FS Picture Office

MOVING

2010-01-02T03:47:00.003Z

I've moved to a new blog called Bonus Round to continue with this kind of thing.
Nicer layout and all.
I'll keep this one online though, as there's quite a lot here already.

EASTBOURNE

2009-05-19T16:43:00.003+01:00

Another seaside town adventure.

Not bad for British springtime.

A kite from Poundland works surprisingly well.

Happy bins.

Fish appears to be in pain. Or very surprised.

WORTHING

2009-05-19T10:19:00.005+01:00

Went to Worthing in March and stayed in a house that was as full of things as anywhere I've ever seen.
Particulary Royal- and religious-themed things... neither of which I am entirely comfortable with.

CREATURES. MAINLY DUCKS.

2009-05-04T22:17:00.003+01:00

Squirrel in the sunshine

Ducks in the sunshine

First time I've seen a ladybird in years

Contemplative bird

These lot have chosen to live in Morrisons carpark

Unfortunately this time of year is also duck 'mating' season, and I witnessed one of its casualties receiving some post-death
meddling: bad ducks.

IMPROMPTU GLASGOW TRIP

2009-05-04T21:26:00.000+01:00

Recently went to Glasgow for a few days, and made the following... thing... on the guest house window-sill when it snowed. Amazingly, the person I made it for is still talking to me.

Coffee for eyes and a cream container for a hat.

It watched over us all night like something out of a low-budget horror movie.

SELECTION FROM THE LAST FEW MONTHS

2009-05-04T21:03:00.001+01:00

As I've been really poor at updating recently, here's a round-up of interesting bits and pieces I've found since last time (poor
quality due to sub-par phone camera).

What a tagline.

'Ronan and child' looks like one of those Victorian photos of dead ancestors peering over the shoulder of the living.

ONCE UPON A TIME I WAS READING THE PAPER, NOW I'M ONLY TRYING NOT TO LAUGH

2008-12-02T20:28:00.002Z

Oh, Daily Mail... you are wrong on so many levels.

CRASH II

2008-11-08T13:50:00.006Z

Me this time, came off my bike. This is my knee. The moral of the story: Don't ride one-handed whilst carrying
stuff. The irony is that I've cycled for years (although not for a while, hence perhaps the stupid falling) and
never hurt myself, and now my worst injury is on the nicest, safest, most reliable bike I've ever owned.

HOW TO BUILD A BICYCLE

2008-11-03T19:09:00.002Z

COMING SOON...

2008-10-24T23:42:00.004+01:00

A quick glimpse of the greatness that will be my new bike once I get the frame back from the guy who's painting it. Yes, that is fluorescent pink.

A FEW RECENT THINGS

2008-10-23T20:06:00.003+01:00

Tom Ireland working on the Heather and Ivan Morison show at the Grundy in Blackpool.

Did a bit of work for the NALGAO annual conference... they didn't expect me to bring my awesome sign-making skills with me.

Vintage Blackpool Tower.

Odd merchandising choice.

CRASH

2008-10-20T14:28:00.001+01:00

My step-dad got hit by a car... not badly, he's fine, but it messed his face up quite a bit.

BUSAN BIENNALE PART 9: RETURNING

2008-09-13T16:24:00.003+01:00

My last meal in Korea.

"Our chocolate flavored milk drink is hasty way to freshen up your day."

I wish this guy was flying the plane.

Helsinki to Manchester.

BUSAN BIENNALE PART 8: AROUND THE CITY

2008-09-13T16:16:00.002+01:00

Weird and quite repulsive fish.

So much writing everywhere.

Fish on every street for your eating pleasure.

BUSAN BIENNALE PART 7: FROM MY WINDOW

2008-09-13T16:01:00.002+01:00

The view from the hotel.
In the daytime...

...and at night.

BUSAN BIENNALE PART 6: TV

2008-09-11T23:04:00.000+01:00

Korean Edward Norton and Jessica Biel

Korean Torchwood.

Korean Hyperdrive.

BUSAN BIENNALE PART 5: SCULPTURE PARK

2008-09-11T21:26:00.001+01:00

Just like a real artist.

This is what they paid me for.

BUSAN BIENNALE PART 4: OCEAN AFTERMATH

2008-09-11T10:36:00.002+01:00

A jellyfish got me.

