Experiments with aural spaces. FLESH OF THE SENSIBLE (MA Show Sound Test 08.2011) A sound installation collage, developed whilst researching methods and ideas for an embodied experience within an exhibition. Using sound to invoke sensations and thoughts connected to paintings. “In primordial perception, Merleau-Ponty writes, subject and object, noesis and noema, are blurred to the [...]
By Duncan Hopkins on January 28, 2012
I have dabbled in digital music a few times over the years, mainly in 2004 and 2009. I have renamed the project hypertheta and developed new artwork based on recent photography and areas of research. The work, along with examples of sound ideas for installation are now on Soundcloud. You can listen to the pieces on the music page of this site.
Posted in Current, Process Blog | Tagged consciousness, digital, music, Photography, print design, shamanic, sound
By Duncan Hopkins on December 22, 2011
22.12.2011 (Footage: 12.2010, Cornwall, UK. Music: ‘Winter Solstice’ by Thema [© D.J.Hopkins 12.2009])
Posted in Process Blog | Tagged Cornwall, digital, music, Photography, sound, Video, walk, wood
By Duncan Hopkins on August 1, 2011
The UCF MA Show website is a comprehensive introduction to each of the individual artists involved in the show, and with details of the event and location. Design: Initial prototype design, developed into final install. I designed the logo, fonts and colour scheme, and these were echoed in the catalogue and other publicity material developed [...]
Posted in Branding, Graphic Design Projects, Website Design | Tagged digital, falmouth, Flash, MA Show, MAFA, print design, sound, user interface, website design, websites
By Duncan Hopkins on May 25, 2011
Day 1 – 25.05.2011 Walk Voice Recorder 25-05-2011 PM 02-16-30 Walk away from this chosen track. Do not use any maps. Follow your intuition. If you know an area well enough, see where your feet will take you. Become focussed and open-minded. Let yourself be guided by the light on a leaf, the sound of [...]
Posted in Process Blog | Tagged drawing, landscape, shamanic, sound, writing
By Duncan Hopkins on May 25, 2011
Woke up this morning and my woman was gone. My head ached and my chest pounded. (She was using Facebook in the other room. Last night I drank too much wine and smoked too many cigarettes.) I sit in the garden. The rain has stopped and some brief, gentle sunlight illuminates the back fence, a [...]
Posted in Process Blog | Tagged Art, blog, Cornwall, drawing, landscape, MAFA, Painting, perception, phenomenology, shamanic, sound, walk, wood, writing
By Duncan Hopkins on March 8, 2011
Presentation of paintings, artwork, research, sketchbooks and mock-ups for Evaluation at the end of T2. Work produced since December 2010. Displayed as an exhibition to explore the effectiveness, relationships and professionalism of images. [hana-flv-player video="http://www.duncanhopkins.net/wp-content/video/eval.flv" width="640" height="365" description="UCF MAFA Evaluation 07.03.2011" clickurl="http://www.duncanhopkins.net/new-work/video/ucf-mafa-evaluation-studio-walkthrough/" clicktarget="_self" player="3" autoplay="false" loop="false" autorewind="true" splashimage="http://www.duncanhopkins.net/wp-content/video/screens/eval-screen.jpg" /]
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Games with electronica – rhythm, trance, ambience, samples, sound, and distortion . hypertheta – fathom Written and recorded Dec. 2009. All tracks © Duncan Hopkins / Hypertheta 2009 All tracks here are 256kbps mp3. hypertheta – people are software Written and recorded between Beltane and Lammas 2004. All tracks © Duncan Hopkins / Hypertheta 2004 [...]
