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Joined: 31 Jan 2011
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Posted: Sat May 07, 2011 9:14 pm
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grue wrote:
is there any possible way to attach joystick to chameleon?
Wiesel wrote:
There is no joytick or Infrared support yet. Please do read the readme in the download archive!
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Age: 39
Posts: 265
Location: out in the wild
Posted: Mon May 09, 2011 1:25 pm
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I have just uploaded a new core with experimental CDTV remote control support to
. Joystick directions are a bit messed up, but I'll try to fix that later today.
One development target is to use the C64's joystick ports for the Minimig core.
Trying to keep things on-topic, I'm answering a quesiton from a different thread here:
mistermsk wrote:
Just another question about the Chameleon. Are you the same person/group that did the MMC Replay? I have 3 MMC Replays and love them. Was wondering if it operated the same with Flashing the ROMs also the MMC extensions (i.e.: MOD Player support)?
Chameleon has a full emulation of the MMC64 included. Note that it's MMC64, not MMC Replay. However, that's probably not what you want to use, because the Chameleon menu system is far more sophisticated than MMC Replay.
You have freezers included as well - not just Retro Replay, but also FC3 and Expert cart.
And yes, Chameleon, MMC64 and MMC Replay all come from Individual Computers -
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Immortal Grandmaster of C64
Joined: 28 Jun 2007
Posts: 3633
Location: Qld OZ
Posted: Wed May 18, 2011 1:55 pm
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from the Chameleon 64/RRNet for 48 hours.
With Turbo on i can't load a disk image so it's running on 1Mhz.
It's in C64 mode not stand alone as the Ethernet will not work without the C64 connected, No Ethernet LEDs will light, Does the Chameleon 64 require 9vac to run the RR-Net. ?
Looking for a causal coder, Python/MYSQL/PHP/Java. PM Me
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Grandmaster of C64
Joined: 03 Feb 2004
Age: 41
Posts: 2483
Location: Columbus, Ohio
Posted: Wed May 18, 2011 2:02 pm
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How is the Chameleon at running games with turbo mode? Compatible with most of them? Run faster and smoother like SCPU? Or do they run too fast? What about text adventures -- do they redraw the screen rapidly?
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Joined: 19 May 2011
Posts: 156
Location: London, UK.
Posted: Thu May 19, 2011 8:56 am
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I've had an idea re. real joysticks and two joysticks for the Chameleon. Remember the CDTV CD1200 games brick? I had one on my CDTV many years ago and it allowed you to use two normal 9-pin joysticks over IR. Did it output different IR codes to the remote control?
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Joined: 15 Apr 2009
Age: 40
Posts: 570
Location: UK
Posted: Thu May 19, 2011 4:31 pm
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stevenlcroucher wrote:
I've had an idea re. real joysticks and two joysticks for the Chameleon. Remember the CDTV CD1200 games brick? I had one on my CDTV many years ago and it allowed you to use two normal 9-pin joysticks over IR. Did it output different IR codes to the remote control?
You could wire a joy port to the standard CDTV remote. with some knowledge.
or use/make a C64GS sized C64 as a docking station. of you wanted to make things a bit smaller.
5x 100% working C64s, 1x128, 128D, 1541UII+T adpt, 1541, 1541-II, ARVI, UIEC2SD, 2x EASYFLASH, ZoomFloppy, Chameleon 64, EASYFLASH3, +4 and 100s of MOS ICs, CAANOO, WIZ...
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Location: London, UK.
Posted: Sat May 28, 2011 9:45 am
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Removed the post as it shouldn't be in a thread about the facts promoting the excellent cart.
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Posts: 223
Location: uk
Posted: Sat May 28, 2011 12:14 pm
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well go to yahoo forumes sign up with your problems they will help you out
i have chameleon i run all no problem sounds like you slagging it off when its a very good cartridge.
people will take what your saying seriously saying things like that.
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Groupie in Training
Joined: 01 Nov 2008
Posts: 135
Posted: Sat May 28, 2011 3:08 pm
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It would be nice if someone developed a replacement of the VIC 2 chip, perhaps something similar to what they have done on Atari 800 with that new VDP with hardware sprites etc. The question is how difficult it is to replace them then... it's probably easier to build a whole C-64 in a single chip rather than a butchery of this kind.
I don't see much sence outputting 15 kHz graphics at VGA -
why would anybody stare at all those blocks at 31 kHz
when you can hook up a nice low res CRT to enjoy the full authenticity of the C-64 video modes...
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Location: London, UK.
Posted: Sun May 29, 2011 8:36 am
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Slowly getting the hang of the cart.
Idiot user error means I was causing it to not work.
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C64 Enthusiast
Joined: 21 Oct 2003
Posts: 708
Posted: Fri Jun 03, 2011 9:13 am
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I've got my chameleon in the mail
Plugged it into my SX64 and the core loads, but after that... nothing on the small screen
I hold down the freeze button for the menu, and it gets stuck saying "please wait", and nothing happens.
I reflash the Chameleon with the latest v5 core, and we are in business
Even with the copy C64 Roms function set to ON, my SX64 is experiencing no problems at all. (this is GOOD)
I went as far as starting up the SX in Jiffy DOS mode, and then flipping the switch off. It still remembered the JiffyDOS ROM! (but would mean that the 1541 drive would be non-cooperative. No biggie)
Tried to load Zork from the SD card, and it bombed out while my SX64 drive spun around endlessly, looking for the data (it's on the SD card). So obviously there needs to be a way to swap drive numbers between drive 8 and the SD device. If there IS somehow a way of doing this already, I am none the wiser.
