Tag Archives: Urban Landscapes
Odds and Ends – The Dead Shaping Our Urban Landscapes
Odds and Ends – an artist’s notebook Oct 19th – The month of the dead is fast approaching; and before that Halloween. So, who says the dead can’t have something to say about urban landscapes. Until end of November, I am going to focus cemetery landscapes. Halloween has deep roots in Celtic history and lore.Continue reading “Odds and Ends – The Dead Shaping Our Urban Landscapes”
Odds and Ends – Hamilton Sights and Sounds Project
Odds and Ends – An artist notebook 05 Oct 2015 – I continue to explore the long format of field recordings with video. Many field recording sites only include sounds; some will post a few photos to show the context of the video. I am increasing being drawn to the combining video with my fieldContinue reading “Odds and Ends – Hamilton Sights and Sounds Project”
Art Post No.27 – New Landscape Series
A weekly video blog on my art and film-making. Posted every Wednesday morning on Youtube and my blog: Fat Cats – Starving Dogs. This week: new landscape series focusing on urban houses. Chris Erskine Urban Landscape Artist chriserskineartist@gmail.com @erskinec
Odds & Ends – Google Sees All
Recently, I had to scout locations for my upcoming short documentary film on Hamilton’s Irish Cork-town of the 19th century. With so much of the architecture and landscape lost to development, I wanted to capture want survived and what might be re-captured via my imagination. What soon became apparent was how little ofContinue reading “Odds & Ends – Google Sees All”
Odds and Ends – The Hermitage
Working on a new film project and reflecting on different ways of using historical photographs and drawings in modern urban landscapes. Last summer, I tried a technique used in several recent documentaries. I am not happy with the results. As a result, I am still searching for a better way of accessing theContinue reading “Odds and Ends – The Hermitage”
Art Post No.11
Chris Erskine chriserskineartist@gmail.com @erskinec
Art Post No.10
Chris Erskine chriserskineartist@gmail.com @erskinec