tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-77555271854669911332024-02-08T13:07:04.561+00:00My First BillboardAn alternative exhibition space devised, constructed and run by Luke Drozd. Situated in the courtyard of Chelsea College of Art and Design, London, My First Billboard sits opposite Tate Britain wooing the public with its visual delights...Luke Drozdhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15811681007731977219noreply@blogger.comBlogger23125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7755527185466991133.post-65952920104290110342008-10-20T22:18:00.003+01:002008-10-20T22:20:56.773+01:00Creative30.netHello my friends!<br /><br />Well, i have been nominated for the Creative 30 by Vice magazine. Its an online competition and you can help by voting for me at:<br /><br />http://www.creative30.net/profile/46<br /><br />Here's the video of the interview including a wee bit about the billboard:<br /><br /><b>Luke Drozd</b><br /><a style="font-size: smaller; font-weight: normal;" href="http://www.msplinks.com/MDFodHRwOi8vdmlkZW8ueWFob28uY29tL3dhdGNoLzM3MzExMTYvMTAyNTM2NDE/dj0zNzMxMTE2">http://video.yahoo.com/watch/3731116/10253641?v=37...</a><p></p><div><object type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="never" allownetworking="internal" data="http://d.yimg.com/static.video.yahoo.com/yep/YV_YEP.swf?ver=2.2.30" height="322" width="512"><br /> <param name="allowScriptAccess" value="never"><br /> <param name="allowNetworking" value="internal"><br /> <param name="movie" value="http://d.yimg.com/static.video.yahoo.com/yep/YV_YEP.swf?ver=2.2.30"><br /> <param name="bgcolor" value="#000000"><br /> <param name="flashvars" value="id=10253641&vid=3731116&lang=en-us&intl=us&thumbUrl=http%3A//us.i1.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/i/bcst/videosearch/5619/73528467.jpeg&embed=1"><br /></object><br /><a href="http://www.msplinks.com/MDFodHRwOi8vdmlkZW8ueWFob28uY29tL3dhdGNoLzM3MzExMTYvMTAyNTM2NDE=">Luke Drozd</a> @ <a href="http://www.msplinks.com/MDFodHRwOi8vdmlkZW8ueWFob28uY29t">Yahoo! 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In the meantime i will be creating a page on my site where people will be able ot donwload versions of the prints and others, most likley for free so keep them peele.<br /><br />I have also been nominated for the Creative 30 so if you want to hear me waffling then go here http://www.creative30.net/profile/46<br />Voting starts Monday<br /><br />cheers<br /><br />LukeLuke Drozdhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15811681007731977219noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7755527185466991133.post-48193211203773844582008-08-22T11:54:00.003+01:002008-08-22T11:55:41.300+01:00Final Board and installation...Hello hello,<br /><br />Well its been a while but finally i have photos of the final days of MFB. As a whole the show was a success and its been really valuable talking to many of you about the project. Lets hope this is a stopgap for the work and not a fullstop.<br /><br />So here's the final print advertising the blog:<br /><br /><a href="http://s3.photobucket.com/albums/y93/lukedrozd/?action=view&current=billboard_blog2.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y93/lukedrozd/billboard_blog2.jpg" alt="Photobucket" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="http://s3.photobucket.com/albums/y93/lukedrozd/?action=view&current=billboard_blog.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y93/lukedrozd/billboard_blog.jpg" alt="Photobucket" border="0" /></a><br /><br />And here's the installation shots:<br /><br /><a href="http://s3.photobucket.com/albums/y93/lukedrozd/?action=view&current=billboard_installation.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y93/lukedrozd/billboard_installation.jpg" alt="Photobucket" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="http://s3.photobucket.com/albums/y93/lukedrozd/?action=view&current=billboard_installation1.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y93/lukedrozd/billboard_installation1.jpg" alt="Photobucket" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="http://s3.photobucket.com/albums/y93/lukedrozd/?action=view&current=billboard_installation2.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y93/lukedrozd/billboard_installation2.jpg" alt="Photobucket" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="http://s3.photobucket.com/albums/y93/lukedrozd/?action=view&current=billboard_installation3.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y93/lukedrozd/billboard_installation3.jpg" alt="Photobucket" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="http://s3.photobucket.com/albums/y93/lukedrozd/?action=view&current=billboard_installation4.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y93/lukedrozd/billboard_installation4.jpg" alt="Photobucket" border="0" /></a><br /><br />If you are interested in showing any part of this project or being involved in future commissions of <span style="font-style:italic;">MFB</span> then please get in touch. thanks...Luke Drozdhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15811681007731977219noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7755527185466991133.post-28373090928742205152008-08-01T11:48:00.002+01:002008-08-01T12:06:11.105+01:00Final hurdles...Juts a quick post to keep everyone informed on the project. Everything is now installed printed ready and raring to go now for the <span style="font-style:italic;">My First Billboard</span> documentary installation for <span style="font-style:italic;">Chelsea Motel</span>. I'll pop up some shots of the final billboard and installation soon.Luke Drozdhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15811681007731977219noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7755527185466991133.post-38570227903951947312008-07-28T23:25:00.003+01:002008-07-29T00:08:42.026+01:00Stripped bare...Well there she is, naked as the day she was born. As you can see the board was striped today and the wad of paper removed is being readied for hanging. The accompanying poster to hang along with said wad in Chelsea Motel has now been finished too:<br /><br /><a href="http://s3.photobucket.com/albums/y93/lukedrozd/?action=view&current=billboard_stripped-1.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y93/lukedrozd/billboard_stripped-1.jpg" alt="Photobucket" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="http://s3.photobucket.com/albums/y93/lukedrozd/?action=view&current=billboard_stripped2-1.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y93/lukedrozd/billboard_stripped2-1.jpg" alt="Photobucket" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="http://s3.photobucket.com/albums/y93/lukedrozd/?action=view&current=billboard_stripped3-1.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y93/lukedrozd/billboard_stripped3-1.jpg" alt="Photobucket" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="http://s3.photobucket.com/albums/y93/lukedrozd/?action=view&current=billboard_stripped4-1.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y93/lukedrozd/billboard_stripped4-1.jpg" alt="Photobucket" border="0" /></a><br /><br />The poster/documentary wallchart is itself a kind of homage to some of Broodthaers printed works:<br /><br /><a href="http://s3.photobucket.com/albums/y93/lukedrozd/?action=view&current=billboardposter-1.