Checked out my System Info menu. Vic-II sync status is good.
The system time looks a little funny however. the date is apparently 2/0/2045, and I don't think that's even possible
Also, there's no way to set the clock yet (as far as I can tell anyway)
Also, how do I open the cart if I were to put an RR-net-like device on the clockport? (or replace the battery for that matter)
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Posted: Tue Jun 07, 2011 1:51 pm
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I have just uploaded the new Beta-6 core to
LOTS of changes in this core. New cartridges supported (just select the .crt file in file browser):
- Simon's Basic
- Ocean carts
- Funplay
- Supergames
- C64GS carts (GS stands for "game system" - the system 3 carts)
- warpspeed
- dinamic
- zaxxon
- magic desk
Super Snapshot V5
(including freezer functions)
- Comal 80
- KCS Power cartridge
The core update includes:
VIC emulation:
- timing fixed for mode bits (MCM, BMM and ECM) - delay was not correct.
CIA emulation:
- Implemented SDR register as R/W scratchpad register (was empty before)
- Implemented real IEC bus disable bit (disables write accesses to physical CIA address $dd00)
C64 bus emulation:
- Fixed reading from emulated SID
- cartridge emulations added:
KCS power, SSv5, C64GS, Comal-80, Zaxxon, Ocean type 1,
Simons Basic, Fun play, Super Games, Warp Speed,
Dinamic and Magic Desk.
1541 drive emulation:
- Fixed RAM mirrors for 1541 drive emulation
- Disk track lengths set to 6256, 6672, 7144 or 7696 bytes
- Implemented disk-change with button
- Input latch emulation in VIA emulation
The 1541 drive emulation is working *much* better than before, but it's still not perfect. Especially the fastloader of Action/Retro Replay is still giving us a hard time. You might wonder why the track length numbers are chosen to be those specific numbers - the answer is simple: Numbers should be multiples of 8 in order to line up nicely with the SD-Ram burst function. In reality, rotation speed variation will be much higher than these few extra bytes, so we're still much more accurate than any drive mechanics can be.
The "disk change with button" lets you mount more than just one d64 file - these will be kept in up to four "slots" per drive and you can cycle through these slots by pushing the leftmost blue button. This will let you change/flip the disk without having to go into the menu.
The "input latch emulation" is something that we've investigated thoroughly this past weekend: It's the exact time within a cycle where the data from the port pins is sampled and passed to the CPU on a read cycle. With this new research result, we've corrected the VIA emulation and will do the same for the CIA emulation in one of the next updates.
The new beta-6 update archive also contains all versions of ChaCo (the Chameleon Control software for PCs) that we're currently maintaining:
- Win32 (GUI and commandline version)
- Linux32 (GUI and commandline version)
- Linux64 (GUI and commandline version)
Lots of code cleanup and resolving threading trouble has been done to the GUI version, so if you've had trouble with the GUI version(s) before, this new version is surely worth a try. Any and all feedback about the new GUI versions is appreciated - positive and negative. Please don't hold back with postings to the
Yahoo group
Last not least, please take the time to read all the documentation that's included in the update archive. If you're not a programmer, you can skip on the programmer's manual, but please give the menu-readme some time. It's much more than just a readme - more like a user's manual at this point. Although most of the menu items (especially the option items) are self-explanatory, the readme gives valuable hints for keyboard shortcuts.
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Posted: Thu Jun 09, 2011 6:47 am
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Is there a possibility to connect the Chameleon to the cassette port to load TAPs?
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Posted: Thu Jun 09, 2011 7:27 am
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We're planning to emulate tapes, but loading from a physical tape is not possible. The tape port is disabled when Chameleon is inserted.
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Posted: Mon Jun 13, 2011 9:30 pm
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Peter has found the IEC-timing bug today, which solves the fastloader problems that we've had with the 1541 emulation. Our internal version works with many demos now and doesn't show the loading trouble that the Retro Replay/Action Replay fastloader had up until beta-6 (the current betaversion). This internal version must currently switch off the IEC connector on the Chameleon cartridge, so operation with a physical drive is not possible at the moment.
Peter needs to apply the newly found timing to that physical IEC as well, which will take some time. At the very least, we can release a core in 1-2 days that also lets you switch off the external IEC and take advantage of a near-100% floppy emulation.
This new core also includes support for two new cartridges: StarDOS and Micro Assembler. Further, I have finished reverse-engineering the "Pagefox" cartridge (thanks to the help of Forum64-user "Delphin64"), which will be verified in VICE before we'll move it into Chameleon.
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Age: 41
Posts: 780
Location: West Yorkshire
Posted: Mon Jun 13, 2011 9:36 pm
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Wiesel wrote:
This new core also includes support for two new cartridges: ... and
Micro Assembler
Thankyou very much for that Jens! You are a star!
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Posted: Mon Jun 13, 2011 9:41 pm
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This was a team effort - Tobias and Peter deserve the credit for actually *implementing* it. I'm just the messenger here.
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Posted: Mon Jun 13, 2011 9:43 pm
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Wiesel wrote:
This was a team effort - Tobias and Peter deserve the credit for actually *implementing* it. I'm just the messenger here.
