worse of changes for social aspects and possibilities of cohesion with each other and society in general. The media; seems to have fallen in love it appears' and also the public at times into its notion that the public are fools or totally naive to anything they feed it. And in some cases unfortunately this is very true. With this easiness of times of exaggeration'' to the facts' And the promotion of half truths' and fake news' in order to sell; and sell quickly the world as altered and pre ordered its own undoing. And it appears of real old school research that cannot be unearthed as quickly as one would desire before some years ago as fallen to the quick news story of borrowed stories' from other out lets' who mish mash away from copying right issues and half truths into more half truths in order to avoid law suits from other media companies. . And in this fast pace business of online information and news' and the speed of technology that his utilised via social media platforms' of all sorts as become like a cancer of the times we live in and the leader of the people. And also this new term often herd and now used frequently called false flags' that sometimes are framed in terms for the breeding ground with what appears to my understanding' lies' and deceit' and ambition' of some kind or another' that prospers a group; or an individual; over another. It appears' is very rampant into days society; This bullying. And part of a cultural practice in the media world that his spread all over' that makes people large sums of money' and corrupts' the weak ad needy' and gives power to the wrong doers'' and players' especially the media hype people'' And politicians'' that stir the pot. And bring this beast thing; What ever it is' and has become' has par' normal for its nature' and way of life for most it has grown enormous horns of plenty" of beastly pleasures who serve, its machine functions, His an expression of the times' and a soft groan for others to silently moan about and to fall in line with it peacefully and hypnotically making us like "it" Or is this' whole thing just simple aspects of greed' on the surface of self laundering in order to place themselves higher in the mantle of the rest of us at the dining table of life. The media that are so rampant in its thirst to get news out their; That don't really give a dam; in my opinion, O yer; you get a few who are very much genuine, in doing a good job properly. Only it appears to me modern society has changed so much; and more insulated then before; And the zip on the mouth of the people; His slowly getting pulled to its corner. In an strangle hold where people are silenced through prejudice of fear to say what they wish to say or speak out because of social or political incorrectness or pressures ! And at times I repeat to myself at times; His all this'' really as bad as it appears at times ! To be worse then it really was before! Or are we heading for better times' as a social creatures to each other. Only it begs the question ? His it that ? Of which technology in time' will eventually save us' and in its great wisdom and admiration and worship of the new'' and of it's amazing greatness of inventiveness of hindsight' in return to its compliance.... Eventually enslaves us to its machine like Big brother mode silently slipping us into its life affirming suggestive speech. ; Where eventually we live better lives via nutrition; and technologies' but are subjected to greater isolation from each other. I will never really know for certain from my present tense ! But it's certainly something to think about. So to change the matter a bit I have in its inclusion will illustrate some of my points about my uses of materials here, I have used an electronic cigarette in the piece; That I painted pink to contrast starkly with the background colour of old paper and new meanings. Large smoke clouds are produced by these smoking devices in real life; Has you know! Sometimes the individual who smokes from these devices his shoulders' and head' disappears for a moment; in a puff of a grey and white cloud on a cold street corner. And it is just like that; has an example; of this metaphor' I am referring to here' which I am trying to express' in my own work' that his deleted' or covered from sight' by that often herd expression at times' of 'smoke screens' and rumours. And so when something is designed solely in order to conceal; such as media untruths or lies of deception or his designed to deceive; or elude; its real truth from another or the masses; its message becomes stilted; And then great measures are taken; For panning for gold; Very different fact; And aggressive in means of how it derives its geographic positioning and location of information from different sources. This whole cyclic motion becomes problematic and this whole episode becomes like that of a media circus of backs' and forth' and finger pointing. And in its eventuality of it nature and of where it continues and of its pause quality; Of its narrative, A slow separation of a space is created between this and that ! And the other ! And a vacuum gets filled with something less desirable then its counterpart and at its best silence to respond becomes its greatest buffer' just due to its very nature and the course that it runs with. Smoke screens envelopes real truth' about actual facts' And also divisions of social and political structures' are spoiled; That in turn complicate bigger blooms of smoke' then before it started; Individually you get a society that his fed by so called culture vulture mentality; of half truths' and blatant lying; And back stabbing that feeds into the likes and dislikes to each other' and as individuals ! And in its natural course of events their at times' becomes devision and separation and vacuums of misunderstandings between each other that appear more frequently. Hence the title of this piece of Art work. Thanks for taking the time of listening to my ramblings.

Multi-paneled Sculpture:Fabric on Paper

Original:One-of-a-kind Artwork

Size:12 W x 24 H x 6 D in

Number of Pieces:2

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