WORK IN PROGRESS

POSTCARDS FROM ANKARA

A few screenshots from a new project. This is following along the lines of Postcards from Mexico, working again with Sarah Younan.

The project is for an exhibition in CerModern in Ankara.

More details soon...

Breath of Nature Exhibition

I will be exhibiting at the group show 'Breath of Nature' in Boundary Art in Cardiff Bay.

The show runs from the 27th of March until the 1st of May. I will be showing two pieces from my recent Webcam en plein air series. More information as follows:

Breath of Nature
Anniversary Exhibition of Boundary Art
27th March 2016 – 1st May 2016.

3 Sovereign Quay, Havannah Street, Cardiff Bay, Cardiff, UK. CF10 5SF.

BOUNDARY ART opened in Cardiff Bay in March 2015 .
We are now celebrating our first anniversary.

BREATH OF NATURE Exhibition explores different forms and mediums that artists use to express what they see and what they feel when as one with nature. We are constantly searching for new forms of expression and attach value to freedom of action and innate or natural ingenuity. To paint from within yourself from the artists inner nature is what we endeavour to bring to you with this exhibition of works by artists  both nationally known and internationally acclaimed.

Artists:
Hilary Barry // David Bellamy
Ping Gang Cheng // Andrew Crane
Matthew Evans // Andrew Hardwick
Julie Lawrence // Sue Knight
Kerri Pratt  // Jason Rouse // Paul Wearing

Half-Life: Crate Edition

German artist Aram Bartholl describes the role of the crate in first person shooters as ’a generic, duplicatable and locationless object.’ Indeed, it is a common trait of modern gaming to lazily use such generic objects to fill space, create obstacles and provide cover from opposing forces. 

Half-Life: Crate edition pokes fun at the status quo and offers a light-hearted revamp of one of the genre’s most beloved examples. Almost all of the textures in the 1998 classic have been replaced with various low resolution crate textures. The result is both humorous and disorientating.

Half-Life: Crate Edition is currently available to download on Mod DB: http://www.moddb.com/mods/half-life-crate-edition

NEW PROJECT PROGRESS

CRATE-LIFE

Some test shots from a new project I've been working on. A modification for the seminal 3D shooter Half-Life where every texture has been replaced with a crate. More details to follow...

STREAMING ERRORS

A short collection of screenshots from my iPad featuring a variety of errors occurring while streaming video. The modern day equivalent of TV static.

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THIS SHOP IS NOW CLOSED

SKYROADS BOX ART

Anyone who uses Boxer for DOSBox emulation will be familiar with the shelf-style display at the game selection screen.

I've recently been tidying up my games and noticed that a few were missing their box artwork. I then sourced a few of the boxes from the website Moby Games but unfortunately there was nothing for one of my favourite games, 1993's SkyRoads by Estonian Blue Moon. SkyRoads had never received a commercial release, and thus never had a retail box.

At this stage I decided to make my own SkyRoads box art, in the style of other DOS games from early nineties. For a touch of authenticity, a sticker for the SkyRoads XMAS Special was added to the cover. It was fairly common to bunch in expansions and other additions in retail boxes at the time.

So there you have it. Incidentally, Blue Moon Interactive went on to develop early P2P software such as Kazaa and Skype. You can download a version of SkyRoads to play yourself on their website.

Feel free to use this SkyRoads box cover art for your own Boxer collection.