Please pass on my thanks! Can't wait to try it at school
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Posted: Tue Jun 14, 2011 3:38 pm
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Success on reverse-engineering the Pagefox cartridge! Those of you who have access to the VICE SVN can now check out the source and build a version with Pagefox cartridge emulation.
I've also had a short phonecall with the owner of the copyrights, and he confirmed that he's fine with emulation and distributing the files. I'm awaiting written confirmation before I'll publish the crt file.
Pagefox cartridge emulation is now on the todo-list for Chameleon.
I am now looking for a Kingsoft Business Basic cartridge for reverse-engineering. If anyone can help, please contact me. I need the cart here, but I will return it in fully working condition.
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Immortal Grandmaster of C64
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Posted: Tue Jun 14, 2011 3:47 pm
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....Kingsoft Business Basic....
could this be the mysterious "structured basic" cartridge - which has a crt id, is emulated - but no dump can be found on the entire internet. ? i'd be very interested in that one too =)
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Location: New Jersey, USA
Posted: Tue Jun 14, 2011 3:58 pm
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Looks like Jim Butterfield had one and donated it to these guys.
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Posted: Tue Jun 14, 2011 5:32 pm
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groepaz wrote:
....Kingsoft Business Basic....
could this be the mysterious "structured basic" cartridge - which has a crt id, is emulated - but no dump can be found on the entire internet. ? i'd be very interested in that one too =)
"Structured Basic" appears to be something even different, but also from Germany. It's listed under the titles that Ariolasoft has distributed.
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Posted: Wed Jun 15, 2011 4:09 pm
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Did some digging yesterday and today: I found the former owner of Kingsoft, he lives about half an hour away. He gave me a contact within Electronic Arts, who was working for Kingsoft back in the days. Electronic Arts has bought Kingsoft in 1995, which is why a few employees also changed over.
Both guys could not help me with a sample of the "Business Basic" cartridge, but the EA guy promised to call a few people who he had been working with 16 years ago.
I just got off the phone with Forum64 user "cbm-warrior" who has two of those cartridges. He's fine with me taking one of them apart for reverse-engineering. I'll keep you posted about the results.
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Posted: Thu Jun 16, 2011 2:45 pm
Post subject: Beta-6b with greatly improved 1541 emulation
I have just uploaded Beta-6b to the beta site
Major updates include:
- greatly improved IEC timing (fixes all known speedloader problems)
- VIA6522 timers fixed for 1541 emulation
- VIA6522 register r/w fixes
- new cartridge: StarDOS
- new cartridge: Mikro Assembler
Other updated files:
- Chameleon programmer's manual
- added textfile with a list of known bugs
- menu usermanual updated
The menu/filebrowser now also has a SID player. The archive also contains ChaCo (commandline and GUI versions) that haven't been updated.
have fun,
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Location: Astoria
Posted: Thu Jun 16, 2011 6:36 pm
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Nice work Jens, Peter, Tobias and anyone else involved.
Now, just need to seek out a dead SX-64. I would be primarily interested in the shell, good SX-64 keyboard, and few of the internal parts such as the disk drive and maybe a few other parts like the cartridge interface connector. This way, I would replace the CRT with an LCD module that supports the VGA/SVGA video modes and possibly TV input (saw one somewhere from a manufacturer). I would not want to hack apart a perfectly good SX-64. That might be a little too tabboo !!
If anyone has one that meets such conditions then I'd be interested - just PM me. It is something I look to hook the Chameleon to it.
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Thursday, 16 May 2013
Amy Bennett's AT THE LAKE
Amy Bennett's At The Lake reminds me of Julio Cortazar's Blow Up. I feel as if I'm looking through a lens and the closer I look, the clearer it becomes that all is not well at the lake. With a style of painting that gives her scene the look of a tilt-shift photograph with people looking vaguely like miniature figures, it has the effect of making each individual look so incredibly isolated. Even in groups (as above), individual isolation seems to be magnified as the Spartan landscape intensifies the odd focus on people despite their diminutive size.
Aside from isolation, the titles imply uncertainty and menace forcing you to investigate further. It's an odd experience seeing her paintings. At first glance or from a distance, they seem vaguely akin to Edward Hopper but perhaps with even brighter colours and optimism. A step closer and the eye senses something isn't right. What scale is this? Are those people or toys? Even closer observation raises more questions and looking for clues in the titles adds to the mystery.
Take the image below as an example. Is the man helping the woman from the lake? Has she passed out? Why isn't she wet? Oh, there's a boat... The title is "Into the Woods". What happened before? What will happen next? I love how these paintings play on our expectations with double edged narratives enhanced so incredibly by Amy Bennett's unusual style.
"Working with common themes such as transition, aging, isolation, and loss, I am interested in the fragility of relationships and people's awkwardness in trying to coexist and relate to one another. To that end I create miniature 3D models to serve as evolving still lifes from which I paint detailed narrative paintings. Using cardboard, foam, wood, paint, glue, and model railroad miniatures, I construct various fictional, scale models. Recent models have included a neighborhood, lake, theater, doctor's office, church, and numerous domestic interiors. The models become a stage on which I develop narratives. They offer me complete control over lighting, composition, and vantage point to achieve a certain dramatic effect."
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Tuesday, 14 May 2013
INTERVIEW: Moose Allain
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I first got to know you when we exchanged some witty banter. You were something of an anomaly on my timeline like a kid at a party quietly speaking in tongues in the corner but in fact probably making more sense than anyone else. How has Twitter influenced your artwork?
