New website

As some of you should know, I plan on launching a website in February, 2008. This blog is a temporary means to post information or comments as I see fit.

To coincide with the launch of the new website, I plan on releasing my latest art-project titled BLACK. I emailed a friend in November about BLACK, and I'll repost this here to give everyone else some idea on what's going on at the moment:

Some other exciting news I thought I'd tell you about. Regarding Black 1, which I mentioned previously, the entire BLACK concept has expanded into a work that should be completed soon. It should consist of, at this stage, a five part work that utilises a range of mediums (though the parts themselves can be considered individual of each other). These five parts ( Black 1, Black 2, Black 3, Black 4 and Black 5) will be packaged in an approximately 27 page PDF to view (or to print). At this stage Black 1, Black 2 and Black 4 are completed, and Black 3 and Black 5 have been conceptualised. BLACK should be finished by the end of the year.

Regarding the concept of and background to BLACK: By the time I had finished White on White, I wanted to write a work that continued on with the themes and ideas I was exploring at the time. I thought that naming this work White on White II or White on White 2 would somehow convey the idea that I was exploiting White on White by writing a "sequel" I didn't intend to write until the completion of White on White. In July, approximately 2 months after I had finished White on White, I had decided to call this work Black 1. I had decided that I wanted to engage with another project, but this time I wanted to extend it into a multi-part series. The title, Black 1, was initially a reference to the albums Black One, White 1 and White 2 by Sunn O))), but the work itself is not really affiliated with any of the themes of these albums. As I was writing Black 1, the concept of the work rapidly evolved and changed and deviated far from the ideas that I was exploring in White on White. By the time it was finished in October I realised that it represented who I am at the moment both spiritually and as an artist. I am extremely proud of the work at the moment. Black 4 (which was written at the same time as Black 1) was my own response to Tacet (which was written at the same time as White on White) and was written to fit in with the BLACK concept. Regarding the concept of BLACK itself, you will see soon enough.

As soon as Saul Williams' The Inevitable Rise and Liberation of NiggyTardust! came out, I felt the need to transform Black 1 into a larger scale work that would be presentable in a PDF. Williams' 33 A4 PDF that came with the artwork, and Nine Inch Nails' PDF for With Teeth made me think about using digital technology in a way that is accessible for audiences and whilst not compromising my communication with an audience.

In addition, I plan on creating a website that will be able to showcase my work and allow people to download my work as PDFs. This will all hopefully be completed by the February, 2008 when BLACK will be finished.