after much deliberation, UnstapledPress are embarking upon a new project, It is wonderful to be assisting the wistful and whimsical Helen Shaddock (whose work can be seen here www.helenshaddock.co.uk/) to create a publication of her writing. Although Helen has a definite style, it has hard to define it precisely. It is colourful, playful, often very funny but treads a fine tightrope above something altogether too familiar and sad. This delicate, tantamount-to-something sensitivity which even permeates the poetry is something I really hope we can reflect in the book's design. After discussing her preferred fonts, formats and patterns, I have been trying some things out. Ultimately, this may well end up being the project we have been waiting for. Analogue procedures, design, binding and maybe even our first risograph printing exploit woo! stuff, things, not so obsolete formats!
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Despite my recent, lengthy and overwhelming stagnation I’m still hoping to continue the lecture format, so I have been looking at some similar works with varying tones It’s not so much the content of these works, as their structure, voice and delivery that interests me. Sean Lynch- Adventure: Capital I saw this work at the Venice Biennale, and it was probably about the only thing I witnessed that really captured my interest. Composed from a range of footage- animation and then images of ancient masonry vs sky scrapers, Lynch uses the film to explore ideas of capitalist structures, myth and migration. The voiceover was captivating. A gentle and beautiful voice, speaking of contemporary society through the language of folklore. www.adventure-capital.ie/about/ Considering characters and different voices I haven’t felt appropriate in a lot of my recent videos, due to their personal and confessional nature. I have very much found myself wanting to deliver my own home truths. This kind of voice, however, makes me more inclined to think about constructing personas. Maeve Higgins I just enjoy the awkward, anecdotal and playful delivery Higgins uses in her comedy. It is a generous and everyday kind of humour. Spalding Gray – Swimming to Cambodia etc. With Spalding Gray, it is the speed and polish of his delivery I enjoy. Quite in contrast to Higgins, his narratives feel as if they have been planned and worked over. He retains a sense of intimacy despite abandoning the spontaneity Higgins harbours. The staging is something that I think I may start to think more about. I feel a bit hampered by technology, but I enjoy his ability to reel of his monologue like a story teller. His visual aids aren't an interference like mine may be, but subtle, spaced out and comfortingly analogue. still completely wracked with writer's block, I ended up playing around with materials and silly things. actually- even after a rough term- i quite like the look of all my assembled stacks on mass |