Ha! That's a nice, flattering description. I will accept your compliment because it reflects something I've always tried to do – not just on Twitter, but in my life generally - which is to be original. Now Twitter is completely hardwired into my mind, and I think that's mainly because for me it's a creative channel. I think people use Twitter in all sorts of ways, but for me its shape is usually: "output/ a bit of replying". In other words, I seldom have time to read the tweets of the people I've chosen to follow. Other times I would describe my Twitter activity as: "hosting". This is sometimes in the form of a hashtag/RT process or asking a question e.g. What is your local word for an alley way? And RTing the replies. Sometimes I improvise a story in tweets. That tends to divide an audience – some people love them, but I can usually expect to lose about 30 followers when I do it. So I use Twitter in varying ways, various techniques, ultimately trying to engage an audience, entertain and be original.
My main interest in Twitter is language & the play of language. I think I've, fairly successfully, managed to integrate Twitter into my 'practice' (not a term I like). I think it means I've become a lot more than a visual artist, which is great because I'm just as interested in words as I am in images. I think some of the artists I like most, the word 'art' doesn't really cover it. They just do interesting stuff with their lives, use art as a way of exploring the world – I'm thinking of people like Adam Chodzko or Sophie Calle – 'art', whatever that is, is a sort of by-product of these processes. Well, that aggrandises my work far too much, but in the end it's about connecting to people en masse as well as individually. Twitter is perfect for that, it has opened me up to an audience that you then have to perform for. It has not only opened me up to an audience, but to all sorts of collaborations. I could go on about this for ages but I'll stop there.
Recently @40elephantsmob had a selection of her tweets turned into the brilliant animation Mummy Needs Gin. Have you considered turning your tweets into something more? (film, book, etc)
Yes. In short. I have made little books of my tweet stories a couple of years ago. I don't have the patience for animation, but I'd be happy for someone else to make them! I work with a local film company, Meat Bingo, here in Devon – we're about to start on our third project. We are lucky to have the writer David Quantick as a key member – he's from Exmouth, and Twitter has got us together. Anyway, there's potential there. I'd love to do a book of them, illustrate them myself… But I have so many projects in my head I know I'll probably never get round to.
"...I was a child who didn't want to be like other people. I suffer from reverse peer group pressure."
Who is Moose? Where did he come from? What makes Moose tick? How would Moose introduce himself to a stranger?
Oh goodness, I don't know! I don't really like thinking about myself really. I am extremely grateful that I've got to a stage in my life where I can describe myself as an artist. So many interesting things are coming out of it, all sorts of projects, it feels like I'm at the beginning of things, which is so exciting. Before this I was a disillusioned architect. That's where I came from most recently. Looking at my adult life, it was a lot of drifting about never really being happy because I really wanted to be an artist but didn't think it was possible. Going back to your first question, I was a child who didn't want to be like other people. I suffer from reverse peer group pressure. That's stayed with me.
How much planning goes into your drawings and how much comes about organically as you work?
It's nearly all organic. I seldom pre-draw, I just have an idea and run with it. It's very liberating.
Your work on Stephen Fry's 100 Greatest Gadgets have integrated "Drainage Runnels" and "Perspiration Loons" into my vocabulary. How did you approach this project and how much of a collaboration was it with Mr. Fry?
Actually this was a quick job, which is why I resorted to collage. I had no contact with Mr Fry, simply a sentence for each of the 3 ideas which I had to illustrate. I had used the technique before for a range of cards, so I thought it would look just right and reflect his gentlemanly subversive character. The language was an important part of it, for me, although I'm not sure how much it came across on the TV. It was great fun to do.
What instigated the creation of We Meet in the Shadows and how did it develop?
A couple of years ago I decided I wanted to work bigger and with colour. Previously I'd been working tiny on my desktop so this was an attempt to loosen up a bit. It also reflected a return to architecture, in so far as I could dream up places again. The technique is to put on a wash of background colour – it's all acrylic paint and inks – then drop ink onto it and move it around with bits of plastic, straight edges, starting to form shapes. Next stage is to pick out black lines with the same straight edges, I also use a little wheel. After that I go in with the dipping pen and add more architectural detail. The final stage is to add figures and find a story in there somewhere, a theme. So the subject ends up being a response. This is very much the organic process I mentioned in the last question – I like to react.
"...I am trying to be entertaining and, this can sound trite but I don't believe it is, my work is also about bringing joy"
How would you describe your subject matter or the content of your work?
The subject matter, well it's mostly stuff that's in my head. Be that visual art or writing or the two combined. In other words, I'm not an observational artist. But I am trying to be entertaining and, this can sound trite but I don't believe it is, my work is also about bringing joy. I think people really respond to that. I hate being asked what my work's like partly because it's not really like other people's work and also because it's very varied. I usually say "It's more like illustration, quite graphic and cartoony, mostly from my imagination". That sort of covers it, but that really only describes the visual art, which isn't the whole of it by any means.
What was the last artwork to impress you and why? (painting, illustration, film, music, etc)
The last to impress me. That makes it a bit easier. I've just downloaded the recent ATOM TM album and there's a couple of tracks on there that I can't get enough of. A couple of days ago I went to a talk at the Royal Albert Memorial Museum in Exeter about the BP Portrait Award exhibition which is on there currently. It was fascinating because I am interested in painting, but the winning portrait is amazing and I had quite an emotional response to it. It's called Auntie by Aleah Chapin.
