Kharmageddon

Project 214 by "Zagato"

2009-04-10T20:48:00.000+01:00

Seminal Text

2008-03-12T09:34:00.002Z

Back in '95 Heathcote Williams epic poem on the destructive powers of the automobile was a strong influence on my course work at Sutton College (C&G TV & Video )

Not recommended as holiday reading if you're travelling by car!

Anglia Estate

2007-09-09T11:48:00.000+01:00

MLOR

2007-08-30T19:04:00.000+01:00

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http://karmahgeddon.blogspot.com/

Uses/Abuses/Successes/Failiures

I just feel like crying

Dissatisfaction

Stasis

Stillness

I could drive over to your house

Disconnection

Intermittent messages

Static -

Might just as well pull over and park

Mirror signal manoeuvre

Pull out

Pull away

Collision

or not -

Flying on your motorcycle

Taking notes

Like the Metatron

Could be a make of car

The Mazda Metatron

The Ford Despair

The Opel Mantra

The Daihatsu Stupid.

r/r/p

2007-08-29T18:03:00.000+01:00

REJECTED/RE-COLLECTED/PROJECTED

A small series of manipulated family photographs

In essence all of my work begins with reference to personal and family history -

Sometimes overt -

Sometimes more opaque or obscure -

For me memory is a vital resource, even though it is often unreliable and fragmentary -

Obscured by the clouds of time -

For all of us the family photographic archive is a window on the past and a key to remembering - Proof that we exist and are connected -

Linked to the flow of time -

As recordings of family events, usually recalled as happy occasions, birthdays, weddings, a new car and the like, photographs serve as an adjunct to memory - Communal experience of ritual and tradition - Collective memory -

Helping us to own the past -

Often these images are captured with haste, quickly, before the candles are blown out or the smile vanishes. Subsequently they are often awkwardly framed, badly lit - Off kilter - For me this adds another dimension which, in these images, I am attempting to emphasise by selecting even tighter croppings and bringing attention to hidden or easily ignoreable details on the edges, marginalised - Exploring a barely extant landscape with indistinct tools - Faulty memory and the fact that I did not take the photographs in the first place -

Rejected: Through forgetting -

Re-collected: Through remembering -

Projected: Through editing and recombining -

Simon Hope
August 2007

http://www.cac.org.mk/capital/Projects/Slavica/default.asp

http://www.tau.ac.il/arts/projects/PUB/assaph-art/assaph3/articles_assaph3/10wigoder.pdf

http://www.tate.org.uk/onlineevents/archive/beecroft_parker/

R/R/P 01

2007-08-29T02:02:00.000+01:00

a small series of manipulated family photographs

Tiny CSI

2007-08-24T18:32:00.000+01:00

Routine enquiries

2007-08-24T18:31:00.000+01:00

Cigarbox Mini

2007-08-21T17:38:00.000+01:00

fuzztone on utube

2007-08-21T00:20:00.001+01:00

http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=CydR5uA3oBU

They don't make em like they used to.

2007-08-18T11:40:00.000+01:00

Obsessed!!! I'll say!!!!!

2007-08-11T16:47:00.000+01:00

1/3 scale Ferarri 312 PB working scale model

http://www.fineartmodels.com/pages/product.asp?content_area=6&sub_area=139&product_area=139

Pool car

2007-08-06T10:53:00.000+01:00

Nissan Primera 2.0 SLX

J reg, 86,000 miles MOT til Feb 08 Taxed til end Aug.

The last piece of the carculture jigsaw is in place. Now I can go driving!

Azzurri Di Ripristino

2007-08-06T10:27:00.000+01:00

Duwaynes visit to Italy in search of rare metal.

Road rage personified

2007-08-06T10:26:00.000+01:00

Trouble on the flyover.

http://eschata.blogspot.com/2007/08/black-hole-of-criticism.html

Spectacular NASCAR pileup pix

2007-08-05T19:35:00.000+01:00

http://freessourceinfo.org/nascarcrashes.aspx

Simons Garage (open context)

2007-07-20T12:44:00.000+01:00

Toy garage made for me by my grandad Albert Edwin Todd (who was woodbutcher in residence at Woolies in Brum many moons ago) and given to me as a christmas present when I was about 7 years old.

The photograph is a reference to a cassette recording of my brother singing Away in a Manger from about the same time recorded at Nan & Grandads in Lincoln. One of two pics of myself and my brother with the first line from the carol written on tape covering our mouths. (I keep copies of these images in my wallet at all times)

The car is a 1/18 scale Mk II Jaguar which I bought for my Dad.