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y93/lukedrozd/billboardposter-1.jpg" alt="Photobucket" border="0" /></a><br /><br />More as it happens...Luke Drozdhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15811681007731977219noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7755527185466991133.post-30794325390237507552008-07-27T01:34:00.002+01:002008-07-27T01:48:37.580+01:00I've started so i'll finish...So here it is the final print on <span style="font-style: italic;">MFB</span>. Wipe that tear from your eye though as the project hasn't finished quite yet. I'll keep posting up until the Chelsea Motel show where the documentation and information about this will be displayed as an installation.<br /><br />So the final print. I wanted a sort of full stop for the last print. The prints on the board will be stripped off and shown in the show so whatever is last is what will be seen by viewers for the length of the show, so i decided upon the second of the post-it notes on MFB. I like post-it notes. I like there practicality but also their humanness. They have personality, or as much as can be expected from stationary. This particular one came with a submission for the Community Noticeboard day and was probably my favorite thing i received, so strictly speaking this is a collaboration with David Yates. Thanks David:<br /><br /><a href="http://s3.photobucket.com/albums/y93/lukedrozd/?action=view&current=billboard_postitlast-1.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y93/lukedrozd/billboard_postitlast-1.jpg" alt="Photobucket" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="http://s3.photobucket.com/albums/y93/lukedrozd/?action=view&current=billboard_postitlast2-1.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y93/lukedrozd/billboard_postitlast2-1.jpg" alt="Photobucket" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="http://s3.photobucket.com/albums/y93/lukedrozd/?action=view&current=billboard_postitlast3-1.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y93/lukedrozd/billboard_postitlast3-1.jpg" alt="Photobucket" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="http://s3.photobucket.com/albums/y93/lukedrozd/?action=view&current=billboard_postitlast4-1.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y93/lukedrozd/billboard_postitlast4-1.jpg" alt="Photobucket" border="0" /></a><br /><br />And so thats it for the actual print series. There will be a print up there for the show but it will be something more archival or related to the blog. I'll keep posting up with the shows installation though so keep those eyes open.Luke Drozdhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15811681007731977219noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7755527185466991133.post-83728935128243564402008-07-27T01:04:00.003+01:002008-07-27T01:34:13.072+01:00Comments?So today i posted up the final print for this part of <span style="font-style: italic;">MFB</span>. It was somehow both sad and exhilarating. I think it was beginning to takes its toll mentally and physically and so its good to finish but i did like the pressure of cresting the work on a day to day basis, it was oddly liberating. However before we get to the final print there's a day gone astray do here's Friday's print first and then I'll start a new post for today's. Only seems right somehow.<br /><br />Friday's print was entitle <span style="font-style: italic;">Any Comments?</span> and is a series of comments about a billboard. The implication is that they are about this board, however they are not and the text reads 'on this billboard' <span style="font-style: italic;">not</span> about. They are in fact culled from another far more right on and moral billboard project, not a showboating ego one. I think they are testament though to how carried away people can get by a large scale image purporting to be offering them some sort of fulfilling rhetoric. Either that or how emotionally over-wrought some members of the public are. Here it is:<br /><br /><a href="http://s3.photobucket.com/albums/y93/lukedrozd/?action=view&current=billboard_comments-1.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y93/lukedrozd/billboard_comments-1.jpg" alt="Photobucket" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="http://s3.photobucket.com/albums/y93/lukedrozd/?action=view&current=billboard_comments2-1.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y93/lukedrozd/billboard_comments2-1.jpg" alt="Photobucket" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="http://s3.photobucket.com/albums/y93/lukedrozd/?action=view&current=billboard_comments3-1.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y93/lukedrozd/billboard_comments3-1.jpg" alt="Photobucket" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="http://s3.photobucket.com/albums/y93/lukedrozd/?action=view&current=billboard_comments4-1.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y93/lukedrozd/billboard_comments4-1.jpg" alt="Photobucket" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="http://s3.photobucket.com/albums/y93/lukedrozd/?action=view&current=billboard_comments5-1.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y93/lukedrozd/billboard_comments5-1.jpg" alt="Photobucket" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="http://s3.photobucket.com/albums/y93/lukedrozd/?action=view&current=billboard_comments6-1.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y93/lukedrozd/billboard_comments6-1.jpg" alt="Photobucket" border="0" /></a><br />and a final one showing Mike Lawton's work trying to escape through from the <span style="font-style: italic;">Community</span> day<br /><a href="http://s3.photobucket.com/albums/y93/lukedrozd/?action=view&current=billboard_comments7-1.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y93/lukedrozd/billboard_comments7-1.jpg" alt="Photobucket" border="0" /></a><br /><br />There is also a video of this which I'll post up when it's been edited (what little editing there will be)Luke Drozdhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15811681007731977219noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7755527185466991133.post-79913545331789642172008-07-25T00:19:00.004+01:002008-07-27T01:04:00.352+01:00So the day finally arrived. like Christmas morn children awoke from their beds and asked 'Mummy? Is it really <span style="font-style:italic;">Community Billboard</span> day on <span style="font-style:italic;">MFB</span>?'. And my friends the answer was of course YES!<br />So Today i got out the slightly meager but no less exciting stack of contributions and went a pasting. The results hailed broccoli, advertised artists, talked of recycling and a whole lot more. See for yourself:<br /><br /><a href="http://s3.photobucket.com/albums/y93/lukedrozd/?action=view¤t=billboard_comm1.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y93/lukedrozd/billboard_comm1.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket"></a><br /><a href="http://s3.photobucket.com/albums/y93/lukedrozd/?action=view¤t=billboard_comm2.