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Centre Apple Tree<\/span><\/p>\n

Another New Studio<\/span><\/p>\n

I just completed the Contemporary Art Academy <\/a><\/span>PG1 course<\/a> with a session where the participants delivered an ‘elevator pitch’ summing up our practice using the insight gained from the course. This is obviously really difficult because it is hard to articulate in the first place and remains hard in the final analysis.<\/span><\/p>\n

I said something like \u201cMy name is Ian Latham and I build mixed reality installations. These involve physical sculptures alongside virtual environments (worlds). I use found and reclaimed materials, branches, scaffold planks, insulation foam etc., to build objects and structures based on my suburban garden. The virtual worlds that work alongside these explore the process of creation using LiDAR scans of the sculptures at various stages of their creation. The juxtaposition of these objects with representations of the garden IRL suggest the process of growth that I’m exploring.\u201d <\/span><\/p>\n

There were lots of hhms and aahs along the way, a few digressions and an element of self deprecation that was described to me as apologetic. All in all it was a great experience, it’s good to meet a group of peers and discuss the work rather than the life of being an artist.<\/span><\/p>\n

I made this video for the presentation but in the end didn’t use it as we were trying to present ourselves as if we encountered someone while networking.<\/span><\/p>\n

https:\/\/www.ian-latham.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/new_garden_170624_shortest.mp4<\/a><\/video><\/div>\n

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Red Garden Six<\/p><\/div>\n

Since the last post<\/a> I finished Red Garden Six with the addition of the red tree in the foreground. <\/span><\/p>\n

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Red Garden Seven 07 06 2024<\/p><\/div>\n

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Red Garden Seven 10 06 2024<\/p><\/div>\n

I also took Red Garden Seven through two more stages. I’m not entirely convinced by either of them but I am persuaded there is nothing more I can do with either.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Two Red Trees \u2013 Pear and Apple 17 06 2024<\/p><\/div>\n

I continued to work on the \u201cThree Trees version Two\u201d but it morphed into the \u201cTwo Red Trees \u2013 Pear and Apple\u201d that will sit at the entrance to the virtual exhibition, and the physical one come to that.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Two Red Trees \u2013 Pear and Apple<\/p><\/div>\n

The exhibition will have \u201cTwo Red Trees \u2013 Pear and Apple\u201d at or just past the entrance, a new piece \u201cCentre Apple Tree\u201d in the centre of the quincunx and the first version of \u201cThree Red Trees\u201d at the top left and the \u201cDancing Partners\u201d at top right. The various drawings may be displayed alongside although part of me thinks they’ll be separate.<\/span><\/p>\n

https:\/\/www.ian-latham.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/studio_01072024_sound_stab.mp4<\/a><\/video><\/div>\n
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Two Red Trees – Pear and Apple – Detail<\/p><\/div>\n

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Centre Apple Tree<\/p><\/div>\n

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Centre Apple Tree<\/p><\/div>\n

I spent the back end of the month building the new \u201cCentre Apple Tree\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

And drawing it.<\/span><\/p>\n

We had an unusual spell of good weather, for June, as well so I did some drawing in the garden.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Climbing rose 21 06 2024<\/p><\/div>\n

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Garden 26 06 2024<\/p><\/div>\n

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Hydrangea 26 06 2024<\/p><\/div>\n

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Drawing<\/b><\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

I\u2019ve continued to draw every day; <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

The June drawings can be seen here<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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