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Cassette Culture Mail Art Video

Various Artists – Notre Dame 7 ET18 – This Window – Poultry / Chow

 This Window – Poultry / Chow

I discovered this video on Facebook. It is always flattering to find a track taking on a new life in a different format. Originally this was released on a cassette compilation in 1994 (see below).
Various Artists – Notre Dame 7  ET18
Released: 1994
Genre: Electronic
Style: Experimental, Ambient, Drone, Minimal
Label: EE Tapes  – Belgian label, founded in 1987 by Eriek Van Havere, specialising in experimental, ambient and noise music.

A place for electronic, ambient and adventurous music. Since 1987. Where legends feel at home… EE Tapes


2009 remix of ‘Extraction’ by Jake Bright.

Originally released by EE Tapes in 1989, Extraction was conceived to be heard in two parts, side A and side B. This download mix is a lot softer and feels a lot different from the original cassette release as the tracks are broken down into single files.

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This Window - Cassette Culture 1989 - 2009 - Extraction Pt. 1

Notes on original cassette version: The tracks on this release merge so individual track timings are difficult to work out. Side A is 19:45 and Side B is 19:40. ‘Extraction’ was recorded for EE-Tapes of Belgium in 1989. Part of this recording was made in a bathroom and features Nicola Mumford the vocalist from Finish The Story.

“Extraction” proves conclusively that This Window are no mere flash in the pan,with ‘songs’ that sting in the face and playing that flays the senses raw. I clearly prefer This Window to any other current state of the artmixers that are presently popular.

review: SIIYE

Reviews: Gajoob Stick It In Your Ear …. Vital Magazine


Art for sale Mail Art Postcards

All my love Marni – #mailart #postcard

marni

We will mail you a signed postcard that has been recycled by Peter Bright, each postcard is different and variations of this image have appeared in exhibitions all over Europe and the USA.

To receive your postcard click the button below – the £1.00 is to cover postage etc.

Originally this recycled postcard was a promo for ‘Cassette Culture‘ a download album from This Window which was released in 2009 (which is available on iTunes etc). The photograph is of Marni De Much, the drummer on the ‘Morgue Studio Demos’ limited edition This Window CDR release.




 

Example: Art Kitchen (USA) – February 2012

The postcard below at was exhibited at The Alabama Art Kitchen (An Art Collective) 2626 University Blvd. Tuscaloosa, AL 35401, USA, during February 2012.

The mission statement of the Alabama Art Kitchen is to provide studio space and equipment for local artists – as well as provide a venue for exhibitions, classes and workshops. They are committed to nurturing creativity, volunteerism and access to the art experience, to increase the interest and involvement of the local Tuscaloosa arts community

Art Kitchen (USA)  - February 2012

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My #mailart at The Alabama Art Kitchen

Here is an image of mine that was exhibited at The Alabama Art Kitchen (An Art Collective) 2626 University Blvd. Tuscaloosa, AL 35401, USA, during February 2012.

The mission statement of the Alabama Art Kitchen is to provide studio space and equipment for local artists – as well as provide a venue for exhibitions, classes and workshops. They are committed to nurturing creativity, volunteerism and access to the art experience, to increase the interest and involvement of the local Tuscaloosa arts community.

The gallery is open from Thursday-Saturday 4-9 pm or by appointment and the space is open to members daily.

This Window

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#printmaking – Screen print on canvas (finished today)

Screen print on canvas. (Feb. 2012)

Rediscovering the printing process after nearly 40 years has been an interesting process ~ disappointingly modern inks are not as rich in color (earthy colours are very plastic like) and modern water-based inks don’t become part of the surface, they sit on it, which is incredibly frustrating ~ the reason I took up printing in the first place was because of the absorbed flatness of the pigments.

Printing is a process for reproducing text and images, typically with ink on paper using a printing press. It is often carried out as a large-scale industrial process, and is an essential part of publishing and transaction printing.

The development of printing was preceded by the use of cylinder seals in Mesopotamia developed in 3500 B.C., and other related stamp seals. The earliest form of printing was woodblock printing, with existing examples from China dating to before 220 A.D. and Egypt to the fourth century. Later developments in printing include the movable type, first developed by Bi Sheng in China, and the printing press, a more efficient printing process for western languages with their more limited alphabets, developed by Johannes Gutenberg in the fifteenth century.

Printing. (2012, February 1). In Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia. Retrieved 12:58, February 5, 2012, from http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Printing&oldid=474331649