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y93/lukedrozd/billboard_comm2.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket"></a><br /><a href="http://s3.photobucket.com/albums/y93/lukedrozd/?action=view¤t=billboard_comm4.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y93/lukedrozd/billboard_comm4.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket"></a><br /><a href="http://s3.photobucket.com/albums/y93/lukedrozd/?action=view¤t=billboard_comm3.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y93/lukedrozd/billboard_comm3.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket"></a><br /><a href="http://s3.photobucket.com/albums/y93/lukedrozd/?action=view¤t=billboard_comm10.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y93/lukedrozd/billboard_comm10.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket"></a><br /><a href="http://s3.photobucket.com/albums/y93/lukedrozd/?action=view¤t=billboard_comm5.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y93/lukedrozd/billboard_comm5.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket"></a><br /><a href="http://s3.photobucket.com/albums/y93/lukedrozd/?action=view¤t=billboard_comm6.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y93/lukedrozd/billboard_comm6.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket"></a><br /><a href="http://s3.photobucket.com/albums/y93/lukedrozd/?action=view¤t=billboard_comm7.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y93/lukedrozd/billboard_comm7.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket"></a><br /><a href="http://s3.photobucket.com/albums/y93/lukedrozd/?action=view¤t=billboard_comm8.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y93/lukedrozd/billboard_comm8.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket"></a><br /><br />I will add a list of contributors names to this post tomorrow but frankly its too late for me to be concerned with that tonight.<br /><br />edit: As promised the contributers list:<br /><br />David Yates - www.jehan.eu<br />Allison Glancey - www.strawberryluna.com<br />Guy Burwell - www.guyburwell.com<br />Fag Baboon - www.fagbaboonillustration.com<br />Paul McCann - www.chedderhawk.com<br />Mike Lawton - www.mlawton.org.uk<br />Ben Swift - www.eyeskull.com<br />Milk Two Sugars/Bob Milner - www.milktwosugars.org<br />Filming East Festival - www.filmingeast.org <br />Helen de Main - www.helendemain.netLuke Drozdhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15811681007731977219noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7755527185466991133.post-8739388421160435112008-07-23T23:09:00.003+01:002008-07-23T23:17:51.055+01:00Wonky wood...Hello all and sundry<br /><br />New print as ever in this final furlong of this part of the project. Today's print i will call <span style="font-style: italic;">Wood for the Trees</span>. Its a layered drawing based on scenes from an old Chinese copy of a Tin Tin book and is part of a series of works i did entitled <span style="font-style: italic;">Reformation</span>. they are a series of layered comic drawings with all characters and narrative stripped out of them rendering them sombre barren landscapes and interiors.<br />Pasting up the print proved tricky today as fatigue and poor judgment got the better of me. Sorry about that. The result is a slightly wonky print but it has a certain charm still:<br /><br /><a href="http://s3.photobucket.com/albums/y93/lukedrozd/?action=view&current=billboard_tintin-1.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y93/lukedrozd/billboard_tintin-1.jpg" alt="Photobucket" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="http://s3.photobucket.com/albums/y93/lukedrozd/?action=view&current=billboard_tintin2-1.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y93/lukedrozd/billboard_tintin2-1.jpg" alt="Photobucket" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="http://s3.photobucket.com/albums/y93/lukedrozd/?action=view&current=billboard_tintin3-1.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y93/lukedrozd/billboard_tintin3-1.jpg" alt="Photobucket" border="0" /></a><br /><br />Tomorrow is the long awaited <span style="font-style: italic;">Community Billboard</span>. I have had a range of items. I would have loved more bizarre sales adds etc but the arty contingent have still done good.Luke Drozdhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15811681007731977219noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7755527185466991133.post-27921275552180467842008-07-22T23:20:00.003+01:002008-07-22T23:35:13.233+01:00Judge not lest ye be jugged...Sorry for the hiatus yesterday, busy busy.<br /><br />Well because of that we have a bumper double spread with two new billboard image sets. First we have one that i am lovingly calling <span style="font-style:italic;">Chap</span> as its a picture of a strange chap. The image is a composite drawing made out of images i have found inside books at charity shops and libraries. Not much more to say on it apart from maybe he seems to have been very popular with the viewers...judge for yourself:<br /><br /><a href="http://s3.photobucket.com/albums/y93/lukedrozd/?action=view¤t=billboard_chap-1.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y93/lukedrozd/billboard_chap-1.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket"></a><br /><a href="http://s3.photobucket.com/albums/y93/lukedrozd/?action=view¤t=billboard_chap2-1.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y93/lukedrozd/billboard_chap2-1.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket"></a><br /><a href="http://s3.photobucket.com/albums/y93/lukedrozd/?action=view¤t=billboard_chap3-1.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y93/lukedrozd/billboard_chap3-1.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket"></a><br /><a href="http://s3.photobucket.com/albums/y93/lukedrozd/?action=view¤t=billboard_chap4-1.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y93/lukedrozd/billboard_chap4-1.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket"></a><br /><br />Speaking of judging, here comes print two, todays paste up, called <span style="font-style:italic;">Are You Ready?</span> I like the idea of being asked huge, theological questions and shrugging them off with simple one word answers. This chap (with an air of Peter Sellers i think) had a certain look of being in control, like he wouldn't let a wrathful Lord bother his working day. Good man! Or maybe hes the one with the finger on that old doomsday switch:<br /><br /><a href="http://s3.photobucket.com/albums/y93/lukedrozd/?action=view¤t=billboard_judgement-1.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y93/lukedrozd/billboard_judgement-1.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket"></a><br /><a href="http://s3.photobucket.com/albums/y93/lukedrozd/?action=view¤t=billboard_judgement2-1.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y93/lukedrozd/billboard_judgement2-1.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket"></a><br /><a href="http://s3.photobucket.com/albums/y93/lukedrozd/?action=view¤t=billboard_judgement3-1.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y93/lukedrozd/billboard_judgement3-1.