09 Jul Fame 2009 – Fired Ceramics
Angelo just sent me over these pics of my fired ceramics. No cracks and no disasters thank you God. Sweet....
Author: ConorHarrington
01 Jul Chloe’s New Prints
While I was busy in Italy painting, eating ice-cream and plain sweating, Chloe was super-busy making a stunning new set of prints at Stolenspace. Theres 40 in total in the set, and each one is completely different from the next. She went over and back...
26 Jun FAME 2009 – Ceramics
Once my to tower was finished I settled into this nice cool and calm room to work on some ceramic plates. Grottaglie is famous for its ceramic tradition dating back hundreds of years so it only felt right to give it a go, although I...
25 Jun FAME 2009 – La Torre
And so to the Tower. Angelo had this great idea of painting these towers in the countryside around Grottaglie. It was more difficult finding a suitable tower though as many of them store electrical generators and have wires coming out the top. Not so good...
24 Jun FAME 2009 – The Soundtrack
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZiUn8RwpcfY&feature=PlayList&p=6BE472BFF5C61AC2&playnext=1&playnext_from=PL&index=22] Ok I don't know how this happened but this tune was in my head the whole time I was in Italy. I think I overheard someone say 'senza blah blah blah' and I thought that word sounds familiar. Then this popped into my head -...
24 Jun FAME 2009 – Mmmm Food!
First up, how can I start blogging about my time in Italy without a dedication to all the beautiful food I ate? 'Fame' meaning 'hunger' in Italian is an appropriate title for the festival as eating was nearly all we did. These cherries were freshly...
23 Jun Saul Williams – Twice The First Time
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m48M6mijPH8] Finally found this after 12 years of searching. Okay maybe I didn't look that hard. Anyway, I've been glued to Spotify since the beginning of the year. I was fairly dismissive of it until recently when I noticed they've obviously signed an agreement with a...
22 Jun Mindfuck
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ENlHHeAhuTE&feature=PlayList&p=E5BE497A0B12A049&playnext=1&playnext_from=PL&index=9] Absolutely savage tune from hip hop politicos The Coup. I remember reading about these guys about 15 years ago in The Source (back when the magazine was credible and back when it was my only window in a world known as Hip Hop) Anyway, this...
17 Jun Meltdown 2009 – Baaba Maal
Caught the mighty Baaba Maal at the South Bank Meltdown festival on Monday night. He put on a cracking show with an ensemble of 4 percussionists, keys, 3 guitarists, 1 bassist and 4 piece brass. Mighty sound. But the biggest sound of all was his...
13 Jun Failed Rockstar interview
Theres an interview with me and Chloe over on Failed Rockstar. You should really check out this site. Rob, a great painter in his own right, has re-launched Failed Rockstar with incredibly indepth interviews. They're a welcome addition to the 5 second, snappy online interview...