It's a painting of a smile and it smiles at you in a most incredible way – to the extent that you hardly noticed she is an naked older woman.
"...there are artists earning millions from being up themselves, so they've a right to take themselves seriously I suppose."
Do you think the art world takes itself too seriously sometimes?
The art world… it's so big it's about the same size as the real world, so it's hard to generalise. Some of it is shockingly up itself. On the other hand there are artists earning millions from being up themselves, so they've a right to take themselves seriously I suppose. You look at people like Damien Hirst and think it must be odd to make art that is really only ever about money now. He's like King Midas. To be honest I don't really see myself as part of an art world as my main interactions are with people who aren't in it, if you know what I mean. Just people who like my work or want to commission something or just tell me they like it. I didn't go to art school so I don't feel burdened by the need to explain myself. Artist's statements, by those who have been through the art system, are hilariously pretentious, homogeneous and meaningless. So, to be enjoyed at that level at least.
Are you working on anything at the moment or have any new projects in the pipeline?
Lots of work comes about via Twitter these days. All sorts of interesting propositions. I'm just about to finish working on a project for Tate Britain – a family guide leaflet for their upcoming Lowry exhibition. It was a great privilege to be asked to contribute. I have various writing projects in the pipeline which may or may not come off. A new film to collaborate on, more walls to draw on, a big commission which desperately needs my attention, more fun to be had on Twitter and with Vine and Instagram, Oh bloody hell I've got so much to do I'd better get on
Thank you, Moose.
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Monday, 13 May 2013
INTERVIEW: Magdalena Bors
Magdalena Bors' surreal and fantastical works tell tales of creation, nature and hidden places. Her labour intensive environments seem to harken back to her roots in architecture and conjure up reflections of natural environments from household materials.
While preparing for her exhibition at Galleri Image in Denmark, she took time to answer my questions and was very sportingly, the first to submit to a "pictaview" style question for which I am delighted with the response.
First, here is her artist statement:
"My practice to date has predominantly explored the idea of the sublime in the everyday. I have done this by constructing, then photographing fantastical landscapes in domestic spaces. Our connection with the natural world is the driving force behind my work. I am fascinated by the simultaneous strength and fragility of this connection as we go about our lives, spending most of our time within the confines of the small compartments we call home.
The images in Homelands can be seen as snapshots of daydreams conjured in a moment of distraction while performing everyday tasks. While the landscapes are staged in familiar spaces and use familiar objects, emotive, sometimes dramatic lighting leaves room for ambiguity about whether the scenes are 'real' or imagined. Homelands was born out of my own desire to be in, and to photograph the kind of landscapes that were out of my reach in the real world.
The characters in my latest series of images The Seventh Day have been overtaken by a seemingly uncontrollable compulsion to create complex environments from materials found in the domestic realm. The processes undertaken to create the landscapes are extremely labour intensive and involve repetitive, painstaking tasks. Food scraps and remnants of materials seen in the images allude to the passing of time and the physicality of the processes involved. The resulting scenes resemble familiar, sometimes iconic natural landscapes."
You studied Architecture in Brisbane before studying photography; do you apply any of this architectural background to your current work? And did it help in any way to develop your photography and if so, how?
I don't apply my architectural background consciously, but I'm sure many of the decisions I make in a design sense stem from what I learnt during that time. Looking back, I did spend a lot of my time as an architecture student producing meticulous models of my designs… The designs themselves were quite average, but the models were impressive! Architecture definitely did develop my passion for photography. It became my preferred medium for documenting everything to do with a potential project, from site and material studies, to macro photographs of those carefully constructed models. I was obsessed with recording light. One time, I stayed at a site for 24 hours to record how light fell on a wall every 15 minutes. It was also my introduction to a darkroom, where I spent many, many hours… So really, I guess Architecture more or less helped me find my medium – construction and photography. It also taught me a great deal about patience, perseverance and problem solving.
What would you say is the significance of "hidden worlds" to your work?
Hidden worlds and hidden spaces fascinate and excite me. 'Homelands' explores hidden worlds in both the physical sense (behind cupboards, under tables), and hidden in the psychological sense (existing only in the imagination). I'm intrigued by the duality of our public/private selves, and the level of privacy that our homes afford us, particularly in inner city areas with dense populations. Isn't it extraordinary that you can live somewhere for years, but have no idea what goes on just a couple of meters either side of you? The scenes of 'The Seventh Day' are portraits of very private moments. It is only through the voyeuristic eye of the camera that we are given the opportunity to view them.
What is it about German Romantic painter Caspar David Friedrich that attracts you? And do you have a favourite among his work?
I'm drawn to Caspar David Friedrich's deeply moving depictions of 'moments of sublimity', something I aspire to portray in my own images. I think there is a similarity in the attitude of contemporary society and that of the society of the late 18th and early 19th centuries, which is perhaps why there is an apparent resurgence in the popularity of romantic art. There seems to be a growing undercurrent of disillusionment with materialistic society, a renewed interest in spirituality and a need to re-connect with the natural world.
"Some of the sets in 'The Seventh Day' actually took months to make..."
It's difficult to choose, but I would have to say 'Two Men Contemplating the Moon' is probably the image of his that affects me the most. Do you remember as a child, looking at the moon and standing still enough and for long enough to see it move? I recall it being quite a 'magical' moment, but it wasn't until I was quite a bit older and understood the mechanics of the universe better, that the same exercise offered quite a profound, humbling experience. When I occasionally remember to pause and do this now, it still takes my breath away. To me, this is what the two men in this image are experiencing; a moment of realisation of the magnificence they are witnessing, as well as their relative insignificance to it.
