In May 2016 I undertook a residency at air3331in Tokyo with Victoria Ryle. The nine day residency was mostly spent making books in the studio but we also looked at air3331 as a model for residencies.
Author: Simon Spain
ProCreate collages
These images made using ProCreate on the iPad from original photographs in the studio using recycled imaged and found materials. March 2016
Martino Gamper workshop
As part of my PhD at RMIT I was able to take part in a workshop with Martino Gamper and constructed a set of figures made from recycled items. The seven figures represented characters from Chaucer’s Canterbury Tales.
Dancing Wires – 1998
October 1998: – Based around the Mexican Day of the Dead over 150 children helped to construct a mobile made of skeletons at The Ark in Dublin in October 1998.
Nothing but Flowers
DUN LAOGHAIRE TOWN HALL, DUBLIN: 1998 1200 sheets of pre-cut card were screen printed and then transformed into petals with public participation over ten days.
The Flower Garden – 1998
Simple flowers were screen printed with children onto pre-cut card. The flowers were decorated with words written and cut out by children. The event was to mark the inaugural conference of the Children’s Rights Alliance and was created at The Irish Museum of Modern Art.
Drawing the Story – 1998
Engaging over 450 children in the construction of a huge wall drawing during the summer 1998 at The Ark in Dublin.
The Rising – transfer version
This is a version of The Rising transferred onto paper 1500mm x 800mm
Working at Bundanon 2012
Working in the barn studio at Bundanon 2012
The rising (digital original) 2012
This is the digital original created with ProCreate on the iPad. There is also a transfer version on paper.
Small painted portraits
A series of painted inkjet prints Each approx 300mm x 200mm 2012
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