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket"></a><br /><a href="http://s3.photobucket.com/albums/y93/lukedrozd/?action=view¤t=billboard_judgement4-1.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y93/lukedrozd/billboard_judgement4-1.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket"></a><br /><a href="http://s3.photobucket.com/albums/y93/lukedrozd/?action=view¤t=billboard_judgement5-1.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y93/lukedrozd/billboard_judgement5-1.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket"></a><br /><br />I have also received and should continue to receive some rather splendid contributions towards the <span style="font-style:italic;">Community Billboard</span> so roll on Thursday. There will in all likely hood only be another two or three new prints from me now in this leg of the project so keep those peepers peeled as we wrap it up. The culmination of it all will be shown at Chelsea Motel - Postgraduate Diploma in Fine Art Show at Chelsea College of Art so if you can come and see it. Heres' the info:<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;"><br />Chelsea Motel<br /><br />Postgraduate Diploma Fine Art Show</span><br /><br />Chelsea College of Art & Design,<br />Atterbury Street, <br />London, <br />SW1P 4JU<br /><br />An exhibition showcasing the work of the students from 2008 Chelsea College of Art and Design Post-Graduate Diploma in Fine Art<br /><br />Sat 9 August, 10am-4pm<br /><br />Monday 11 & Tuesday 12 August, 10am -8pm<br /><br />Private view: Friday 8 August, 5pm – 8.30pm. Attendance by invite only. Please contact for information<br /><br />Getting there: It is easiest to get to Chelsea by tube, getting off at Pimlico (Victoria Line) & then please follow signs for Tate Britain<br /><br />tel: 020 7514 7751<br />email: enquiries@chelsea.arts.ac.uk<br />www.chelsea.arts.ac.ukLuke Drozdhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15811681007731977219noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7755527185466991133.post-76467406595810570592008-07-20T10:58:00.003+01:002008-07-20T11:22:52.412+01:00A true friend looks at itself...After yesterdays mammoth double-post bonanza comes today's no less heady but still slightly less eventful new single print.<br />Pasted up yesterday in treacherous conditions (well it was a bit windy) and to critical acclaim. Its a design based on two ads from an old Italian comic, one for GI Joe the other a Barbie-esque figure called Lisa Jean. I found the Lisa Jean ad confusing, it has this disembodied head floating at one side looking down at an aging plastic couple like a spectre of youth judging these old cronies. The GI Joe text seems bizarre especially when put through an online translator. I suppose it ended up being about such grand things as lost love, missed opportunities, romantic picture books and novels. I think i achieved at least some of that. Judge for yourselves:<br /><br />Here's the printing process, sheet 1:<br /><a href="http://s3.photobucket.com/albums/y93/lukedrozd/?action=view&current=billboard_printing.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y93/lukedrozd/billboard_printing.jpg" alt="Photobucket" border="0" /></a><br /><br />And on the board:<br /><a href="http://s3.photobucket.com/albums/y93/lukedrozd/?action=view&current=billboard_lisajean4.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y93/lukedrozd/billboard_lisajean4.jpg" alt="Photobucket" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="http://s3.photobucket.com/albums/y93/lukedrozd/?action=view&current=billboard_lisajean3.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y93/lukedrozd/billboard_lisajean3.jpg" alt="Photobucket" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="http://s3.photobucket.com/albums/y93/lukedrozd/?action=view&current=billboard_lisajean.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y93/lukedrozd/billboard_lisajean.jpg" alt="Photobucket" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="http://s3.photobucket.com/albums/y93/lukedrozd/?action=view&current=billboard_lisajean2.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y93/lukedrozd/billboard_lisajean2.jpg" alt="Photobucket" border="0" /></a><br /><br />And to allow all you wonderful folks to have a little snapshot into my world, here's is the view from up on <span style="font-style:italic;">MFB</span>. Thrilling stuff I'm sure you'll agree, like staring into the jaws of death but not once flinching:<br /><a href="http://s3.photobucket.com/albums/y93/lukedrozd/?action=view&current=billboard_view.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y93/lukedrozd/billboard_view.jpg" alt="Photobucket" border="0" /></a><br /><br />Finally, I have been receiving the first of the posters etc for the <span style="font-style:italic;">Community Billboard</span> day. Keep them coming as its a little thin on the ground at the moment. Also i was hoping for a few more small ads type items, you know people selling a sofa or looking for love. Where are you old romantics with overcrowded living rooms?!? It's your day so i guess its up to you what you send in though...Luke Drozdhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15811681007731977219noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7755527185466991133.post-4068993098746900532008-07-19T20:13:00.003+01:002008-07-19T23:19:58.301+01:00Toast and birds...So Thursday and Friday both saw the now much anticipated <span style="font-style:italic;">changing of the board</span> as it has come to be known by the locals of Pimlico, with some people traveling from as far as Victoria to witness the grand sight!<br />Ok so that's not entirely true, people do stand and watch while the prints go up though but usually in pairs (discounting the group of fruit wielding youths mind as here were four of them). An old gent sidled up to the board whilst i put up Thursdays t'oast themed board and said "I've been thinking the very same thing, but you've really nailed it. Wonderful!". I'm not entirely sure what he meant, whether he had been thinking "people <span style="font-style:italic;">should</span> eat toast...everyday!" or something akin to that i will never know as i merely said thanks and he trundled off on his bike chortling to himself. Nice chap. Here's the print in question:<br /><a href="http://s3.photobucket.com/albums/y93/lukedrozd/?action=view&current=billboard_toast3.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y93/lukedrozd/billboard_toast3.jpg" alt="Photobucket" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="http://s3.photobucket.com/albums/y93/lukedrozd/?action=view&current=billboard_toast2.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y93/lukedrozd/billboard_toast2.jpg" alt="Photobucket" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="http://s3.photobucket.com/albums/y93/lukedrozd/?action=view&current=billboard_toast1.