Salon16 film

Thanks to Jackson for the editing and Graphics for the music

I’ve been screen printing a limited edition of ‘The Cyclists’ at the Print Club in Dalston in advance of the next SALON16 exhibition, Ordinary Monsters, in September.

SALON16 presents

ORDINARY MONSTERS
65 Hanbury Street
London E1 5JP

18 - 21 September 2010

Painting, photography, music, events

More information soon…

Streetwise Opera is an amazing organisation that stages professional operas performed by people who have experienced homelessness. They recently commissioned me to create four images for their upcoming winter production FABLES. The four fables are The Boy Who Cried Wolf, Oscar Wilde’s The Nightingale & The Rose, Hey! Come On Out! by Shinichi Hoshi, and the story of The Hartlepool Monkey. The performances are to be filmed and screened as the highlight of this winter’s Shoreditch Music Festival.

A new art event in Stoke Newington opens tonight. The BHVU Open Summer Exhibition showcases local, national and international talent. David’s painting ‘I know where i’m going’ features in the show. Everyone is welcome for a drink and to vote for their favourite artwork.

PRIVATE VIEW Thursday 8 July 6-9pm

OPEN Friday 9th , Saturday 10th & Sunday 11th July
12 - 5 pm

BHVU,
Unit A,
Leswin Place,
Stoke Newington,
London
N16 7NJ

All works are for sale.

More information

David’s painting ‘I know where i’m going’ has been selected for the BHVU Open Summer Exhibition. This event showcases local, UK and international artists and takes place between 9-11 July in Stoke Newington.

The artist with the most votes is offered a solo show in 2011, so come along and vote for David’s painting!

BHVU Open Summer Exhibition

PRIVATE VIEW Thursday 8 July 6-9pm

OPEN Friday 9th , Saturday 10th & Sunday 11th July
12 - 5 pm

BHVU,
Unit A,
Leswin Place,
Stoke Newington,
London
N16 7NJ

All works are for sale.

For more information visit the BHVU website

Despite the sunny days in the studio, I still seem to be producing some seriously gloomy paintings. The title of the latest “Why don’t you kill yourself?” will be familiar to fans of brilliant 70s post-punk rockers The Only Ones.

One thing keeping me busy over the festive season was working for Crisis Action designing the branding and online delivery of a new campaign called Sudan365: A beat for peace. The clever campaign uses drumming to raise awareness of the critical political situation in Sudan.

Saturday 9 January 2010 saw the global launch which achieved phenomenal press coverage. Sudanese communities and activists around the world joined together to call on international leaders to take urgent diplomatic action to prevent an escalation of conflict in Sudan that could lead to massive human rights violations. The beat started up in Sudan and will be echoed by people from all over the world: from Nairobi to New York, London to Tokyo for the next 365 days.

Famous drummers from Radiohead, The Police, Pink Floyd, Snow Patrol and the legendary musicians Mohammed Munir, Yehia Khalil and Mustaffa Tettey Addy have all lent their support and feature in Jamie Catto and Splinter Films’ brilliant launch film which you can watch here.

Visit sudan365.org to find out more and to join the global beat for peace. The campaign also has its own Facebook group and YouTube channel.

Personal thanks to Richard Howard of Flowlabs for amazing development work on the website!

PRS for Music Foundation (PRSF) is an innovative funding body that supports a huge range of new music activity in all genres across the whole of the UK. PRSF run the UK’s biggest music prize - the New Music Award - which fosters the experimental, the ambitious and the unusual. As part of their 10th birthday celebrations, David has designed their new logo.