Greaseproof Paper Clouds

Origin of the Milky Way - Projected Image

This photograph is of the paper cinema test carried out a few weeks ago. It was posted on the Horse + Bamboo website so I thought I would share it here as well. I am planning on creating the rest of the elements for the paper cinema today which will be mostly clouds as well as Zeus and the mortal Alcmene.
I've got a busy day ahead of me! ^-^

Deep Time Cabaret - Workshop Week

Sorry for the delayed post on the Deep Time Cabaret workshop. My blog post on what went down during that week is featured on the Deep Time Cabaret Production Blog this week. Click the link to check it out! ^-^

The Origin of the Milky Way

Jupiter, wishing to immortalise the infant Hercules (whose mother was the mortal Alcmene), held him to the breasts of the sleeping Juno. The milk which spurted upwards formed the Milky Way, while some fell downwards giving rise to lilies.
I am working on re-creating this painting as a paper cinema piece for the Horse + Bamboo production Deep Time Cabaret. Below are a few drawings I have been working on. The bottom image is the closest to what I'll be creating for the final piece.




I will be going up to Horse + Bamboo next week for the production workshop. This is where everyone on the production will be working together to develop Deep Time Cabaret further. I will be involved in lots of projection tests etc... so will update with the results of that soon.

Horse + Bamboo - Deep Time Cabaret

Over the next few months I will be working with those at Horse + Bamboo Theatre on their latest performance piece 'Deep Time Cabaret'.

This production follows on from an exhibition of artist’s work held at the Horse + Bamboo Theatre last year. 'The Valley of Stone' project asked artists to create work inspired by the landscape and geological heritage of the Rossendale landscape. 'Deep Time Cabaret' will be based around a short film created in the first year of this project, 'Hineingrabe' by Tracey Holland which looks at the Rossendale hills and quarries and their association with myth and folk-lore. You can see a short extract from this film below.

Hineingrabe - Tracey Holland

The cabaret will be made up of several components including Tracey Holland's Film, two ‘lectures’ in the form of strange performance pieces; a puppet show in three sections; a paper cinema; a dance; and 4 songs.

My work is specifically related to the film elements of the production creating a couple of short animated and film pieces for projection as well as making the elements to be used in the paper cinema.

You can read more about the project at horseandbamboo.org and visit the Deep Time Cabaret Blog for the latest developments in the production of this piece.