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y93/lukedrozd/billboard_toast1.jpg" alt="Photobucket" border="0" /></a><br /><br />It came about from me wanting to make a print that was an advert but advertised nothing by way of a brand or product, like how we used to get ads for eggs and milk. It could have been anything i guess but then i found an old Hovis ad which featured the insanity of a child who appeared to be emerging from some toast and that, as they say, was that. That and i really like toast. It's really, really good.<br /><br />Friday's print then. I have a stock pile of images. They are in a series of boxes and folders, in no particular order or category. They are things i have found, been given, pulled out of magazines etc. Occasionally i will leaf through them and suddenly something jumps out and it finds it s way into a piece of work. I work in a similar way with the objects that end up in my work. I seem to have to have them for a while, to allow them to just be, before i consider they could become something else, to play a part in my making. <br />Anyway that is what happened with <span style="font-style:italic;">The Family Tree of Birds</span> print. It is taken from a Pelican book on Psychology that i used for one of my <span style="font-style:italic;">Hole In One</span> drawings which involve drawing the same circle repeated until it eats through the surface/object it is being drawn on. Before i made the drawing however i flicked through the book and pulled out maybe three pages that stood out. This was one of them. I liked how it seemed to say almost nothing and was also rather striking to look at. I found it the other day and decided it should be given new life on <span style="font-style:italic;">MFB</span>. I wanted to inject some colour so i set about trying to find links between the birds that were more abstract then species or breed (band names or nouns for instance) and yet not immediately obvious to the viewer, and then colour coding them but without the key. I like the idea of allowing for play to an extent. Here's the result:<br /><a href="http://s3.photobucket.com/albums/y93/lukedrozd/?action=view&current=billboard_birds1-1.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y93/lukedrozd/billboard_birds1-1.jpg" alt="Photobucket" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="http://s3.photobucket.com/albums/y93/lukedrozd/?action=view&current=billboard_birds2-1.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y93/lukedrozd/billboard_birds2-1.jpg" alt="Photobucket" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="http://s3.photobucket.com/albums/y93/lukedrozd/?action=view&current=billboard_birds3-1.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y93/lukedrozd/billboard_birds3-1.jpg" alt="Photobucket" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="http://s3.photobucket.com/albums/y93/lukedrozd/?action=view&current=billboard_birds4-1.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y93/lukedrozd/billboard_birds4-1.jpg" alt="Photobucket" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="http://s3.photobucket.com/albums/y93/lukedrozd/?action=view&current=billboard_birds5-1.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y93/lukedrozd/billboard_birds5-1.jpg" alt="Photobucket" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="http://s3.photobucket.com/albums/y93/lukedrozd/?action=view&current=billboard_birds6-1.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y93/lukedrozd/billboard_birds6-1.jpg" alt="Photobucket" border="0" /></a>Luke Drozdhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15811681007731977219noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7755527185466991133.post-91589448162679158322008-07-17T22:35:00.002+01:002008-07-17T23:05:12.922+01:00Better pictures...So below is the better pictures of yesterday. I will post up the pictures of todays and tomorrows prints together. The weather today was so miserable when i pasted the print up that the photos taken just made me feel depressed so tomorrow it shall be. Today's theme as a taster was...<span style="font-style: italic;">Toast</span>...and tomorrows is...<span style="font-style:italic;">The Bird Family</span>. "The intrigue!" i hear you cry:<br /><br /><a href="http://s3.photobucket.com/albums/y93/lukedrozd/?action=view&current=billboard_atlas.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y93/lukedrozd/billboard_atlas.jpg" alt="Photobucket" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="http://s3.photobucket.com/albums/y93/lukedrozd/?action=view&current=billboard_atlas1.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y93/lukedrozd/billboard_atlas1.jpg" alt="Photobucket" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="http://s3.photobucket.com/albums/y93/lukedrozd/?action=view&current=billboard_atlas2.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y93/lukedrozd/billboard_atlas2.jpg" alt="Photobucket" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="http://s3.photobucket.com/albums/y93/lukedrozd/?action=view&current=billboard_atlas3.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y93/lukedrozd/billboard_atlas3.jpg" alt="Photobucket" border="0" /></a>Luke Drozdhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15811681007731977219noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7755527185466991133.post-69422125786509760672008-07-16T16:46:00.002+01:002008-07-16T17:38:26.617+01:00Towards a New Atlas - part 1...In keeping with <span style="font-style: italic;">MFB</span> (i though I'd try out this abbreviation for <span style="font-style: italic;">My First Billboard</span> as it takes too long to write. Maybe its a bit to crap though. Well I'll try it out for this post and see how it goes. no harm in that) tradition i was unable to take any decent pictures today of the billboard due to camera failure, or more to the point failure on my part to charge the battery. I did however take a couple of quick snaps on my phones camera. Technology truly is a wonderful thing. I'll take some better shots tomorrow but for now here is todays print <span style="font-style: italic;">Towards A New Atlas (Incomplete)</span>:<br /><br /><a href="http://s3.photobucket.com/albums/y93/lukedrozd/?action=view¤t=Image100-1.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y93/lukedrozd/Image100-1.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket"></a><br /><a href="http://s3.photobucket.com/albums/y93/lukedrozd/?action=view¤t=Image101-1.jpg" intarget="_blank"><img src="http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y93/lukedrozd/Image101-1.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket"></a><br /><br />Now as promised i will share a few ideas and theories that reared their heads whilst reading Contemporary Art: From Studio To Situation. The particular projects within this book that seemed to resonate with the way i work and how this project is beginning to work were Bohn and Saffer's <span style="font-style:italic;">Mobile Porch</span> project , <span style="font-style:italic;">Better Life Corporation's (Mejar Vida Corp)</span> community based interventions and Adam Dant's free publication <span style="font-style:italic;">Donald Parsnips</span>. These all seemed to hold similar core values at their hearts in that they are all concerned with direct contact with the public and not having the work mediated by a gallery or museum setting. <span style="font-style:italic;">Mobile Porch</span> provided a station that was adaptable for a variety of uses morphing from stage to office to community meeting room, 'a flexible platform for people...to articulate or express or publish ideas'1. , Whilst <span style="font-style:italic;">Better Life Corp.