Clinic Presents: A Workshop... Photos of the night...

So the night was an obscure event throughout. The entire space was so awesome to be in, so comfortable and well fitted but with the overwhelming irony of the behaviour that once graced those poles before us creative folk moved in. Late starting due to some unpredicted fun setting up any form of lighting the Clinic guys could get there hands on, so the Zine workshop had no real chance to kick off to be fair. This was a shame, however the poetry workshop and readings were delightfully ambient & intimate as always. What was also interesting at this particular Clinic night was the ability for anyone to get involved and give their work an airing if they wished. There was a real vibe of creative sharing and also learning, which I felt was a nice touch to an an already popular event. A brill turn out as to be expected, & a real challenge to photograph.

This time I decided against flash in an attempt to capture the actual mood of the scenery. Grain is the result, but I think this only compliments the unfinished, lack-of-commerciality feel, that Clinic has. I apolagise for the length of this post, It was hard enough cutting it down to just these! Some really beautiful portraits were to be had that evening, I assure you...

Clinic Presents: A Workshop...

In A Table Dancing Club.

This friday the well known creative group, Clinic, present a one-off zine & poetry workshop to be held in a squatted strip club right in the heart of Mayfair. The zine workshop will be lead by illustrator Sean Parker, featuring as much cutting and sticking as your heart could possibly desire with all finished work being hung around from the ceiling. Eventually all the work will be compiled into one final zine which will showcase the work of all involved. The poetry workshop will be lead by the Clinic poets in a friendly and creative atmosphere... a real easy way to improve your work.

The evening will then culminate in readings from Clinic & friends, and of course the ever present musical talent that is Jamie 'N' Commons playing a full set.

On the venue itself: walking straight off the very pavements in which Britain's richest & seediest big wigs tread, you will find an occupied strip club in the heart of Mayfair. Offering the most rare and quite frankly extraordinary opportunity to share your creativity in such the literal antithesis of where we are used to. Plush and sexually charged. Wink.

Here are a few shots I reccy'd earlier today thanks to the kind hospitality of the current residents. I DEFINITELY recommend coming down, it will be a creative hub and generally lovely social environment. It's running from 4-9 and it's also Sean's birthday, come and make him the birthday zine of his dreams.

Check out Clinic's event page for more details: Event Link

The shots below are taken using flash to clearly show you the venue's features and layout etc. However there is only, as always, very ambient and low lighting available to promote the calm and creative aura that goes hand in hand with intimate Clinic events.

Seacatz

I'm on a boat, take a look at me.

Life by Providence

The continuation of my family portraits. The fourth member being my uncle, sitting house proud, upon his domestic thrown. I hold him in high regard as totally fearless, not in an aggressive stereotypical sense, but as a character unfazed by any situation.

Richard Trist

So this Scottish mean machine rang me up last night, telling of a performance piece he was conducting and requesting a good mug shot. His project entails a luring tactic to attract dates where by his assumed persona will attempt to woo a partner all in the name of performance art. So I invited him to come round first thing this morning in his finest attire, which to be fair to him is no small task to decide upon. Some things you should know about Tristy... He's a Giant, a real hench lad & take it from me, the shots that hold a more alpha male quality were not constructed via my direction. It takes little effort for him to dominate a scene in both character & physicality, which in my opinion is what makes him such a successful actor. Having said all that, he's an absolute gentle giant and a real stand up guy. Probably one of the most inoffensive guys I've met at University thus far.

Now then, enough of my sycophantic preaching, here he is....

Maidstone's latest creative hopeful.

Jack Taylor, or Baby Jack as us natives know him, is the latest super-talented illustrator to come out of my home town in Kent. If Camberwell don't accept him, it will be a travesty. As you can probably tell from my shots of his mug below, he will fit into the East London art scene like a perfectly tailored glove.

He's brand new to the blogosphere and has yet to upload any kid of portfolio but to give you a small feel for his style, here's the beginnings of his blog...

Jack's Blog

Student Accommodation...

It couldn't be more of a stark comparison to my post immediately below, yet together they demonstrate the ideal dynamic of my week, to weekends.

Make an escape...

Apple Store Bluewater

Just doing a bit of self promotion.... A few peeved staff members was worth my genius (bar).

Humunga-dunga

It speaks for itself. My camera faced a barrage of 100mph salty sea spray, & so did my face. It was epic to view and epically hard to stay on my feet to capture. All in all an exhilarating morning on the southeast coast with a pretty mega result.... Excuse moisture on the Lens and excuse unorthodox exposures, they are mistakes that were a result of my childish excitement.

For readers who are sitting there remarking to themselves, 'don't look like much of a threat from down there', let me reassure you that after the shot is taken it blows up and out into a plume of viscous spray that you can't hide from until you're drenched. The final image in this post is mainly spray, and gives you a feel for the magnitude of this wall that is projected at you at 100mph.

A photograph tames the forces in a still snapshot.