Inspire 52 - Week 20. Passport To Your Imagination

I have not been sleeping very much these last couple of nights due to getting stuff done, and yes, stuff is indeed getting done! One more sleep to go until I start working on putting up the exhibition tomorrow in Lighthouse, Poole. Yippie! I suppose the official phrase would be 'I'm going to hang my exhibition tomorrow', but given that some of the main features of my exhibition involve things like a wardrobe installation, an album and United Kingdom of The Monochronium passports, not much 'hanging' is going to be going on - and as for The Paper Forest, well I like to think of it more as 'growing my exhibition'! The only hanging I will be doing, is hanging around having a cup of green tea whilst waiting for the paint to dry, as we partake in step one tomorrow of preparing the gallery walls and plinths.

So given that I need to get some sleep and there are only 45 minutes left of week 20, I need to get a groove on and tell you what happened this week.

Well, as with last week, this week has been pretty full on and so much art I don't know where to begin so I will choose just one thing ... soemthing very exciting ... the passports arrived this week! Yes, now it's becoming more real than ever and I now can welcome the public to get a passport to adventure into The Monochronium exhibition, as well as discovering it as a pathway to their imagination.

I also took the opportunity to be inspired by a new piece that I have created for the exhibition - The Ink Mountains.

There is indeed a beautiful song, poem, story, performance and installation that are part of this piece of work, but this wasn't enough for me! So I illustrated it too, and not just one picture, oh no - 2! And in order to share the love I cut it up and packaged it up into 12 unique passport packages for the first 12 lucky purchasers to get theri hands on at the private view of the exhibition on the 30th May. This whole adventure is becoming rather epic! But loving it ... sorry if I am blabbering on, I am feeling rather delerious, but trying to hold it together ... I have a feeling that as soon as I have finiched this I will shut my eyes and conk out right away ...where was I, oh yes ... Here's what happened ...

The Ink Mountains

Just one drop falling

falling

falling

Frozen in time on the top of the mountain

One drop

One drop of time to take the path

One drop of a moment to make it last

Cast in glass

A fragile course

To find the way deep into the source.

Search for the answer and follow the clue

Just one drop falling will follow you.

Search for the answer it wont look for you

Follow the inked path in black inky blue.

Just one drop

Falling

Calling the clues

Into the Ink Mountains,

The figures defuse

Just one drop

recalling the words

Of eagling birds

falling and soaring

above in the sky

Over the Ink Mountains

Frozen in time

Into the depths and far beyond

A place you never told me I could go on,

This path wove a treadmill beneath my feet,

And the words of the forest began to speak.

'Dance with us, we'll show you the way'.

Over the mountains and far away... 

11.52pm - Only just made it ... right I'm off to bed, another busy week ahead ... over and out. 

Inspire 52 - Week 17. The Adventurers

Wow these weeks are just whizzing by! Week 17 blimey!!

So here we are and it is rather rainy and bleak in the British sky with lots of rain and wind ... I like it. Somebody said to me this week about how long we've had rain, apparently every day for 2 weeks already!... I'm not sure about this... call me the eternal optimist, but I must admit I have been focussing on the beautiful glimses of sunshine I have had this week and therefore the weather is just fine by me. Anyway, I've got far to much to think about and do rather than focus on the weather my friends, and to be quite honest, I am very happy for the water to feed nature (peace and love man and all that).
This week I am going to tell my blog in pictures and only a few words ... mainly because so much is happening I can barely keep up with myself. This week has actually ben full of inspiration I am working on many projects at the moment that all link into each other so when it all comes together in about 4 weeks it will be amazing.

I guess the main artistic focus this week is writing the new poem for my upcoming exhibition, Adventures into The Monochronium, as well as preparations for the exhibition. Many themes and characters are emerging as the exhibition develops, it's a beautiful organic way of making an exhibition happen and also really exciting watching it grow.

Over the last week I have recruited several interesting characters as I have been voyaging into The Monochronium, one of the most exciting is the Glass Pig who I discovered as I journied from the Paper Forest and over the Ink Mountains. The dancing shadows of the mountains were also very beautiful and then I came across a science professor who was able to explain everything to me. The Clock, The Adventuress and The Bees are also all part of the journey.

I guess this all sounds pretty surreal, well I guess it is ... You can see how it all fits together in the exhibition. For now ... here is the story so far ...

Adventures Into

THE MONOCHRONIUM

Night lit sky walking though a circled floor

The lines lead to a half opened door,

Scribblings curling sideways unfurling

And singing songs are tweeties birding.

Check the clock, the seconds of time,

That chime and skip over the travelling line,

For a ticket to the colourful monochrome

is waiting inside the wardrobe home.

Before you leave write a letter or two

and don't forget to visit the pig and read the clue.

Passports are for fast sorts, so keep it secure,

Stamp it and don't show it to anyone obscure.

Stories in the trees made of blotted letters

Are feathering dots in all kinds of weathers,

As the Paper Forest transports us far

To places and faces from that door left ajar.

Inside the minds of lines, dots and marks

Are tickets to places with warming heart sparks.

All you need is to foot, hot on the track,

Adventure into The Monochronium, and never look back.

This poem is what ties the whole exhibition together and will inform and inspire other works of art an collaborations. One of the most exciting additions to the exhibition will be a soundtrack which I am working on in collaboration with Timo Peach from Momo Tempo (Also see Week 13. One Momo In Time). Here's a snap shot of what we are up to.