</span> alter peoples lives through small tasks for little gain such as distributing free travel passes at rush hour, showing an interest in removing the commodity and the commercial from artwork. It is Dant's work however that seemed most in tune with <span style="font-style:italic;">MFB</span>. For a time Dant took it upon himself to distribute a daily free publication featuring an alter-ego of sorts called <span style="font-style:italic;">Donald Parsnip</span>. Through free distribution on the streets of London on a daily basis between 1995-1999, Dant allowed himself to be 'responsible for the mediation of my own artwork'2. Ultimately i feel it is this that <span style="font-style:italic;">MFB</span> grants me as an artist. It is a space i curate and mediate on my own terms also on a daily basis. I have begun to realise that it is a sort of giant sketch pad. I don't have to worry about works being finished, conceptually or actually as the board acts as a way for me to get the ideas out there without being precious about such things. If a print doesn't work it doesn't matter as it is likely to be gone the next day.<br /><br />Anyway, a new print will be around again soon. I'm toying with the idea of collaborating for a day with someone so let me know if you're interested. I may even rent out the space to someone for a day if there's interest there...<br /><br />1. Kathrin Bohm, <span style="font-style:italic;">Public Works</span>, taken from <span style="font-style:italic;">Contemporary Art:from Studio to Situation</span>, edited by Claire Doherty, Black Dog Publishing, London, England, 2004<br />2. Adam Dant, <span style="font-style:italic;">Donald Parsnips Daily Journal</span>, taken from <span style="font-style:italic;">Contemporary Art:from Studio to Situation</span>, edited by Claire Doherty, Black Dog Publishing, London, England, 2004Luke Drozdhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15811681007731977219noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7755527185466991133.post-81584734826034269922008-07-16T00:03:00.005+01:002008-07-17T15:07:51.532+01:00Post-it...The first partial print went up on the billboard today. It's a blown-up scan of an amazing drawing on a post-it note that i found by The Oval cricket ground in South London. I'm not sure waht it is or why it would need to be on a post-it. i looks like a chap in a sweatband bleeding from his eyes to me. please feel free to leave your thoughts on this visceral masterpiece. Here's the original in all its poorly photographed glory:<br /><br /><a href="http://s3.photobucket.com/albums/y93/lukedrozd/?action=view&current=DSCN2482.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y93/lukedrozd/DSCN2482.jpg" alt="Photobucket" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br />And here's its billboard, oversized offspring:<br /><br /><a href="http://s3.photobucket.com/albums/y93/lukedrozd/?action=view&current=DSCN2475.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y93/lukedrozd/DSCN2475.jpg" alt="Photobucket" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="http://s3.photobucket.com/albums/y93/lukedrozd/?action=view¤t=DSCN2478.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y93/lukedrozd/DSCN2478.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket"></a><br /><br />A new one will arrive tomorrow and with it a new post. I found some insightful writings in the excellent book <span style="font-style: italic;" class="sans"><span id="btAsinTitle">Contemporary Art: From Studio to Situation </span></span><span class="sans"><span id="btAsinTitle">which i will try and find some relevant quotes for tomorrow. Frankly I'm too tired to right now and it feels like the energy needed could cause me to perish...</span> </span><p></p>Luke Drozdhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15811681007731977219noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7755527185466991133.post-35987637902370661892008-07-14T22:44:00.003+01:002008-07-14T23:03:37.574+01:00Two for one...So here are the belated photos from last week captured in thursday glorious morning sun. 'Superfreakin' indeed. It was originally going to feature the caption 'Dear God, Don't Look at Us!' but in the end it went up textless. I was also going to transform it today into a quick homage to Baldessari but alas i was lacking in the necessary paint. Think this may come up again though.<br /><br /><a href="http://s3.photobucket.com/albums/y93/lukedrozd/?action=view&current=billboard_freaks1.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y93/lukedrozd/billboard_freaks1.jpg" alt="Photobucket" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="http://s3.photobucket.com/albums/y93/lukedrozd/?action=view&current=billboard_freaks2.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y93/lukedrozd/billboard_freaks2.jpg" alt="Photobucket" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="http://s3.photobucket.com/albums/y93/lukedrozd/?action=view&current=billboard_freaks3.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y93/lukedrozd/billboard_freaks3.jpg" alt="Photobucket" border="0" /></a><br /><br />And on to todays print 'Lets Speak English'...<br /><br /><a href="http://s3.photobucket.com/albums/y93/lukedrozd/?action=view&current=billboard_english1.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y93/lukedrozd/billboard_english1.jpg" alt="Photobucket" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="http://s3.photobucket.com/albums/y93/lukedrozd/?action=view&current=billboard_english2.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y93/lukedrozd/billboard_english2.jpg" alt="Photobucket" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="http://s3.photobucket.com/albums/y93/lukedrozd/?action=view&current=billboard_english3.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y93/lukedrozd/billboard_english3.jpg" alt="Photobucket" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="http://s3.photobucket.com/albums/y93/lukedrozd/?action=view&current=billboard_english4.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y93/lukedrozd/billboard_english4.jpg" alt="Photobucket" border="0" /></a><br /><br />This was a true and unadulterated nightmare to paste up. It was firstly windy up there, secondly i just couldn't get the text to line up and thirdly some local youths decided to taunt me, try and steal my ladder and then throw fruit at me. I kid you not! BUT i soldiered on and got it up but that is the reason why this ones a tad on the wrinkly side. Still that should mostly 'fall out' as it drys (i apply a similar principle to all creased clothes i wear). The fruit wielding children however will continue to roam the streets until such a day when they are plucked from this earth and arrive promptly in hell...