IKEALISM
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The A15 Project
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A Month of Sundays
‘A Month of Sundays’ is an ongoing project made in direct response to the global Covid -19 Pandemic, beginning on the first formal day of imposed ‘Lockdown’ in the UK on March the 23rd, 2020. The images are sourced from publicly accessible webcams spanning the globe, from sites of historical and cultural importance, to those designed to monitor for security, traffic flow and weather conditions. At first the focus of the images was on the unnatural stillness and absence of […]
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Myths of the Union
The British tabloid press has a long and antagonistic relationship with the EU and European Commission, frequently publishing misleading, misguided and histrionic articles with a tenuous relationship to fact. Consistently, the perceived Bureaucracy of Brussels is a target for mockery and incredulity, with British institutions bearing the brunt of ‘EU Meddling’. Frequently these stories contain a core of distorted truth. Referencing proposed changes in law and policy but selectively worded to erode confidence in European politics. While it may be […]
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Accrual Media
Accrual Media represents a digital ‘reshuffling’ of Roland Barthes’ perennial academic reading list favorite, Camera Lucida. Each page of the original publication has been scanned and subjected to a partially human guided application of Adobe’s “Space Time Video Completion” algorithm, put into action through Photoshop’s various Content Aware processes. These alterations prioritise the visual aspect of written language over the coded content and meaning, leading to repeated passages and words, altered letter forms and entirely new sentences or visual […]
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Pedestrian Encounters
Mean and Median averages from a range of residents and visitors to Lincoln, 34 contributors on Saturday the 24th of October. Created in conjuction with Frequency, Lincoln’s Biannual Digital Arts and Culture Festival. Project produced in collaboration with Adam O’Meara.
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Liminal Spaces
Co-Production with Adam O’Meara, Ongoing work in progress 2012 – Present. Images produced in response to the Higher Education work/study environment.
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NoGo
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Mike Downing 