You've described the process of developing props as taking several weeks to complete and two days to set up and shoot; is there a particular reason you only produce a single image from each concept?
Some of the sets in 'The Seventh Day' actually took months to make, but the length of time it takes me to make them is beside the point. Even if an image took me years to construct, there would only be one resulting photograph. If I ever felt the need to take ten photographs of one set, that would be the time to move the set into a gallery and call it an installation. I think my images would significantly loose impact if I were to photograph several versions of one concept. Why water down a good idea? I have little interest in producing 'large' bodies of work in a commercial sense either, which I guess is sometimes an expectation of photographic artists. That's not to say I won't ever produce larger numbers of photographs, but just not without good reason.
"I wouldn't completely rule out doing installations in the future..."
What was the last revelation you've had in regard to your work?
I think I'm too close to my work at the moment to have any significant revelations… Maybe that is a small revelation in itself. If I were less involved in the 'making' process, perhaps I would create images that were stronger conceptually.
Aside from photography, what other arts do you practice and have you ever considered making any of your works into installations?
It's a question I get asked a lot, but I just don't think my current concepts work as installations. The context of these images is so important, not to mention the meticulous lighting, posing of subjects and the precise expression during that critical 1/60th of a second. A few years ago, a gentleman contacted me to enquire about purchasing 'Woodland Scene', but as I proceeded to give him print size information, he interrupted to explain that he wanted to purchase the 'Woodland Scene'. Of course I had to explain the elements of the set and the moment was long gone, but to this day I am fascinated with this desire to possess what was represented in a physical sense. I wouldn't completely rule out doing installations in the future, but I think it would involve something site specific and unlikely to be in a traditional gallery space.
Are you working or developing anything new at the moment?
I'm stepping outside the domestic realm for my new body of work, which I'll begin working on later this year.
PICTAVIEW: Below are three images. Please comment on them in any way you see fit. You may comment on each individually or as a group and your reply may be anything from a description of what they mean to you to a fictional narrative or poem. There are no rules except that which you put down should in some way have been instigated by one or more of these images. It isn't a critique of the image but rather a free form reply/reaction.
Ashes, ashes, ashes, orange. I have an early childhood memory of being on a rural property with some older kids; we were playing with the smouldering remains of a large bonfire. There were no adults present, and although my memory of the circumstances surrounding the event are vague, I distinctly remember an exhilarating feeling of rebellion as we poked and prodded the dying fire, daring it to come to life again. I also vividly remember the cave-like little scene created by the glowing embers, and the hissing sounds as one of the older kids rolled an orange into the 'cave', followed by the incredible smell of slowly burning orange. Since then I've always associated ashes with oranges.
Thank you, Magdalena.
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Sunday, 12 May 2013
INTERVIEW: Reed Young
I discovered Reed Young's work through his series Las Pajas and the Luck Haitians. The series works extremely well as a series of portraits in their own right but as a documentary series along with the accompanying text, it is sublime. My personal favourite is Chi Chi (above). His works cover broad and eclectic subjects. You can see more of Las Pajas and the Luck Haitians and other series on his site and blog.
After attending photography school in 2002, graduating from Brooks Institute in 2005, and a yearlong residency at FABRICA, the Communication Research Center of Benetton Group in Treviso, Italy, Reed has done work for a variety of publications including National Geographic, TIME magazine, and The Guardian. His works span a wide range of subject matter, locales and working conditions. He is currently based in New York.
Mr. Young took his time out to answer my questions which you can read below.
First, here is Reed's statement on Las Pajas and the Luck Haitians...
"Lost in the vast sugarcane fields of the Dominican Republic, there are hundreds of small villages called Bateys. These underdeveloped towns were established in the beginning of the 20th Century to house migrant Haitian workers during the sugarcane season.
The Bateys were intended to be seasonal towns. But in the last 40 years, the Dominican Republic has become a symbol of hope and prosperity for the Haitians. Because of this, more and more Haitians have discontinued going back to Haiti after the season and have started families in the Bateys.
In theory, this sounds ideal. But the infrastructure for a permanent population remains unmet in the Bateys. The schools have little to no funding; there's no running water or plumbing; and trash collection is obsolete. Another problem plaguing these small communities is the lack of legal documentation of citizenship. Without the basic rights as a citizen, most of these people are denied education and healthcare. This has created significant social status issues, which will only improve with the help of humanitarian organizations.
At the time I took these pictures, my friend Rachel Gottesman lived in this small Batey called Las Pajas. Rachel invited me to stay with her for a few days, and it was an eye-opening, unbelievable experience. Even though the problems plaguing the Bateys are similar, each person had a unique story to tell.
In the end, I was the biggest beneficiary of all. I was honored to learn about their lives. Despite having nothing but each other, they're more content than most people I meet in the more developed world. I also discovered that money alone isn't the solution to helping impoverished people. What they need more is education, healthcare and correct nutrition.
I was struck by how these Haitian people view themselves as extraordinarily lucky compared with their families back home. Although the conditions of the Bateys are deplorable, they're nothing compared to those that exist in Haiti where the current food crisis affects 60 percent of the country's people.
Who would think that people with no education, no access to healthcare and terrible sanitary conditions would consider themselves lucky? These are the lucky Haitians."