<br /><br />The text itself is from a Linguaphone book on speaking English i found in a charity shop in Pimlico. I am drawn to how all the text in it ends up sounding like the rantings of a Daily Mail reader whose mind has finally vacated leaving paranoid babblings and very little else.Luke Drozdhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15811681007731977219noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7755527185466991133.post-38636011290755052512008-07-10T23:46:00.002+01:002008-07-11T00:31:20.088+01:00Print two went up as intended today lovingly titled 'Superfreakin'. I'm afraid i forgot a camera though so no pictures of it as yet. some will be taken before it get s pasted over/altered which will probably be Monday. Alternatively you could just go and look at it...Luke Drozdhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15811681007731977219noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7755527185466991133.post-53985618191589917532008-07-09T22:03:00.002+01:002008-07-09T23:08:15.464+01:00A paste of timeThe first print designed for My First Billboard went up today, in driving rain no less. Hopefully it will still be up there tomorrow morning but if this hellish weather <span style="font-style: italic;">has</span> washed it away never fear we shall proceed!<br /><br />There's some images of the print below (as well as a digital version earlier in this blog). Its comprised of digitally manipulated and layered elements from Topolino comics, Italy's Mickey Mouse. I have to say i think the name Topolino is infinitely better. The images themselves hopefully maintain enough of the familiar to be read whilst alluding to something else. They begin to spit forward absurd and impossible architecture, strange cloud formations and slabs of intersecting colour. As with many of the current print series I'm working on they look at the idea of asking viewers to consider how they look at and read images and how this is then skewed and altered when what we may normally focus on is removed or obstructed:<br /><br /><a href="http://s3.photobucket.com/albums/y93/lukedrozd/?action=view&current=billboard_topolino2-1.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y93/lukedrozd/billboard_topolino2-1.jpg" alt="Photobucket" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="http://s3.photobucket.com/albums/y93/lukedrozd/?action=view&current=billboard_topolino1-1.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y93/lukedrozd/billboard_topolino1-1.jpg" alt="Photobucket" border="0" /></a><br /><br />Print two has also been printed and i may try and get it up on the board tomorrow before a three or four day hiatus. Here's a sneaky peek at it. As always, pictures will be posted once completed:<br /><br /><a href="http://s3.photobucket.com/albums/y93/lukedrozd/?action=view&current=freak_preview-1.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y93/lukedrozd/freak_preview-1.jpg" alt="Photobucket" border="0" /></a><br /><br />I have also been posting about this on a couple of other places, my myspace blog and the forum on gigposter.com particularly and there have been some interesting responses. Here's a few comments from the gigposters forum that seemed particularly relevant or struck a cord with me somehow:<br /><br />matthewthirteen: That is the most punk concept I've ever seen. Reclaiming public space legally.<br /><br />Phoondaddy: B-DROID said he was going to tag your billboard this week. LOAD THE MUSKETS!!!!!!!<br /><br />Both of these seemed to carry some resonance because of the idea of this being a project about display and how we use public space for art.<br />It does frequently feel that there is little way to publicly show work in this country that doesn't involve either large grants or breaking the law. Chelsea itself has just had its parade ground refurbished in order to house large scale commissions. This is obviously an interesting and exciting idea, depending on what they commission, but how and where do we show on a more grassroots level? I suppose i feel that the billboard offers me this opportunity for a few weeks and allows others to both see and comment on what i am doing. I also like this idea of the project being a 'punk concept'. As a man with a love of punk and its ethos for many years (i even played in a punk band or sorts called, rather sadly, Orifis. Oh dear...) the idea that the billboard somehow reflects this DIY way of operating (both in terms of the board itself as an alternative space, a small jeering alternative to Tate as one person suggested, and in terms of the way the work is cheaply printed, is disposable, temporary, a giant zine revealed page by page), really appeals. The second comment quoted is also interesting. No not the muskets part, though i do like a musket, more the concept of how this board will interact with or be interacted with by the public itself. I am not asking for it to be tagged etc, I'm merely musing over what could happen is all...<br /><br />A question was also asked about quantifying what exactly would happen in terms of the pasting over of images. Heres the succinct response that i think worked well:<br /><br />In terms of pasting over stuff, I will put up a giant print of mine on most days over the next couple of weeks so the one before gets pasted over, and then the next one etc. On the 22nd/23rd it will be a noticeboard for all so i will cram up loads of prints salon style. If i have a huge amount i will do a couple of days. I want people to advertise selling their couches through to some empty rants etc. Like a cross between speakers corner and the free classified ads...<br /><br />I'm rather pleased with that last line so on that note i will call it a day.Luke Drozdhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15811681007731977219noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7755527185466991133.post-58865240968526695432008-07-09T00:18:00.002+01:002008-07-09T00:21:26.719+01:00As She Lives and Breathes...Here she is in all her majesty, My First Billboard:<br /><a href="http://s3.photobucket.com/albums/y93/lukedrozd/?action=view¤t=billboard_constructfinal1.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y93/lukedrozd/billboard_constructfinal1.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket"></a><br /><br />tomorrow will see the first day of pasting so posts will appear as and when new wprk goes up. Here's some info/a call for submission that is out floating in the ether for all who are interested:<br /><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">My First Billboard</span><br />Chelsea College of Art & Design <br />Atterbury Street<br />London, SW1<br /><span style="font-style:italic;"><br />My First Billboard</span> is an alternative exhibition space of sorts devised, constructed and run by the artist Luke Drozd. Situated in the courtyard of Chelsea College of Art and Design, London, <span style="font-style:italic;">My First Billboard</span> sits opposite Tate Britain wooing the public with its visual delights...