So this was an exciting project…I was contacted by Chris Dawson at The Field to create the artwork for an interior in Soho to be used for the launch of the new game, ‘Child of Eden’ for the Kinect/Xbox 360. The game is a wireless experience (you use nothing but your body to control the online play), fully immersing the player into a trippy neon wonderland of exploration and discovery and the brief was to create a venue where people would feel like they were walking into a subversive extension of that world. The paintings were all accurately copied from key scenes from the game that I was delivered. Very different to my usual work and a great exercise in technical proficiency.
Here’s a trailer for the game for an idea of the artwork I was referencing…
The customised space in Soho…34-35 Dean Street, London, W1D 4PR. Open to the public from the 5th – 22nd June.
And the artwork…10 days of fumes, blood, sweat and donuts….
A couple of days into the job, we had a visit from the talent at torpedofactoryfilms who put this little promo vid together documenting the tranformation of the space and a timelapse of me painting the wall above.
Hand painted logos using acrylic…no easy feat…
A Mr Jonathon Ross passed by during the private view to test his jedi powers…
So last month, Cypher project opened the doors of their first exhibition/event in London at the ‘Village Underground’ in Shoreditch. Myself and the other artists were asked to create an original piece of artwork for the show entitled ‘Magic Zoo’ as well as exclusive new designs for prints and Tshirts to be made available on the night and subsequently via their website.
We started on the morning of the launch day outside the venue where I painted a wall with friends and contributing artists Tizer and Dep and Belin from Spain whose work I’ve admired for a while. With no real time to plan anything to complex, we locked heads and sketches and managed to knock out the following wall in about 5 hours…
Big thanks to Justin at 303db for the filming and video…
Inside, the guys did a great job of hanging all the work…
Here’s my piece for the show, entitled ‘Magic Zoo’ after the show. It’s the first time Iv’e used the medium of crayons in a painting. Currently available for purchase via the Cypher website.
It’s response was so positive that I decided to get some affordable A3 prints created of the image which will be available soon via pop-up projects
Here is my Tshirt and print design for the show entitled ‘War Bound’, available as a colour print or B/W tshirt via their site.
