All nine of the prints from the Belonging series can now be seen over on Flickr. The exhibition in the Bonhoga Gallery Cafe has been extended by a month so if you've not been, there's still time to get along.
17.10.09
1.9.09
Belonging
Back in March we posted about funding awarded to Andrew Morrison of New Dead Language to put toward purchasing equipment and materials which would aid in the production of a body of work suitable for exhibition.
Well, Andrew has been working fairly intensively for the past six month's and will this week share the result of this with the world at large!
Belonging is a set of nine two colour prints. Each print captures a moment, a single 'cell' or 'still', suggestive of a greater whole. There is a potent untold back story and unknown outcome. Each one was conceived independently of the others with the only common thread being a sense of era. The idea however is that by grouping them into random sets, in random order, the viewer will instinctively draw a line through them, making connections and conjuring a story in their own imagination. The hope is for every person who looks at a set of these prints to find their own personal interpretation, vivid and entirely unique to themselves. And by rearranging the nine time and again (or simply by reordering a set of three or four or what have you) the worlds in these prints are continually altered. What may have seemed serene may turn sinister, or a gesture or glance which in one instance appeared benevolent can in another suggest malevolence.
Each print has been pulled, signed and numbered of 40 by the artist.
Belonging has it's opening tomorrow evening (2nd September 2009) at the Bonhoga Gallery Cafe where it will hang for the duration of the month. Another set will also be exhibited at this weekend Wordplay Book Festival.
Andrew will post photos of the collection on our Flickr page early next week. In the meantime you can read how it all came to fruition by visiting www.twitter.com/newdeadlanguage
Well, Andrew has been working fairly intensively for the past six month's and will this week share the result of this with the world at large!
Belonging is a set of nine two colour prints. Each print captures a moment, a single 'cell' or 'still', suggestive of a greater whole. There is a potent untold back story and unknown outcome. Each one was conceived independently of the others with the only common thread being a sense of era. The idea however is that by grouping them into random sets, in random order, the viewer will instinctively draw a line through them, making connections and conjuring a story in their own imagination. The hope is for every person who looks at a set of these prints to find their own personal interpretation, vivid and entirely unique to themselves. And by rearranging the nine time and again (or simply by reordering a set of three or four or what have you) the worlds in these prints are continually altered. What may have seemed serene may turn sinister, or a gesture or glance which in one instance appeared benevolent can in another suggest malevolence.
Each print has been pulled, signed and numbered of 40 by the artist.
Belonging has it's opening tomorrow evening (2nd September 2009) at the Bonhoga Gallery Cafe where it will hang for the duration of the month. Another set will also be exhibited at this weekend Wordplay Book Festival.
Andrew will post photos of the collection on our Flickr page early next week. In the meantime you can read how it all came to fruition by visiting www.twitter.com/newdeadlanguage
16.4.09
Happenstance review of Praising the Guga
http://tinyurl.com/d2llc8
Here's a review of Donald S Murray's Praising the Guga published by North Idea. Some nice words about Andrew Morrison's illustrations. Worth picking up if you haven't already. Donald's The Guga Hunters published by Birlinn is also worth checking out.
Here's a review of Donald S Murray's Praising the Guga published by North Idea. Some nice words about Andrew Morrison's illustrations. Worth picking up if you haven't already. Donald's The Guga Hunters published by Birlinn is also worth checking out.
21.3.09
New project and funding
New Dead Language are very pleased to announce confirmation of a Visual Artist Award: Shetland Arts in Partnership with Scottish Arts Council. The funds received from this will contribute to the costs of Screenprinting equipment which will be used primarily in NDL's next major project. This will be a series of (largely) 'silent' prints each heavy with narrative but also very much open to interpretation. An exhibition of the work is being planned for later in the year.
18.10.08
Praising the Guga
New Dead Language have recently completed a series of illustrations for Donald S. Murray's poetry collection Praising the Guga. This is to be published by North Idea and will be launched in Stornoway in late October to coincide with the release of Donald's book The Guga Hunters published by Birlinn.
NDL artist Andrew Morrison has produced seven illustrations for Praising the Guga five of which relate directly to individual poems (seen here is the art for 'St. Ronan Works on a Manuscript'). The poetry pamphlet also features cover art by Douglas Robertson.
8.9.08
Beaten Gold – the launch
Beaten Gold was launched on Saturday 6th September as part of an event celebrating the poetry of Jim Moncrieff (which in turn was part of the Shetland 2008 Wordplay festival). Unfortunately Jim was unable to be there himself as he was stuck in Aberdeen but the work was read by a number of local peers and the book was warmly received. Many thanks to all those who came along and to James Sinclair and Alex Cluness for their help in making the book happen. Thanks also to Dolphin Press who made a cracking job of the printing.
The book is now available from the Shetland Times bookshop for £4 or alternatively get in touch with us at the email address above.
25.7.08
Beaten Gold
We've just been putting the finishing touches to the latest publication from New Dead Language. Beaten Gold is a collection of 17 poems by Jim Moncrieff. This, his second collection (after Seasonsong published in 1998 by The Shetland Times), will be launched on Saturday 6th September 2008 at the Wordplay book festival in Shetland. The poems are complemented by a series of eight illustrations from artist Andrew Morrison.
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