on which the novel is based

in 1999 a friend of mine Catherine Walsh was completeing her MA in music technology. one night she happened to say she was creatin a piece for her final show and wanted to add a visual element to it. at the time i had been thinking i wanted to do a similar thing with one of my paintings...that is to turn it into a kind of animation. like the way they use to do in bagpuss. remember how emily would find an object and they'd tell a story about it. focusing on details of whatever the antique was and then pullin back to show the entire thing. well havin a wee look on youtube it would seem its not done quite that way. i guess our memories from childhood change things...how bout willow patterns on china sets...same thing really

catherine was up for the idea and so the project started. what was meant to take one week ended up takin like 3 months. as i listened to music that catherine was puttin together i  had different visions and as catherine saw the paintin form then her own sounds adapted. slowly the  piece started to form and the story evolved.

what i liked about this format was it gave me the chance to lead the viewer through the paintin and so the story of celebraty obsession, elitism, denial, demons and reincarnation could be hinted at. also i suppose the beginnins of my understandin of the term "fear friday" a now monthly torture i put myself through.

the paintin has a lot of the themes which often creep up in my work and i was very satisfied with it. sadly it has dissappeared along with the film. but just yesterday i found the video amongst all my old cds and with a little modern wisery have managed to get it up here for youse all to watch.

paul smith was a film student who kindly put his energy into it.  me and catherine didn't have a clue how to go about somethin like that i'm sure i could lend my hand to it now...how technology has came on in ten years.

the title was somethin catherine heard on the radio about the clockwork orange and it became a theme runnin through both the music and the paintin.

eventually it was shown at the crescent arts centre

its amazing to look back on this old collage work i use to do. it has an energy that the canvases are missin. i'm currently waitin to scan in my slides from art college so you can have a wee look at them soon i hope. it requires a holiday to donegal which is gonna be a delight now spring is here.

i'm really glad to have this peice of history back and able to let it be seen again. it is for sure the kind of project i'd like to try again although i don't think a reunion between the original trio is gonna happen any time soon.

we're a complex lot us humans for sure

www.knittykitty.org.uk this is some of what catherine's up to now as for paul i've no idea - last i spoke to him we were still goldeneye obssessed - ah those halcyon days