bands, artists, composers: pergolesi, bach, the beatles, can, pink fairies, frank zappa and the mothers, fripp and eno, future sound of london, eat static, steve reich, red hot chilli peppers, primal scream, jimi hendrix, css, aimee mann, ella fizgerald, the pixies, billie holliday, system 7, nina simone, prodigy, handel, purcell, chemical brothers, la nef, captain beefheart, anonymous 4, massive attack, velvet underground, gong, free, van der graaf generator, vivaldi, loop guru, faure, leonard cohen, NIN, varttina, john tavener, gillian welch, leftfield, john lennon, janis joplin, zero 7, afro celt sound system, dao dezi, howling willie cunt, aqualung, busi mhlongo, underworld, ac/dc, le mystere des voix bulgare, the crazy world of arthur brown, basement jaxx, the soft machine, white noise, deep purple, dionne warwick, eat static, foo fighters, pj harvey, euphoria, king crimson, jefferson airplane, KLF, cream, led zeppelin, white stripes, muse, the orb, erik satie, mozart, arthur brown, missy elliot, dreadzone, magma, hedningarna, tender lugers, scoobs in columbia, and anything sung by andreas scholl, barbara bonney or janet baker
Movies
peter greenaway, jan svankmayer, brothers quay, john carpenter, louis bunuel, pedro aldomovar, coen brothers, david lynch, mike leigh, nick roeg:
picnic at hanging rock, ong-bak, farinelli, withnail and i, one flew over the cuckoos nest, jaws, orlando, enter the dragon, the wicker man, requiem for a dream, the big lebowski, memento, the piano, betty blue, old boy, borat, the thing, fear and loathing in las vegas, 28 days later, magnolia, fargo, la haine -and 12 monkeys , baise-moi, perfume, sacre sangre, bladerunner, 2001, alien, eraserhead, naked lunch, the shining, paris,texas, a scanner darkly, a clockwork orange, tommy, the wall, lord of the rings, ringu, ju-on, the exorcist, crouching tiger hidden dragon, belle du jour, l'age d'or, un chien andalou, solaris, the man who fell to earth, the life of brian, ichi the killer, jabberwocky, time bandits, marathon man, sid and nancy, don't look now.
Television
the mighty boosh, two pints of lager, doctor who, torchwood, hammer house of horror, tales of the unexpected, blakes 7, south park, have i got news for you, twilight zone, never mind the buzzcocks, x files, whose line is it anyway, star trek, green wing, my name is earl, monty python, the goodies, buffy, northern exposure, cold case, hamish macbeth, csi, will and grace, gimme gimme gimme, waking the dead, red dwarf, hitchhikers guide to the galaxy, futurama, anything about freaky medical conditions, biology, forensics, psychology, space, music, literature, or art.
Books
Fiction;
t.h. white 'the once and future king', isabelle allende, john fowles, iain banks, margaret atwood, glen duncan, william gibson, phillip k dick, peter ackroyd, ian rankin, virginia woolf, sylvia plath, kurt vonnegut, milan kundura, rudyard kipling, ursula le guin, douglas adams, kazuo ishiguro, iain pears, franz kafka, boccaccio's decameron, the thousand nights and one night, louis de berniere (except captain corellis mandolin), ian mcewan, salman rushdie, edgar allen poe, umberto eco, d.m. thomas, aldous huxley, tom robbins, pauline reage, isaac asimov, helen zahavi, m.r. james, gabriel garcia marquez, orson scott card, a.s. byatt, h.g.wells, doris lessing, michael moorcock, saki, haruki murakami, ambrose bierce, w. somerset maugham, harry harrison, guneli gun, ted hughes, ray bradbury, adam zameemzad, gunter grass, robert graves, will self, sheridan le fanu
Interesting non-fiction:
'forbidden science' richard milton,
'great mambo chicken and the human condition' ed regis,
'the man who mistook his wife for a hat' oliver sacks,
'winston churchills afternoon nap' jeremy campbell,
'the calender' david ewing duncan,
'dreams' c.g.jung,
'self and others' r.d.laing,
'the golden bough' sir james frazer,
'the tao of physics' fritjof capra,
'lost in music' giles smith,
'climbing mount improbable' richard dawkins,
'damanhur' jeff merrifield<
Heroes
influential artists: el greco, joseph cornell, kurt schwitters, georgia o'keeffe, frieda kahlo, salvador dali, h.r. giger, hundertwasser, gauguin, dave mckean, man ray, joan miro, patrick woodroffe, rene magritte, dorothea tanning, hieronymous bosch, egon schiele, robert rauschenberg, andre breton, susan hiller, meret oppenheim
*experiences*
These box assemblages are inspired by a French science book that I used as part of an installation in Picardie (the skeleton is resting on it in 'ceci n'est pas mon pere'). In French 'experience' means 'experiment', and to me these boxes embody both meanings of the word. I feel as though I am trying to discover something about myself and my work through these quasi-scientific arrangements of objects....to access, somehow, the secrets of my 'id' via a heuristic working process; to create an individuated taxonomy.
The following images are of the installation and other work created during my time as artist in residence at the Chateau de Sacy, Picardie, France. It began as a response to my new surroundings and the dislocation I felt, having been taken out of my familiar spaces. During the course of the residency the room I was building began to represent a childhood of which I have few memories, as well as a nod to every room I lived in - and there have been many - since I left home. As work progressed, however, the whole room grew into a memento mori for my late father, the anniversary of whose death fell during my time there. I was struck by the sadness of his lonely later life, but also the ambivalence of my feeling towards him. I spent a lot of time clearing up after him, and the effort of dealing with and disposing of the mountain of rubbish and collections of objects that he had left behind was almost overwhelming.
The sparseness of the red room with its carefully arranged objects became my way of dealing with my memories of that time, piece by piece. The single chair, facing the box which became the title piece; the collection of smaller boxes, each containing their own collection of objects; the household items, painted white and rendered useless; the flattened beer cans on the threadbare carpet.
At the end of the residency, I used up every scrap of material, dustsheets, old clothes and anything else I had left over to mark out a womb maze on the lawn...there was only one way into this maze, and only one way out again: life, death, and rebirth. The whole residency was an extremely cathartic event: it transformed my attitute towards my own work.
*public arts* Since leaving college in 1989 I have been self-employed as an artist, mainly finding work in the field of public and community arts. Largely mural-based, these projects have been in conjunction with schools, colleges, social services, community groups, assisted accommodations, Mencap groups, youth offending teams, and the prison service. My community art work has been informed by the peoples and the areas in which I have been working, and is mainly centered on encouraging people to create something for themselves; to participate in the decoration of their own environment.
Hi there! We're holding a competition at SUPERSWEET and you could win an exhibition at Beyond Retro as part of their East End Lights series + a month’s worth of exposure on our digital Art Gallery in Feb 2010. Click on the banners if you're interested in finding out more!
Thanks for accepting the request. You have some of my favourite bands in your music list too. Have a listen to my band - we are 'That Legendary Wooden Lion' Roy
Hi Lisa, in an attempt to personalise the world of a.c.drift we are writing songs for each of our "top friends". Our offering for you is small town Malaysia themed "Beaufort Rock City" Enjoy a.c.drift Thailand.
Collages L. Molet (2009)
