A very big thank you indeed to all the lovely, kind and interesting people from all walks of life who visited my Open Studio. I greatly appreciated it, and loved meeting you all, it was so encouraging,

I believe everyone has a creative side and we are all parts of a picture, everything is connected, thank you so much for sharing your part of this bigger picture with me over the last month

 

best wishes

Bob

The first picture is a still featuring the artist Glen Baxter in the 1980 art film

“Never mind the quality feel the width!”

Movie

filmed at Goldsmiths Art College

starring various luminaries such as

Julien Opie

Bert Irvin

Bob Goodall

George C Scott

Glenn Baxter

Elma Thubron

something thats looks like a Bear

also starring

Robin Thorburn

Peter Marien, Harrison Ford

and others whose names I can not remember, or whose identities are hidden

by what they may be wearing,

 

other activity

www.ibob.uk     

www.housepricecontrol.org.uk

www.intellectualpropertyaid.org

www.sobs.org.uk

www.letdoctorssetnhsbudget.org.uk

.www.fiftymetrepool.org.uk

 

http://www.tacklingcovid.org.uk/?author=1

 

http://www.vetmps.org.uk/

 

To me creativity has a wide range of applications, from art in its purest forms as so important as it is but sadly undervalued it seems to be at the moment? [ possibly because of the economic pressure everyone faces through the rising and hight cost of living?], through to  architecture, the homes we live in, and interior design,, graphic design, film making, music, the lot! through to I believe,  to innovation and ‘out of the box’ thinking, using creativity to overcomes problems the world faces and make the world a better place

Here are some examples

Use of creativity in different ways

An idea to clear seas of waste plastic,  the Patent application was unsuccessful

https://worldwide.espacenet.com/patent/search?q=pn%3DGB2458888A

A granted Patent, arguably had this device been in place, this environmental harm caused by this disaster might have been reduced?  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deepwater_Horizon_oil_spill

“Preventing and ameliorating leakage from a subsea well in the event of failure”

https://worldwide.espacenet.com/patent/search?q=pn%3DGB2482181A

 

 

 

 

 

 

My dream home

Rotten Island, off the West coast of Ireland

 

Watford Art School   Foundation course 1976-77

Goldsmiths Art College  1977-1980   BA Hons Upper Second

Housing Officer and Homelessness worker

Campaigner and Inventor 

Many artists want to work and live as artists, for me this has not been enough, I have wanted to do everything

 

I work in all forms of creativity including filmmaking and try to use creativity to think of ways to make the world a better and kinder place, 

I try to produce art that builds people up and does not offend. If in doubt I will not put work on show, it is difficult to separate the artist from the world around them, indeed the two are inescapably linked, how can it be any other way? but many things in life are not black or white, not clear cut, our own personal views can change over the years and so can our art, and people can strongly believe in completely differing views, we can only do what we feel is right. I guess the older I get, the more I know, the less I realise I know.

 

Discussion point

Ai will create great difficulties for creative people, but perhaps some answers as well? Perhaps AI and 3D printing will allow any artist to keep all their art without physically having to store it? A great problem for artists, particularly sculptors is storing the art. The only issue might be is a perfect replica the same as the original art work, even if perfect in every way?  But if can feel the perfect replica is as good as the original it opens all sorts of possibilities? with the link between sculpture and architecture, looking for ways to use this new technology on a really big scale perhaps an old building such as the House of Commons could even be demolished and replaced with a perfect replica at a fraction of the cost of what is taking place now made from the most environmentally friendly materials and highest building standards?  What might get in the way of this? when is copy of something not as good as the original ie as an example how much of say HMS Victory in Portsmouth actually the original ship?, but this is fine, no one is concerned about that? I read years ago that Nelson Rockefeller sold copies of his art work. today such copies would be perfect and indistinguishable from the original.  So a perfect copy of the greatest art works should be enough, but is it? Is being a one off, work of art, with flaws, made of dodgy materials, better for some reason than something that might be the opposite in every way, perfect to the last detail to the original?  

so many questions?!!  If we think about our own art, perhaps the ability to produce perfect replicas might allow artists to produce many identical images, and transport them to a buyer anywhere in the world in a milli second, that is if we or the buyer feel a perfect copy is a good an one original that may be produced in materials that deteriorate?

an interesting area for discussion?

I don’t know the answer to this

perhaps such things are an allegory for life