BUSAN BIENNALE PART 3

2008-09-10T20:08:00.002+01:00

The big Biennale reception at a hotel on Haeundae Beach. There was lots of attractive food, but a mob of hungry artists decended on it before I could take any photos.

A Korean buffet laid on at Suka Art Space.

Now I feel validated.

BUSAN BIENNALE PART 2: SEACLOUD HOTEL

2008-09-10T15:42:00.003+01:00

My god, it's an apartment! The nicest place I've ever stayed by a long way (also included a kitchen and ample built-in storage... I would happily live here).

Bathroom including the mysterious techno-toilet.

BUSAN BIENNALE PART 1: GETTING THERE

2008-09-10T13:17:00.003+01:00

On the way to Manchester Airport.

Somewhere over the coast of Finland.

A bad omen in the Finnair magazine?

Helsinki-Vantaa duty free.

The AREX train between Incheon and Gimpo Airports. Cleanest and emptiest (it was 9am at this point) subway-style train I've ever seen.

In transit between Gimpo and the hotel, onboard the 'limousine bus'. The HomeEver store has its own bus stop.

REGENT STUDIOS

2008-08-30T23:36:00.005+01:00

From a wall in the complex that houses Five Years Gallery in East London.

THURSDAY

2008-08-28T19:08:00.000+01:00

LOOK AT ME IN GOOD COMPANY!

2008-08-22T23:10:00.005+01:00

From ArtNet last month... I am now super excited about the whole thing. Two weeks 'til Korea! Bring on the art-summer-camp fun.

OXFORD

2008-08-13T19:51:00.005+01:00

At PONTOON, my show on the river.

Swans made us new friends.

Fun with balloons and beer glasses.

The morning after...

BEST HOTEL ROOM EVER

2008-08-13T19:19:00.003+01:00

£20 for a night in Oxford will buy you all this:

Possibly the best thing I've ever seen. I wish I'd stolen it.

Useful.

How many chairs do you need in one small space?

THINGS IN CARPARKS: SURPRISINGLY NICE

2008-08-11T13:16:00.000+01:00

IT'S LIKE THE MAFIA DID OUR GARDENING

2008-08-02T17:41:00.001+01:00

MAKING STUFF IS FUN AND/OR MESSY

2008-07-19T23:29:00.003+01:00

Nearly finished.

I need a real studio.

___ _ _____ (A FEW RANDOM BITS & PIECES)

2008-07-13T01:07:00.002+01:00

dark heavy rain

paper metal tape

duck's weird feet

rats love records

SCAREDY FISH

2008-07-06T02:49:00.004+01:00

My tiny, stripey fish is hiding...

...I think it is scared by this unashamed display of snail affection.

LONDON (WHERE REALLY GOOD THINGS HAPPENED WHICH I DIDN'T PHOTOGRAPH IN TIME, SO HERE ARE THE BORING BITS)

2008-07-04T14:56:00.007+01:00

So, I went to London for a couple of days. There was art, there were interesting people and all the usual fun urban stuff... but I didn't photograph it. That in itself is not so tragic, but the fact that I missed a wonderful opportunity to document a pigeon waking me up at 6am by flying into the room I was sleeping in is a bitter loss. So instead...

There's a weird industrial-container junk yard next to the Fox's biscuit factory just outside Preston (this picture actully misses off all the best bits), I really want to know what this place is.

Who would leave such lovely glasses behind?

In the absence of 'Pigeongate' (as a friend called it) this is my favourite image.

Which reminded me of this, which is not from London, but now is as good a time as any to post it.

I'M GOING TO TESCO... TO BUY SOME CORNFLOUR

2008-06-24T18:33:00.006+01:00

My local highstreet is truly fascinating.

What are you doing here?

This is what I call 'street art'.

CARLISLE

2008-06-22T14:23:00.004+01:00

You know what's good about standing up on the London-Glasgow train? Nothing. Except being grateful that you're not travelling all the way from London to Glasgow. Even the driver alarm is distressed.

Tom Ireland @ Bank_Gallery_.

Pigeons will live anywhere.

Plastic owls make better choices in accomodation.

How many Scampi Fries can one person fit in their mouth?

GREY & WET

2008-06-19T01:37:00.002+01:00

Let’s kick this thing off.

It rained a hell of a lot today; the carpark sucked all the watered-down oil into its greedy little concrete mouth.

I wish this was a real word. Compound words rule, even if they’re by accident.