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In Morgue Studio

It is really difficult to get your name and art out there on the web – it appears that the only way forward is to get links on high ranking sites.

For 3 years now I have had a blog that promotes Art and Music called SystemCulture.org which has been promoting the independent artist and musician.

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All Time Top 10 of SystemCulture.org

  • Below is an email interview with Intrendent. All interviews are published unedited. When did you begin releasing music? Started making Ta…
  • Photo by Veronica Henry I have been looking forward to going to see a Bat For Lashes live gig again and on the whole I wasn’t too disappo…
  • As you know I am a sucker for analogue synth sounds. Any chance to listen to something that has references to Kraftwerk (it need only be m…
  • Had a very long day yesterday – Devon to London and back again. I’ve had very little sleep and the house is very quiet so it is time to foll…
  • When you sit down and listen to music all you are doing is listening to noise, so listening to pure noise makes total sense to me. I love…
  • ‘Like A Sickle Runs Through Corn’ was recorded on a 4 track Tascam 144 cassette recorder – I had bought this in Birmingham – the store flee…
  • How good is this track!!!! – Listen to more tracks by Alms at Myspace Music Alms early mix DEMOS NOW UP – gigs a’plently a’coming in run…
  • There are thousands of podcasts out there that deliver repetitive, dull, boring music mixed in with inane verbal garbage, a masturbation f…
  • ” Go ” is the debut single recorded by British Singer Delilah. The song was releas…
  • You have a list of awards etc. as long as my arm, do you think you have had a privileged transition through your career or do you think i…

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2002 #archive #paintings #drawings

The Radiographer

430mm x 700mm

 Vinyl, acrylic and oil paint on corrugated card. 

(Woolacombe July 2002)

This is the first in a series of ‘drawings’ I made using coloured transparent tapes.  A good friend of mine was working at the North Devon Hospital, as a junior doctor. She was the catalyst for these drawings. The hierarchy of the hospital system fascinated me. I would really like to see one or all of this series exhibited in a hospital or surgery.

Drawing is a visual art that makes use of any number of drawing instruments to mark a two-dimensional medium. Common instruments include graphite pencils, pen and ink, inked brushes, wax color pencils, crayons, charcoals, chalk, pastels, markers, stylus, or various metals like silverpoint.

The Consultant 540mm x 790mm

 Vinyl, acrylic and oil paint on corrugated card. (Woolacombe July 2002)

There are eight images in the ‘Hospital’ series.

An artist who practices or works in drawing may be referred to as a draftsman or draughtsman.

The most common support for drawing is paper, although other materials such as cardboard, plastic, leather, canvas and board, may be used. Temporary drawings may be made on a blackboard or whiteboard, or indeed almost anything. The medium has also become popular as a means of public expression via graffiti art, because of the easy availability of permanent markers.

Drawing. (2012, January 13). In Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia. Retrieved 11:33, February 4, 2012, from http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Drawing&oldid=471216587

The Quay ( 3 canvases size 450mm x 300mm)

Acrylic and oil paint on canvas. (Woolacombe/Bromsgrove July 2002)

Made these simple paintings to explore organic shapes and colours. I also wanted to see if I could explode/echo/repeat motifs across several paintings, to create a logical transition with a suggestion of language and rhythm. The inspiration for these paintings is the quay/harbour area of Ilfracombe in North Devon. I am fascinated by the way the tides move and change the landscape, a constant moving swell, every moment a different image. The colours and light of Devon have changed my approach towards painting; the dullness of the industrial Midlands has now been replaced with the clean, pure colours of my Woolacombe home.

Video – ‘Avocets’

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‘Avocets’ is available on iTunes


1981 – 83 footage (video) – Review in Russian Magazine

This video only took  Garry 30 years to make. Live footage of Finish the Story at Exeter Art College Feb 1983 mixed with 8 track studio version from 1981/2, some new images, original sequences and ‘lost’ shots – such as … Continue reading →

Old Russian review of This Window

Cassette Culture 1989 - 2009 by This Window

This is probably the most indepth interview about This Window: gravejibes.com (We are on page 64).

This also includes arly pictures of Finish The Story (some never been seen before) and some words of wisdom from Jake Bright (producer, instrumentalist extraordinaire) and a very generous review of our release ‘Cassette Culture 1989 – 2009’.

Cassette Culture 1989 – 2009 by This Window

We can recommend this Russian Federation publication to anybody who is interested in the ‘Darkside’. Contact them NOW!