Images by me from Kew Gardens

During the summer we were assigned a project to find an image with a list of inspiration words to fit each photograph found. I really enjoyed this project as I collect a lot of images daily for my “daily photo” on my blog. I have not included reasons why I have chosen each work on the slides, as when I go back to uni we will have a presentation and I’ll be talking through it. So please be patient! And for those who won’t be there for me to talk them through it, most photographs and words explain themselves

I got given one of these for my birthday, which are hand made by print maker Tom Martin, containing 20 mini prints.

Each Box is unique, signed and numbered.

Tom Martin studied printmaking at Anglia Polytechnic University and worked for several years at the renowned Curwen Studio near Cambridge editioning artist’s original prints which included work by Paula Rego, Patrick Heron, Peter Blake and RB Kitaj.

He experiments with various techniques ranging from printmaking, painting, paper engineering (incorporating moving paper automata) and creating box/book works.

I love design like this, just very simple yet so effective and I like the images the designer has used.

PUMA is proud to present the works of 7 international filmmakers as open content to be shown at the World Peace Festival 2011.

“peace starts with me” is a new annual PUMA.Peace commission. This year seven international artists and filmmakers create original works. Curated by PUMA.Creative Chief Curator, Mark Coetzee, and produced by Shooting People, these films encompass a diverse range of styles; including 35mm live action, experimental animation and fine art. Conceived as 30 to 90 second films to facilitate online as well as live screenings, the works are based on the idea that “peace starts with me”. PUMA.Peace commissioned these films under an agreement with the artists that they can openly be downloaded and shown, without any fees, thus acting as ongoing tools for peace—for all. The filmmakers range from world-renowned award-winning artists, to recent graduates; all were selected for the quality and scope of their work and their sensitivity in interpreting this year’s theme.

“The goal of our PUMA.Peace initiative is to create programs that foster a more peaceful world than the one we live in today,” said Jochen Zeitz CEO of the Sport & Lifestyle Group, PPR, Paris, France. “Each of us can make a difference in this world as individuals, as corporations and through strategic partnerships. Moreover, at PUMA we feel that we are uniquely positioned to contribute to making the world a better place for generations to come.”

Magali Charrier

Magali Charrier is an experimental filmmaker and animator and a gruadate from the Royal College of Art in 2010. She juxtaposes live action and animation to investigate the moving body and its failings.

“Peace starts with me. Here. My body.
Through fragmentation and dislocation, this film
explores the body as a place where inner conflicts
and tensions are played out. A frenetic collage
gives way to a more serene version of the body.
Peace comes as a sudden breath born out of chaos.”

Tom Gran and Kayleigh Gibbons

Tom Gran and Kayleigh Gibbons graduated from the University of the West of England in 2010. Their first film Scunner premiered at Encounters Film Festival and was screened throughout the world. This is their second project together.

“For us, peace is about letting go. We all have the
potential to destroy each other and our resistance
to letting go of our defenses makes confl ict
much more dangerous. Our film follows a society
of living threads as they desperately support
hundreds of bladed objects in mid-air.”

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