He had a Daimler 250 (Reg: POB 8G) at the start of the 1970s and over the years I have tried to create a collection for him of cars that he owned (including the silver Capri and a black Mini Van) which I shall now continue to do for myself.

The original car was brown and this Maisto model in Old English white was the closest I could get.

I'm intending to renovate the garage at some point and repaint it in its original colours of claret and blue. I don't know why Bert chose this colour scheme but it is highly appropriate that I now have a view from my studio window of the Aston Villa football ground.

I have used the garage in many ways over the years, repainting it and using for photographic and sculptural purposes:

A bit of fotoshoppe from a couple of years ago.

So, I'm trying to track down the lettering Bert used to make the sign "SIMONS GARAGE" it was something like this: http://www.alphabetsigns.com/letters.html but if anyone knows the whereabouts of an old set (in Helvetica font) please let me know.

Dec 25th 1969

2007-07-16T18:59:00.000+01:00

Junkyard Ford

2007-07-16T15:16:00.002+01:00

Hot seat

2007-07-16T15:16:00.001+01:00

Well clattered GT40

2007-07-16T15:14:00.000+01:00

Bimmer Blues

2007-07-16T13:14:00.000+01:00

Celebrate with Champari

2007-07-16T12:30:00.000+01:00

Thanks to all the guys at Tele-Dada and Doomlop

We couldna' done it without ya!

Looking for new sponsors

2007-07-16T11:58:00.000+01:00

Dad pops round for a cuppa

2007-07-16T11:55:00.000+01:00

Work in progress

2007-07-11T15:25:00.000+01:00

So I thought bollox to the sanding, lets get some paint stripper on the go!

A little sanding to finish off and a nice coat of RAL 5002

Now I just need some Bimmer wheels to replace the Merc' ones and a few race decals and we're off

Ascona on a roll!

2007-07-11T13:16:00.001+01:00

http://www.metacafe.com/watch/589875/opel_ascona_crash_wreck/

Another corner of the store

2007-07-11T11:16:00.000+01:00

V70 station wagon in flight

2007-07-11T11:15:00.000+01:00

Duwayne puts his newly aquired lifting gear to good use.

Store 01b

2007-07-11T11:14:00.000+01:00

More colour coded vehicles.

Store 01a

2007-07-11T11:12:00.000+01:00

Using a simple colour coding system.

635 csi prep'

2007-07-11T11:10:00.000+01:00

Taking time to prepare his BMW racecar for the Autumn season (Lots of sanding!)

In storage

2007-07-11T11:08:00.000+01:00

During the Summer break Duwayne will be storing his extensive vehicle collection at an undisclosed location somewhere deep in the Mid-West

The Spark & the Flame

2007-07-05T19:49:00.000+01:00

Storage Facility 01

2007-07-05T19:47:00.000+01:00

Projected memory 01

2007-06-18T11:03:00.000+01:00

Thought transferrence onto CCD

Dead Beetle (Volkswaganus Carapacia)

2007-06-18T10:22:00.000+01:00

Untitled (Red, Gold & Green 01)

2007-06-17T12:21:00.000+01:00

Bang goes the no claims bonus

2007-06-17T12:20:00.000+01:00

Stop

2007-06-03T19:54:00.000+01:00

Lets get serious!

2007-06-03T19:34:00.000+01:00

Sideways DB5

2007-06-03T19:33:00.000+01:00

Sideways E Type

2007-06-03T19:31:00.000+01:00

Reps Delight Circa 1979

2007-06-03T19:02:00.000+01:00

Truck Full O'Trucks

2007-06-03T18:54:00.000+01:00

Night Rider

2007-05-25T00:59:00.000+01:00

My Scalextric Boss 302 Mustang which I have repainted matt black and fitted sidepipes handmade from ally tube. Just need to fit a light kit and whack some number decals on the doors and it'll be ready to race. Gonna set some record lap times with this beasty, it go's like s*%t off a shovel!

Look, No Motorways!

2007-05-20T14:27:00.000+01:00

Yes, there was a time when Spaghetti junction was nothing but a dream.

fleshmetalsexdeath

2007-05-20T12:29:00.000+01:00

untitled

2007-05-16T19:50:00.000+01:00

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Tell all the people
in their cars
to go home & love their loved ones
There’s no recommended daily dose
for hydrocarbons

Praise the Lord
& pass the paracetamol

How do you resist the irresistable?

