Mike Nelson: The Coral Reef

"Hidden behind an unassuming door in a corner of Tate Britain, Mike Nelson's Coral Reef installation invites visitors to explore a parallel world."

The exhibition was not what I expected. The term coral reef is used to indicate a complex and fragile structure of belief systems that exist under our societies ocean. Each of the rooms you explore are representing a different belief system, for example the first we entered was an islamic cab office. These are some photos I'm not sure we were allowed to take but hey... the light was too good to resist.

the other side

Im taking part in an exhibition for my very talented friend Becky Allen. Watch this space.

bExHiLl

Photos I took at the south coast on the Zenit camera I bout for £5 at a carboot sale on the drive down.

C A C A

I took part in an art sale my friend Emma organised as part of Kingston Carnival 2010 this summer. CACA stands for cheap and cheerful art and 14 students and graduates took part. I made small notebooks and packs of cards. Other participants sold prints, t-shirts and jewellery amongst other things.

D I C T I O N A R Y

We had to produce a new dictionary. I chose to use WW2 postal acronyms and catalogue them in they way they would have been used. I presented each one in an envelope. Inside I embroidered some onto handkerchiefs and some I wrote on the back of photographs from around the same era. some of the acronyms included 'HOLLAND- hope our love lasts and never dies' and 'MALAYA- my ardent lips await your arrival'.

a m i n u t e o f y o u r t i m e

We were asked to create a one minute in-camera film without editing. our concept was based on people who put a value on their time. We constructed a system of phones on loudspeaker in order for a phone sex operator and a man with a van to have a conversation, without knowing who they are talking to. This book is the transcript that accompanies the film.

HIDDEN LAND

These are all 12 guides we made and the image they create when together.

We were asked to create an unknown land. I worked with a group of five and we created 'hidden land', a place thats secrecy relies on illusions and tricks. It functions largely the same as our world and is a place for people who can find it to escape from the stress of everyday life in our world. These are images from a guide we created to lead people to find our land. In our final exhibition we set up a room full of illusions in conjunction with this guide.

FLOTSAM & JETSAM

This week we took a day trip to Dungeness in Kent (the longest pebble beach in Europe as if you didn't already know).

It was windy and cold but we had a really good day. There was loads of stuff washed up on the beach that we could have a good rummage through. I left with some pretty fish skeletons and an old toothbrush.

DEREK JARMAN'S GARDEN AT PROSPECT COTTAGE




THIS WAS AN INTERESTING GARDEN A COUPLE OF HOUSES DOWN FROM DEREK JARMAN'S PROSPECT COTTAGE

D O W N S I D E -U P

polaroid of my housemates looking great!

behind the curtain

booth

i thought these photo booth photographs were really sweet.

B E R L I N D I A R Y

B E R L I N

L E T S G O F L Y A K I T E

S T M A R Y S

This is a slide i found in a house clearance. Its a church near my family home. Above is what it looks like now.

S L I D E S

I rescued these slides from being thrown away at a house clearance. Not sure what to do with them yet.