In your series Las Pajas and the Lucky Haitians, you seem to have made a strong connection with your subjects. Would you outline how you approached this series and what you feel made it a unique experience from a photographic perspective?
Most of my personal work consists of a going to a place and finding complete strangers to help me tell a story. It's much more difficult without having a contact within the community. I was fortunate to have a close friend living in Las Pajas and this was a huge help in gaining immediate trust with my subjects. When I arrived I realized that the residents were far more impoverished than I could have imagined. Most of the stories I see from developing countries have a sad, empathetic approach. So I made an immediate decision to portray these people as the strong and proud people they are—and I think that's what makes this story unique.
"...they did it with a grace and trust that I rarely get to see."
What would you say have been the biggest risks you've taken in your york both practically and artistically?
The most difficult and rewarding thing I've done in the last few years is consistently committing to personal projects. It's a huge challenge both financially and artistically. It's expensive and always difficult to find an original story that I'm passionate about. It's a big risk to travel to a place without knowing anyone, hoping to leave with a piece of people's lives that will create some kind of narrative. It's a risk that I'm becoming more and more comfortable with, but someday I may come back with nothing.
How has your residency at FABRICA influenced your work?
Fabrica was an incredible opportunity. It allowed me to take time to find my voice and learn from my mistakes. Benetton often takes a social interest approach, and it would be difficult to deny that this had an influence on the subject matter I pursue. Meeting other young artists from all over the world was also an invaluable takeaway.
"...we're at a very interesting turning point in media."
Have any friendships developed between you and your subjects and are there any subjects who linger in your memory?
There are so many people who come to mind, but one family sticks out: A year ago right now I was in El Paso, Texas, doing a story about life in America's safest city, a town that shares a border with one of the world's most dangerous cities: Juarez, Mexico. It was there that I met the Delgado family. They invited us into their home and we spent 4 hours talking at their kitchen table. As breakfast turned to lunch, they told us everything about their lives. When speaking about the things that weren't exactly favorable, they did it with a grace and trust that I rarely get to see. We still had a week to go before leaving and often returned just to hang out and listen to their stories. We've spoken by phone five or six times over the last year. The El Paso story should be out in the next week or so.
Would you describe your typical/preferred kit and your favourite lens to work with and why?
I shoot a Canon 5D mark iii. When I was working at FABRICA my boss called me into his office and said that he had a gift for me. It was a cheap 50mm lens. He said that if I shot with anything other than the 50mm he'd fire me. So for the next year I only shot with that fixed 50mm lens. It taught me to move around to find the best vantage point instead of just zooming in and out. As far as photographic craft goes, this was one of the most important things I ever learned.
Which photographers of your generation have earned your respect/inspired you? And artists in other mediums?
I love the work of Nadav Kander, Edward Burtynsky, Alec Soth, William Eggleston, Philip Lorca Dicorcia and Stephen Shore.
"I've always been more interested in my subjects and their story..."
How do you approach an assignment with a tight timeframe and big ambitions such as your recent shoot with the Yeah Yeah Yeahs?
I planned as much as I could beforehand, and then when the time came we had about half the amount of time we were expecting. But for anyone who's ever shot high profile people, half the expected amount of time is still better than usual.
What are your goals as a professional and an artist? Are they the same? Why or why not?
I've always been more interested in my subjects and their story than the medium of photography. If I had another way to go about meeting these people and documenting their lives, while still making a living, I'd be happy to try it. I love journalism and think we're at a very interesting turning point in media. If things go the right way and quality content prevails, I'd love to begin working on more topical issues. I think we're living in a very exciting time and I hope that journalism takes the path that The New York Times did. It's the success of news outlets like the Huffington Post that really scares me.
Many thanks, Reed.
Permission for usage of the images in this article kindly granted by Reed Young.
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New research finds if NYC's Super Size Soda ban were actually enacted, people could conceivably cut their calorie intake. Good news for Mayor Michael Bloomberg!
Mayor Bloomberg's proposed ban caps a maximum size of 16 ounces for sugary drinks – sold in cups or bottles – at food establishments including restaurants, fast food chains, delis, street carts and movie theaters. Drinks sold at grocery and convenience stores – including two-liter bottles and 7-11′s "Big Gulp" fountain drinks – would be exempt from the ban.
New research led by Dr. Brian Elbel, an assistant professor of population health and health policy at NYU Langone School of Medicine in New York City, analyzed what impact Mayor Bloomberg's proposal would have on a typical consumer's calorie intake.
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Based on the receipts and corresponding survey information collected from the studies, the researchers determined that 62 percent of beverages bought at these restaurants would be over 16 ounces and subject to the mayor's new proposal. Elbel explained to HealthPop in an interview that if 100 percent of fast food consumers switched to a 16-ounce drink from their previous order, the average consumer would take in 63 fewer calories per trip to a fast-food restaurant.
Elbel is set to present his findings during the first of three public hearings beginning Tuesday on the mayor's proposal.
Would a best-case scenario of 63 fewer calories per person per trip to a fast food restaurant really make a dent in a diner's health?
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City Caucus ceased operating its political blog this week after co-founders Mike Klassen and Daniel Fontaine couldn't justify the personal time and effort it took to run the website.
The site launched three-and-a-half years ago and recently surpassed five million page views. Fontaine was former NPA mayor Sam Sullivan's chief of staff. Klassen ran unsuccessfully as an NPA candidate for city council last November, placing 13th in the race for 10 seats.