The poem is also the inspiration for a new headpiece for The Adventuress. In the evening I wore the piece to The Mayors Charity Ball in Bournemouth. A great table of fellow adventurers on our FAB table.

I attended a workshop with Simon Meanwell-Ralph from Marvellous Millinery at Walford Mill Crafts and this is what happened in picture, in reverse. (Click on the images to enlarge).

Go to the exhibition event on Facebook
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www.momotempo.co.uk

www.lighthousepoole.co.uk

www.hazelevans.co.uk

www.marvellousmillinery.co.uk

http://danikaimages.com
Adventures Into The Monochronium portrait by Danika Westwood

Inspire 52 - Week 13. One Momo in Time

"Time and tide wait for no man"

St. Marher, 1225

It was the obvious choice of quote so it had to go in ... forgive me by not starting off with a more original quote, but in my defence it's a pretty old one which is fabulously wise!

(Note to self ... find another time related quote before the end of this blog).

So here we are, time has brought us bright and spangly into spring. It's been glorious sunshine all week here in this part of England ... simply a divine way to welcome the longer days. It does strangely feel a bit like summer, so are we in fact ahead of our time?

I have been trying to give myself a bit more time and have started to voyage to nearby destinations on foot. This has given me the opportunity to enjoy the trees, which have begun to wake up, and take a medatative moment of 'just stop working the brain so hard 24/7'. I do love a good stroll, even if it is in an urban environment and the traffic is shouting loudly, I tend to pop in the tunes and absorb the fine notes, then find zen in the pace. Of course, one cannot beat a lovely promenade down the beach promenade ... that is, after all, what it was designed for and indeed fulfils it's role perfectly!

Take Time Out

From where do you actually take time 'out' of? Can we take time out of the cupboard, a box or a bag? 'Honey, can you just take the time out of the freezer, it needs to defrost in time for dinner!'

In Time

Can you actually get in time? Like, climb right inside it? If you can be in good time, can you also be in sticky time? What does it look like inside time? I think it would be an interesting place to visit....

Sorry ... I'm getting way too surreal ... it's 1:59 am on Friday morning and I am feeling a bit delirious ... need sleep ... must ... log out ... come  ........ back .................tomorrow ......zzzzz

I'm back! ... Friday morning ....

Time... an hour ... a minute ... a second ... a moment ... a beat ...

The inspiration hit me like a big surprise party this week. I really didn't know what was going to happen until Thursday afternoon. During a meeting with a collaborator for my upcoming exhibition it just all made sense and the light bulb came on. Music - art - music - art - music - art - perfect combination - indeed, 'thus not one and the same?' I ask!

I will be working with Timo Peach from Momotempo on the sound-scape for 'Adventures into The Monochronium' and I'm not going to say anymore than that because my plans for the exhibition are just getting more exciting by the minute!

Week 13

Ahh, a bakers dozen, an extra one in the pack, what a bonus ... can I have a scone with my tea? ... and nope, 13 O'clock does not exist on my clock!

Temporary image ... not with my nice camera at the mo'mo' 

Will re-post with lovely pics soon and let you know on www.facebook.com/HazelEvansArtist

Timo gave me some listening homework to do which was perfect for the creation of this new piece. I knew what I had to do, and it fitted in perfectly with an illustration I wanted to create using this old clock face circle. This clock design is going to belong on the front of my new portable artist home. It is, as we speak, in construction by Arts University College students at Bournemouth ... and this clock will feature on my front door. It is indeed coming along well and will be ready in about 3 weeks. It includes a wardrobe, a Post Office, a suitcase, a piano and a typewriter amongst many other things.

So back to the Momo ... I created this piece with time in mind and on The Midnight Road. http://soundcloud.com/momotempo/the-midnight-road

The journey was a short and a well executed one, as once I got on the path, it was smooth running from there. It took me over the threshold of midnight and continued into my dreams once I had put down my ink pen and rested my head in bed.

As usual, the story of this piece unravelled itself before me. And so the story began (this is the first time I am going to write it sentence after sentence by the way)...

One moment in time
Two spend or to keep?
See
Four you or me?
Jive alive
Biscuits travel
Elevens'
Wait for Tea.
Nine Lives ...
Play it again ...
Seven ...
Midnight Biscuits ... I think there is enough for everyone... you and me
Feel the beautiful warm sunshine ... I think there is enough for everyone... you and me
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12
One ticket please ... where's my suitcase?
... all the trees are sleeping...
Trying to stay awake???

I think it makes sense! It does to me, I hope you get it too... (she glances at the text then back at the picture - text - picture - text - picture with The Midnight Road still playing in her ears) ... "Yes I think it makes sense!!"

Well that's this week done ... enjoy and have a great rest of week whatever you may be up to, wherever you may go, but what ever you do, make sure to spend a moment of utter enjoyment to fill your soul with joy ... somewhere and somehow it can be done ... music is a good place to start!

My next exhibition at Lighthouse Poole is going to be quite different from the last ... you will find out more next week ...  so much is happening ... it's all kicking of ... join the ride ... we are going on a journey! ....

P.S. Momo, am lovin' the use of Mono!

Check out Momotempo - Awesome stuff
http://www.momotempo.co.uk/     http://soundcloud.com/momotempo

Oh!! almost forgot that quote I promised at the beginning of the blog... here's two that jumped out at me ...

"I must govern the clock, not be governed by it."

Golda Meir

"Know how to live the time that is given to you."

Dario Fo