Frametastic

I've recently updated my website www.ainecassidy.com. I've refreshed some elements and introduced a new motion section. It's always a bit of an arduous task updating the site because I originally built it using frames (the website developers out there are no doubt scoffing at my old skool methods). I wanted to have a horizontal scroll (as a lot of my work is landscape format) so decided when I designed the site last year this would be the best way to achieve it without using anything more fancy than HTML. Because essentially each page you see is actually 3 pages (3 frames) it means 3 times as much work when it comes to making edits :(

Four Seasons

I like experimenting with materials and mixing media in my illustrations. These pictures are of the four seasons - Spring, Summer, Autumn and Winter. 

Urban canvases

I'm interested in the textures of cities and and am always on the look out for interesting urban 'canvases'. Here are some pictures I took recently in Dublin (near the U2 recording studios).  I'm interested in the combination of the hand drawn (or hand sprayed) with more formal graphical elements such as signage. Within the urban landscape there are two levels of expression taking place simultaneously - the formal communication of official signage, and the informal, personal proclamations in the graffiti type. 

Showreel

After navigating the choppy waters of Final Cut Pro over the past couple of weeks I'm pleased to have completed my showreel. It's a mixture of mostly recent work made in AfterEffects and Flash. The music is Boards of Canada 'An eagle in your mind'.

Spinning Tongues exhibition

My animation 'neCessITY, capaCITY, toxiCITY' will be shown alongside a host of other films and video art pieces as part of an exhibition entitled 'Spinning Tongues'. The exhibition is organised by Rotareliefs and takes place from 11th - 16th October at the Vibe Bar on Brick Lane. Here's a little bit about the event: 

"Derived from the formal idea of ‘multidisciplinary’, the work commissioned by Rotoreliefs has the objective of creating a platform for the exchange of the different languages that exist between disciplines and cultures, with the aim of enriching all of the arts by means of the influence and exchange of each with the others. It is not just a question of promoting one discipline with artists from one country, but rather to create a network of connections between other cultures and disciplines to encourage, enrich and fuel art in all of its senses."

The video arts, films and live performances will take place at the Vibe Bar on Brick Lane on Sunday October 11th from 11am to 5pm with the gallery exhibition taking place until October 16th. The opening day event will cost 5 pounds and 80% of the earnings from the door will go to the artists.

Playhouse

As part of the Dublin Theatre Festival, Dublin's tallest building Liberty Hall is being turned into a giant canvass.

“Powering the display are 100,000 low-energy LED lights, installed into 330 windows on the south and west faces of the building. These lights can illuminate each window as a solid colour turning it into a tiny pixel that’s part of a giant display.”

PLAYHOUSE is currently running from dusk till dawn for 18 nights since the 24th of September until the 11th of October. Using the tools on the site you can design and submit your animations. Here's the clip of my animation 'take off' which was displayed in the wee hours of Friday morning in Dublin's fair city.

Drawing

Here are some drawings I did in the Victoria and Albert museum last Sunday. I'm relieved to be getting back into the habit of drawing after working mainly on the computer over the past few months. It's basically looking and thinking, but it's something that requires constant practice.