Mom & Dad are welded
to the telly
in the living room
Praying that their lucky dip
gets lucky

Praise the Lord
& pass the paracetamol

How do you escape the inescapable?

How do you resist the irresistable?

Tell al the residents
in St Cements
they’ll soon be
with their loved ones
Waiting for their turn to hit the highway

Praise the Lord
& pass the paracetamol

How do you explain the inexplicable?

How do you escape the inescapable?

How do you resist the irresistable?

All things must pass.

2007-05-11T21:41:00.000+01:00

Back to the garden

Peekaboo Peugeot.

2007-05-11T21:35:00.000+01:00

Austin Healy 3000

2007-05-06T11:45:00.000+01:00

When my Mom worked in a hotel on Jersey in the late 50s the local lads would take her and her mates out for high speed drives in their Austin Healys around the Islands derestricted roads.

It's a miracle I'm here!

Road Trip

2007-05-06T11:43:00.000+01:00

Cars need roads:

If it wasn't for those pesky kids!!!

2007-05-06T11:42:00.000+01:00

At your service.

2007-05-06T11:41:00.000+01:00

Move over Rover

2007-05-06T11:27:00.000+01:00

We shall not see their like again.

Somewhere on the back straight @ LBMRC

2007-05-06T11:23:00.000+01:00

Ford Anglia, Lotus Cortina & VW Beetle.

Little Bromley

2007-05-06T11:21:00.000+01:00

If these were real we'd be talkin' £3m at least.

Ahh the joys of minature motor racing!

Stitch this!

2007-05-06T11:18:00.000+01:00

A bit of welding to be done on Dans Escort RS to say the least!

Rust In Peace

2007-05-06T11:14:00.000+01:00

A scrapyard somewhere in South Staffs 05 05 07

An entropic reminder of the transitory nature of youth.

Vauxhall Viva - Ford Cortina 1600E - Triumph 2000 TC.

Rice Sleds 01 (Fly Away in my Silver Bluebird)

2007-05-04T08:13:00.000+01:00

Compare and contrast.

PDH 94 R

2007-05-03T10:44:00.000+01:00

Opel Kadett City 1.2 owned by my Mom, then sold to a colleague of my Dads who got a skinfull and parked it half way up a lampost causing severe back injuries. A copper by the way!

Mazda Blues 2007

2007-05-01T01:26:00.000+01:00

Zimmerbrynth 02 (detail)

2007-05-01T01:23:00.000+01:00

In the Kingdom of the Odd

Image for MZ/sdh 2007

http://www.flickr.com/photos/13357878@N02/show/

My continuing obsession.

2007-05-01T01:20:00.000+01:00

Trucks are made fer haulin'.

Need to pick me up some balin' wair and some kerosene.

Anybody seen mah Pappy?

"&*%$"

2007-05-01T00:31:00.000+01:00

http://www.flickr.com/photos/fuzzotronic/41710909/in/set-72157600108316729/

Bad Machine (components)

2007-04-24T08:46:00.000+01:00

Some of the car related detritus I have collected over the years (there's a whole stack of printed material also, manufacturers brochures etc) I've been waiting for the right moment to use all this stuff.

I've got a Silver Machine.

2007-04-22T16:20:00.000+01:00

(well me dad had one back in the early 70s)

1. 1/100 scale diecast model Ford Capri MkI photographed/manipulated and drawn over in fotoshoppe/printed onto a4 sheets cut and sellotaped together and affixed to board (primed with white acrylic) formerly used as base for model scrapyard.

2. Same process but smaller print taped to small box canvas

3. Silver Capri 2.0 S for sale in Kingstanding (not far away from where my MkII Ford Escort seized up one morning on the way to work!)

Good place for a picnic (1/32 scale)

2007-04-22T16:10:00.002+01:00

Super Supra

2007-04-22T16:10:00.001+01:00

Boxy but Good

2007-04-22T16:09:00.001+01:00

Perfect for that Saturday trip to Ikea.

Oil Filter

2007-04-15T21:12:00.000+01:00

Duwayne Technologised:

Duwaynes World 01

2007-04-13T13:40:00.001+01:00

Some stills from the scrapyard (in no particular order):

Context: Movies 01

2007-04-13T13:01:00.000+01:00

The Futurists

2007-04-13T12:42:00.000+01:00

Source: Futurism, Sylvia Martin (TASCHEN 2006)

see links

Pick Up Culture

2007-04-10T16:00:00.000+01:00

Fuzztone with Chevy C-10 Lichfield 2005

I love these utilitarian vehicles.

