Mx.D.P
XD artist, writer, and digital curator.
Their work: Climate Chaos Cruise App, KindPinkNet, and The Abstracted Materialism Manifesto, reflects a commitment to building creative, resilient communities that can withstand geo-political climate chaos.
To envision: an inclusive society founded on creative kindness using the universal language of art.
Category: art festival
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Rhagymadrodd – Beth yw’r Celfyddydau Digidol Mae’r celfyddydau digidol yn cwmpasu amrywiaeth o ddisgyblaethau sy’n defnyddio technolegau digidol i greu, trin a chyflwyno gweithiau artistig. Dyma drosolwg ehangach o brif arferion y celfyddydau digidol, gan gynnwys technolegau a llwyfannau sy’n dod i’r amlwg: Paentio Digidol Gan ddefnyddio meddalwedd ac offer digidol megis tabledi a stylusau,…
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Is that you Mx. D.P. ??? …well it is and it isn’t, its all of us…
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My art practice is THE NETWORK… The following 3 points summarise the three learning outcomes of my MA. I’ve been enabled to take a long hard conceptual look at the last 2 years… …the rest is all storytelling… 1. Realisation Over the course of my MA journey, I have developed a body of work that…
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I’m taking a back seat this year, I need to take care of MA business. I will be running a Sunset Painting Workshop on the Monday and I made a map for the events brouchure. There is a lot going on… One of my favourite bits is Grace and her Yellow Coats, who meet folks…
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A Reflective Examination of Autoethnographic Practice and Networked Creativity: Abstracted Materiality as a Queered Conceptual Practice. While collating the Unit 3 Assessment, I wondered why I intuitively chose to abstract materiality within my process practice? Why did I conceptualise the prioritisation of ideas over traditional materiality? In this blog post, I want to focus on…
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Trigger warning: Flashing images, themes of Climate Chaos, War, Death, Global Anihilation, Sex… sadly no rock and roll… some funky music though… A Massive Amount of Community Art Activism and fish… An Agender Penguin, a Non-binary Polar Bear and a Nasty Oily Orca… and a lot of Art… nice… https://youtu.be/dHpbdGRtDKk?si=HUTOS8h3SXGptsHl
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My short courses at the Node Center for Curatorial Studies start this week. Thanks to the SU- UAL for the Curation course. I can see how my Art Practice and art career are moving forward. BorthFfest (Elin says for Welsh accuracy there should be two Ff’s) part 2 kicks off on the 23rd -26th of…
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My sketchbook exploration of 2050:2100 is going well. My physical pain is not going well; my sciatica has switched legs. How the f*ck does it do that!!! Thankfully, after years of being a long-haul airline pilot and high-altitude mountaineer, I can fall asleep anywhere… sadly I still wake up in pain; it’s not helping my…
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Basically, the Earth is F*ck. I can categorically say that after 3 years of reading scientific data. I was talking to a climate change student last night, and their university offers them mental health counselling as part of their course; it’s that grim. Mass Migration, Resource scarcity, Unpredictable climate chaos, and climate breakdown. But before…
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I’m having a shit winter; I have done nothing but write funding statements, blogs, proposals, and reports (this is not totally true, but it does feel like it at times)… FFS!… is this the life of an artist… Well, yes and no, if you want to save the Earth, probably… and for any artist to…
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At the moment, I am surviving, but I can’t say I am thriving. The bloody cats are killing me… up five times last night. I don’t think two chest-fed kids were this much work, but I’ve probably forgotten, and I was a quarter of a century younger and a lot, lot fitter… In other art…
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It’s been another tough week. When the going gets tough… the tough get going. It is Sunday, I am bloody exhausted… Monday – was hard. Registering Dwain’s death, I knew it would be painful; my son Eddie went with me and watching his face was difficult… he was shocked when I had to pay by…
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Now, we can start to understand what it all means—what will happen next and what opportunities were created. Already, one of the volunteer team members has a new job and is looking at funding opportunities to create something with a local gallery. That’s the power of connection and the network. Big Wave has another project…
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Its happening! Projecting on the PIER is GO! Thursday evening between 7-9pm to see images from Gŵyl Cariad Aber and the Aber Photo Challenge made bluddy big on one of Aber’s most ICONIC buildings! This was right to the wire….