Klassen said updating the blog was an immense amount of work, but it didn't make money other than during the Olympics when it pulled in about $10,000 worth of advertising thanks to the site's free events guide, which generated a lot of traffic.
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Klassen feels City Caucus changed the way municipal politics is discussed and that it used Freedom of Information requests to tell interesting stories about how municipal governments worked. The downside of that, he added, is that city hall became "even more secretive and more insular."
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Klassen brushes off criticism City Caucus was an NPA blog, saying people need labels to help them understand politics. But he maintains its approach to public policy was "incredibly progressive."
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For the first time ever, more than 8,000 scientists from the IUCN Species Survival Commission (IUCN SSC) have come together to identify 100 of the most threatened animals, plants and fungi on the planet. But conservationists fear they'll be allowed to die out because none of these species provide humans with obvious benefits.
Professor Jonathan Baillie, ZSL's Director of Conservation explains: "The donor community and conservation movement are leaning increasingly towards a 'what can nature do for us' approach, where species and wild habitats are valued and prioritised according to the services they provide for people. This has made it increasingly difficult for conservationists to protect the most threatened species on the planet.
While the utilitarian value of nature is important conservation goes beyond this. Do these species have a right to survive or do we have a right to drive them to extinction?"
The report, called Priceless or Worthless? will be presented at the IUCN World Conservation Congress in South Korea this week, and hopes to push the conservation of 'worthless' creatures up the agenda that is set by NGOs from around the globe.
Co-author of the report, ZSL's Ellen Butcher says: "All the species listed are unique and irreplaceable. If they vanish, no amount of money can bring them back. However, if we take immediate action we can give them a fighting chance for survival. But this requires society to support the moral and ethical position that all species have an inherent right to exist."
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It was in October 2008 when ChatComm was brought into being. This state-of-the-art call center helps provide awareness and structure for 911 operations in North Fulton. Chatcomm belongs to the Smart 911 network wherein residents can have their own profiles online where personnel can immediately respond to a call.
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First off, good job on breastfeeding your son! You're providing him with the best nutrients possible!! What I did to boost my milk was eat a bowl of oatmeal every morning for breakfast. It really helps a lot. I'm not a breakfast eater, but I choked it down for my son. He is MORE than worth it!! I also drank 2-3 cups of Mothersmilk tea. You can find it in the health food section of your grocery store. That also helped me a lot!! I hope this helps you, and again, good job on nursing your son!!! Mine just turned 9 months and I still nurse him at night. It's the best thing you can do for your baby!!!posted 06/07/2011 by mamaocea
Are you only pumping? Or are you putting him to breast? The best way to make more milk is to nurse him as often as you can. The more milk he removes from your breast the more you will make. I would put him to breast every 2 hours during the day (possibly even more often, my first nursed every 45 mins for the first few months). Nursing on demand is better then a schedule for the first few months (unless he isn't nursing enough, then you need to put him to breast every couple of hours). Nurse him when he is sleepy, when he is fussy, when he is happy, when he is bored etc...nurse him as much as you can to ensure your supply.posted 06/07/2011 by momsangel03
I had difficulty with milk production and got good results from Organic Mothers Milk tea. You can get it for $6 a box at health food stores or at Whole Foods Market. I drank 2 cups of the tea, and within hours, I started experiencing breast leakage; so it worked for me, although only temporarily. Also, there is a medication your ob/gyn can prescribe you to boost milk production, but my doctor said it only works for about 50% of patients (I didn't notice much difference myself). In addition, pump and nurse as often as you can! Get a handsfree pumping bra and extra pump supplies. Have someone help you with washing the pump accessories so the whole process doesn't seem like such a chore. You really have to put your all into increasing your milk supply in your baby's first month of life, because after that your milk supply stabilizes and it is much harder (and impossible for some people) to increase it. GOOD LUCK!posted 06/07/2011 by tamraboyd
I M NOT ABLE TO PRODUCE ENOUGH BREAST MILK, I M SLOWLY NOT LACTING .i really need, some help any answerposted 03/25/2012 by colleenromero61
I'm having the same problem!!! I'm only pumping( my baby was in the nicu for the first month so I couldn't breastfeed her) but I just can't find the time to do it as much as I need to. Not to mention it just seems so much easier to give her formula. Although I feel guilty every time I tell myself that I'm done pumping and going to do straight formula so here I am a slave to my pump. I never though breastfeeding would be so stressful.posted 06/30/2011 by a BabyCenter Member
Dont kill me.........But I hear beer will help you produce milk. You should have beer right after pump & the yeast in the beer should help u get readying...Only one beer a week is needed!posted 06/07/2011 by a BabyCenter Member
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Padres Rumors: Bay, Scott, Barrett
Tom Krasovic of the San Diego Union-Tribune has a late-night update for us.
- Several outfielders are on the radar that we haven't previously linked to San Diego: Milton Bradley, Xavier Nady, and Jason Bay. Of course all three have played for the Padres in the past. It would certainly be an interesting storyline if they reacquired Bay.
- Ken Rosenthal told us earlier that the Padres talks for Luke Scott broke off. Krasovic doesn't say that, but notes that the Astros want catcher Nick Hundley for him. The 24 year-old backstop hit .247/.324/.475 in Double A last year. According to Baseball America, Hundley profiles as a big league regular and could be respectable botg offensively and defensively.
- Michael Barrett still hasn't decided whether to accept arby.
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