- Mar 24, 2014
This Saturday (29th March) from 6pm I'm putting on an exhibition in my soon-to-be-demolished home. You're more than welcome. It's simply going to be almost everything I've made over the last four years. I'm making hundreds of wine too. Here's the FB event. But in case you're allergic to Facebook the address is simply: 1-15 Leswin Place, Flat C, London N16 7NJ.
Please feel free to spread the word!
- Mar 11, 2014
I spent the last week in Brighton as part of an art residency at CaC Gallery where I made the above rat gallows/cat scratching post and a few other bits and pieces including the below cyanotype blueprints. (No rats were harmed making any of this, they were bought pre-harmed.) Editions of the blueprints can be bought in the shop.
- Oct 2, 2013
So the good news is I found a printer that wasn't offended by the comic and it's currently being made into a real thing right now. This is after it was rejected by another two separate printing companies for the same reason. As for the actual launch I've had to put it back to the 24th October but there will be an exhibition showing work from the comic in London, check the Facebook event for details. You can also pre-order the comic here.
I've been in contact with a few ex-servicemen who have been (surprisingly?) enthusiastic about the book. Joe Glenton, (first British soldier to refuse to return to Afghanistan) and Ben Griffin, (ex-SAS resigned from service in Iraq after witnessing war crimes, and who now runs Veterans for Peace UK), have both expressed their support for the project and have been helping me promote it. It's reassuring to know that the comic isn't just a case of me ignorantly heckling from my ivory tower, and it makes sense to people who have actually been in the middle of it.
If you have a bit of time I fully recommend you watch Joe being interviewed on BBC's HardTalk and Ben addressing the Oxford Union as to why he would not fight for Queen & country. Actually brilliant.
And there's now a website for the comic! www.bethemeat.co.uk
If you're interested in that type of thing, I'm also selling army themed mugs over at my online shop.