An American Icon exemplifying an honest work ethic and the image of good ol'boys partying on the weekend with an endless supply of Pabst Blue Ribbon and Metallica cranked up high on the stereo.

An America of the imagination I suppose. Influenced by movies and dreams of escape. Endless blacktop stretching to the horizon, Motels, Diners & Truckstops. Strange when I consider that most of the film influences that spring to mind come from work that edges towards darkness: Blue Velvet, Duel, Vanishing Point etc.

Phot Credit Eve Arnold The Misfits. Marilyn Monroe on the set of "The Misfits" Colour photograph1960

So a workhorse vehicle, faithful loadlugger, criss crossing the prairies and rolling into town. Also a symbol of freedom perhaps, taking the place of the horse as the farm hands mount of choice.

tbc

Opel Fruitless

2007-04-10T14:29:00.000+01:00

During the 1970s and 80s my dad had mostly Opels as company cars. This has inspired an enduring and nostalgic love of the marque and I have owned several Opels myself.

See: http://www.hacoma.de/ascona-a/e_start.php

& http://www.opelgt.com/forums/

Arrival

2007-04-10T14:09:00.000+01:00

Here you can see the board that I found in the street which I subsequently used as a base for my 1;43 scale junkyard diorama. The Caravan came from The Acme Toy Company in sunny Erdopolis and is home to my alter-ego Duwayne Almann Kellog.

PuntoPumaLandyMerc

2007-04-10T14:04:00.000+01:00

Some small accidents. Heading for the Junkyard.

Work in Progress

2007-04-10T12:35:00.000+01:00

Stills from the video: Snowdunderman -S Hope 2007

Trois Citroens (Why I like driving in France)

2007-04-10T11:28:00.000+01:00

In mid-2005 the UK was home to 60.2 million people, of which 50.4 million lived in England. The average age was 38.8 years, an increase on 1971 when it was 34.1 years. In mid-2005 approximately one in five people in the UK were aged under 16 and one in six people were aged 65 or over.The UK has a growing population. It grew by 375,100 people in the year to mid-2005 (0.6 per cent). The UK population increased by 7.7 per cent since 1971, from 55.9 million. Growth has been faster in more recent years. Between mid-1991 and mid-2004 the population grew by an annual rate of 0.3 per cent and the average growth per year since mid-2001 has been 0.5 per cent.

Source: http://www.statistics.gov.uk/CCI/nugget.asp?ID=6

Here are a few useful facts. There are over 24m cars on the road and the UK now has one car for every 2.1 people. While over 71% of households have at least one car, 22% have two or more cars. With UK sales reaching around 2.5m in 2002 it seems that more people than ever are buying cars.
Indeed, it has been calculated that if all the new cars bought last year were parked together, they would reach a distance equivalent to London to Edinburgh and cover 27 lanes of motorway.
Although cars are generally an easy and convenient way of getting around, the roads are becoming more and more congested. Road speeds in central London before the congestion charge was introduced were as low as they were 100 years ago: about 16kmh (10mph).

Source: http://education.guardian.co.uk/primaryresources/story/0,,916132,00.html

UK land area (Km2) = 242,900
(Includes the four constituent countries, excludes the three Crown dependencies (768 km²), the 13 British overseas territories (17,027 km²) and the British Antarctic Territory (1,395,000 km²), (1,655,695 km² if including overseas and disputed territories)

Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_and_outlying_territories_by_total_area

With an estimated population of 64 million people, France is the 23rd most populous country in the world. France's largest cities are Paris, Marseille, Lyon, Nice, Toulouse and Nantes.

Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/France#Demographics

France Land Area (Km2) = 551,500
Includes Metropolitan France only; the entire French Republic (excluding Adélie Land) covers 674,843 km².

France Car Ownership: 29 160 000 cars(Ministère de l'Equipement, des Transports, de l'Aménagement duterritoire, du Tourisme et de la Mer,http://www.equipement.gouv.fr/statistiques/chiffres/transpor/transpor.htm#10,as of 31 Dec 2002)

So we can see that the UK population is similar (give or take 4m!) to that of France with almost twice the land mass. This information plus the fact that the French construction industry knows how to build bloody roads is the reason why I like driving in France!