<br /><br />The premise is simple; over the rest of July into August a series of works will be pasted onto the board, with the previous content being destroyed, covered, deleted by the new fresh work that resides in its place. This may be anything: pointless posters, empty rhetoric, heartfelt wishes…we shall see. Progress of the board can be followed at:<br /><br />www.myfirstbillboard.blogspot.com<br /><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Call for submissions</span><br /><br />For one day only <span style="font-style:italic;">My First Billboard</span> will become a community noticeboard /free advertising space for all. This will take place on 23rd July 2008. All you need to do to take advantage of this opportunity is send in your advert, message, notice, whatever you wish to display and it will duly be pasted onto the board. Work can be any size or scale, colour or black and white, so long as it can be pasted up. <br /><br />All work MUST be received by 22nd July 2008 in order to guarantee a place on the board. <br /><br />The address for delivery is:<br /><br />My First Billboard<br />C/o Babak Ghazi<br />Chelsea College of Art & Design<br />16 John Islip Street, <br />London <br />SW1P 4JU<br /><br />For more info please contact lukedrozd@hotmail.comLuke Drozdhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15811681007731977219noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7755527185466991133.post-42737138829193998842008-07-08T22:32:00.007+01:002008-07-09T00:18:02.990+01:00Construction cont...Yesterday heady things were afoot in the world of My First Billboard. After a longer period than expected (and in some pretty miserable weather)we now had a secure and rather beautiful frame in place. Take a look for yourself:<br /><a href="http://s3.photobucket.com/albums/y93/lukedrozd/?action=view¤t=billboard_construct8.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y93/lukedrozd/billboard_construct8.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket"></a><br /><a href="http://s3.photobucket.com/albums/y93/lukedrozd/?action=view¤t=billboard_construct7.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y93/lukedrozd/billboard_construct7.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket"></a><br /><br />And on to today. With the weather (mostly) on our side the main board itself was ready to attach to its moorings. A huge thanks to John for helping out on this whole project by the way...<br /><a href="http://s3.photobucket.com/albums/y93/lukedrozd/?action=view¤t=billboard_construct12.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y93/lukedrozd/billboard_construct12.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket"></a><br /><a href="http://s3.photobucket.com/albums/y93/lukedrozd/?action=view¤t=billboard_construct10.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y93/lukedrozd/billboard_construct10.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket"></a>Luke Drozdhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15811681007731977219noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7755527185466991133.post-56377094296641514712008-07-06T17:35:00.003+01:002008-07-06T17:43:38.603+01:00Delays and print no.1Right here's a quick progress update. Due to unforeseen circumstances and the board simply taking longer than was expected to make (within health and safety guidelines particularly) the billboard is not yet up. It SHOULD however be up by this Wednesday 9th July. Installation in situ begins tomorrow and the first print is printed (a digital image of which can be seen below). Will post images of installation as it happens...<br /><br /><a href="http://s3.photobucket.com/albums/y93/lukedrozd/?action=view¤t=Mickey_landscape-1.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y93/lukedrozd/Mickey_landscape-1.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket"></a>Luke Drozdhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15811681007731977219noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7755527185466991133.post-23582238313678457492008-06-29T23:55:00.004+01:002008-07-06T17:31:15.764+01:00Construction begins...Construction of My First Billboard began last week. Early days but she's already taking shape:<br /><br />Plans (of sorts)...<br /><a href="http://s3.photobucket.com/albums/y93/lukedrozd/?action=view¤t=billboard_construct4-1.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y93/lukedrozd/billboard_construct4-1.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket"></a><br />Boarding...<br /><a href="http://s3.photobucket.com/albums/y93/lukedrozd/?action=view¤t=billboard_construct3-1.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y93/lukedrozd/billboard_construct3-1.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket"></a><br />Timber frame...<br /><a href="http://s3.photobucket.com/albums/y93/lukedrozd/?action=view¤t=billboard_construct1-1.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y93/lukedrozd/billboard_construct1-1.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket"></a><br />and the main board itself is screwed filled and ready for some legs...<br /><a href="http://s3.photobucket.com/albums/y93/lukedrozd/?action=view¤t=billboard_construct2-1.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y93/lukedrozd/billboard_construct2-1.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket"></a>Luke Drozdhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15811681007731977219noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7755527185466991133.post-82974413371455057602008-06-26T22:09:00.002+01:002008-06-26T22:29:32.161+01:00The beginning...<span style="font-family: lucida grande;">Hello and welcome to My First Billboard. </span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: lucida grande;">The basic concept is simple. I began to construct digital prints as part of my art practice, a series of purposeless posters if you will. These came through a series of works using narrative-less comics and an obsession with what and how we see things when our attention is skewed. I began to delete or blur parts of images in the hope of coaxing out something else, something new, attempting to use deletion as something constructive and progressive, and not a mere destructive force with the ability to be nostalgic, or redemptive in some way. As John Baldessari once put it ‘when we erase, I think we play into the fear of a vacuum. And that makes people uneasy and they have to fill it in’. In other words from deletion comes creation. </span><br /><span style="font-family: lucida grande;">Within my own work this led me towards the billboard sized display for the work,My First Billboard and outdoor alternative space on which my work could reside. The premise is that over the next month or so, whenever I choose, the previous content of the board will be destroyed, covered, deleted by the new fresh work pasted over it. This could be anything, pointless posters, empty rhetoric, heartfelt wishes, community notices...basically i dont know....we will see what rears its head.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: lucida grande;">Within this blog i'll document the process from construction to deconstruction so please bear with me, offer advice, tell me what you think etc.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: lucida grande;">lets get this show on the road,</span>Luke Drozdhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15811681007731977219noreply@blogger.com0