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Well, I was chatting to my daughter about grief; it’s not easy, is it? Grief is like layers of an onion; you peel one off, and there is more underneath, raw and smelly, making your eyes water. I’m not sure I like onions… Gwyl Cariad is in its final week, and lots is going on.…
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The streets of Aberystwyth are alive with art, music, and community spirit as Gŵyl Cariad pilot festival transforms the Aberyswyth seaside town into a canvas of creativity. All though I am MIA I have been following the action and getting regular sit reps! As the first week draws to a close, the festival has already…
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What started as an idea to link creatives of the world to battle climate chaos, to give access to artists that would otherwise be marginalised and to make ‘Cool Shit Happen!’ Gwyl Cariad the ‘pilot’ festival is about to kick off! This week is installation week, and it’s been amazing watching the enthusiasm and excitement…
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Coming Out: When Gender Finally Makes Sense I’ve spent nearly six decades being called “she.” Six decades of checking the “F” box on forms. Six decades of being someone’s daughter, sister, wife, and mother. Six decades of thinking there was something wrong with those other feminine women. Me trying to perform feminity, but looking in…
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It’s report-writing time now. The overall view is people need more information. They need clear guidance, and they are legitimately worried. Extreme weather has marred the two public in-person workshops, which is rather appropriate. The best experience for me was with young adults with delayed learning difficulties. In many ways, they were the most verbal…
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Well, it exists. It’s not up and running yet; tomorrow will be a test day. It took until mid-afternoon to find the top of the tripod connector…. After a lot of swearing, I remembered I’d used it on the 360 camera for the ‘Happens’ transmission… My tech assisted in taking my picture – one I…
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I thought I’d reflect on the Miro feedback, I will listen to the what worked for me later… (with a box of tissues) Reading the Miro comments was fascinating because some of you understood my practice, and some didn’t! This means that, in real terms, I haven’t fully explained it. That’s pretty important for me!…
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I am writing this on my new iPad with a keyboard. I don’t like buying new tech; it’s not good for the planet, but it seems it is good for me. When my heart stalls, my touch screen doesn’t work… it thinks I am dead. Managing my enviroment is a day to day struggle. This…
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A 3 minute film all about my art practice. https://youtu.be/7_8TJBQgmio?si=afdGtwaxTyMnVzMN
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Learning Outcome 1: Where did this start? What happened? Where are we going?… I started in unit one with this diagram, and I’ve circled in red the areas that have changed. I acknowledged in the first unit assessment that my practice would change. My Art Practice is The Network. A network is rarely fixed; it…
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So, I haven’t written an accessibility rider. But I should. I have avoided it because it means I have to confront my own physical limitations , and I simply don’t want to. Organising Gŵyl Cariad, I’ve had to see accessibility from the ‘other side’. I know how hard it is to get sh*t done as…
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Big Wave is off to London (well me and ‘Betty’ the mobility scooter are) I’ve been asked to share my Exciting news! I’m thrilled to say that I’ve been awarded a bursary from the Arts Council of Wales to attend a digital marketing day hosted by the Arts Marketing Association at the BFI Southbank in…
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Well, the funding statement is in, so we will see what happens. Funding applications are hard work and take hours to prepare. I hope we get some funding but it won’t cover the cost of the online workshop camera rig and kit (more on that in future blogs no doubt) If I want to run…
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A sentence from my PhD study statement says, ‘Crip theory rejects the normative medical model of ‘dis’-abled. Crips are disabled only as a result of societal barriers and attitudes.’ After Borthfest this year, we had a debrief and asked interested parties to come and say what worked and what didn’t. One of the fantastic folks…
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I’ve finished the animation for the workshop. I will tweak the timings once Clems has a look at how it fits in the PowerPoint. He’s on holiday now, so it will be in September when we get back to it. The festival meeting went well, and we have a name for the CIC Big Wave…
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