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23 January 2007

Recording Studio

We now have a fully fledged recording studio. How about that? The Combination Of Words To Form Sentences' recording studio is a community studio operated by Mike Page and Daniel Campbell Blight.

We are interested in recording bands/musicians that are open-minded and interested. We are a non-profit making 'pseudo-business' looking to provide cheap recording time to bands who are interested in a collaborative approach to record engineering. We provide the gear and the expertise and you provide the musical (or a-musical) material.

Click on the 'Studio' tab above to access photos of the studio and additional information. It now replaces the redundant 'Tones' page. If it doesn't say studio yet just click on Tones and it will link you through

Depending on availability we can book you in.

Mike at mike@thecombinationof.com for bookings and availability

Dan at dan@thecombinationof.com to discuss your project and requirements

09 January 2007

Happy New Year

Happy New Year all. A small portfolio of work by artist Jonathan Middleton is now available to view in the 'Artists' page above.

Jonathan Middleton and Thomas Owen also have an exhibition called "Chin Wag" in Mario's Cafe, Kelly Street, Kentish Town, London (You can type kelly street into streetmap if you want). Jonathan is showing a series of images titled "Posing As Portraits II". The exhibition is up until the end of January. You can also get this weird potato skin there stuffed with really nice bacon, cheese and some quite acidic tomato. I had it when I was well hungover and thats when I heard Thomas Owen saying we should do an exhibition here. Funny how these things materialise innit.

14 December 2006

New Artist, New Work

We now have a new artist. Louisa Hendrikien Martin. Her profile can be accessed via the 'Artists' page by clicking the tab above.

Additionally, we have another video by Shervin Shaeri, which can be viewed by visiting his profile.

In case this is the last posting before christmas, we would like to take the oppurtunity to wish everyone a happy christmas.

Let us hope it is as enjoyable as the depiction to your right of the 'merry house-boat scene' by Carl Riverbimmerwater. Jovial.

27 November 2006

be quiet, no dancing

ABSTRACT SOUND AND SILENT FILM

electronic and environmental soundscapes/acous(ma)tic interpretations/post-rock refrains/

7-11pm @ The Art Bar | Wednesday 29th November | Royal College of Art | Kensington Gore | London | SW7 2EU

FREE ENTRY

11 November 2006

Some Things To Consider Looking at

Here are some links that we suggest you look at. Some are interesting, others at least informative.

http://www.petterbuhagen.com/

http://www.uberskychannel.com/

http://www.myspace.com/theartspneumonia

http://www.bennylund.com/

http://www.nowhere-lab.org//

http://www.errantbodies.org/main.html

http://www.audioh.com/directory.html

http://www.ubu.com/

8 October 2006

Dr. Marcus Gant

The short experimental video Dr. Marcus Gant by sound artist Daniel Campbell Blight is now available for viewing through his portfolio link on the artists page.

"Regurgitating old material, re-contextualising old sonic matter. The sound has been abstracted from its original context, only to be laid back onto a video of it's own physical existence."

5 October 2006

Franz Gaudy Bland

Today we present something slightly different on the main page of www.thecombinationofwordstoformsentences.com: A few of our contributing artists have expressed an interest in an updatable blog on the website that can be remotely updated/added to by all artists and viewers of the site as a whole. The webmasters have agreed this is a marvelous idea and are now setting to work designing a new 'Blog' page to replace the seemingly pointless and underused 'Images' page that exists currently. To mark this momentous occasion we are featuring a review that might normally appear in the forthcoming 'Blog' page, right here on our main page instead.

The article was extremely comedically and articulately written by our very own Dr. Geoffrey Glees. Please read on fellow combinationofs and behold the majesty of molecular wordplay at work! More can be found at lumpyeyes.blogspot.com

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"Pavarotti lookalike injects Gagosian Doombox with Viennese splodge of garish absurdity."

||Franz West at the Gagosian, King's Cross. Written by Dr. Geoffrey Glees on Thursday 28th September 2006.||

I shuffled away from the grey hassle of King's Cross and found my way to Britannia street. I was let in by the doorman (even more special than pressing button) and was immediately greeted by a large colourful cock n balls made from soldered, spray painted steel, letting me know that I was in for a dose of the old "funny formalism", (what I call this currently fashionable cheeky continental post minimalist stuff, when painters or sculptors reference minimalism but connect to the throwaway and the kitsch).

I generally like this kind of thing when it manages to be sophisticated and funny in equal measure, which most of this show was. I had a mixed appraisal of the formal qualities; bits were sexy and confident, others more silent and a little dead. I enjoyed the lumpy fibreglass chickendrumstickesque items (shiny fibreglass billows), they were reminiscent of various social titbits; custard, Ikea standing lamps, kinder toys, turkeys and one of them in particular being the spitting image of Cyril Sneer from inane 90s cartoon series The Racoons.

The paintings/posters were very placid and, whilst being easy on the eye, did not do much for me.

There was an eye-catching video piece on a very bulky (sculptural I should say) television depicting an Erwin Wurm style video in which a series of plaster hoops were "worn" in different ways by a couple of giggling frauleins and a boozy Pavarotti lookalike in a purple shirt who I decided (based on no evidence) was Herr West himself. It was a good concept, the sculptural connections between the body, the work, the television, the floor and the plinth all coming up in to visual conversation, but it suffered overall in my view from a blandness and quietness (this is becoming a common complaint. I think art should be, in whatever way, visually stimulating to a certain degree but to be honest I'm being unfair and biased just because I think video pieces should be loud and busy because I am still a 10 year old sherbert ridden simpleton at heart).

Anyway this is overall a pleasing and fresh show, well worth seeing but by no means the best thing of its ilk (give me John Bock or Erwin Wurm anytime). Its quite easy and colourful, and engaging in small, cheerful ways. Much like The Racoons.

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5 October 2006

'Plug' In

Today The Combination of Words to Form sentences is proud to present the work of Scottish artist Shona Macnaughton. In July 2006 Shona graduated from the Bournemouth Arts Institute, with a first class honours degree in Fine Art. Her work is predominantly focused toward sculpture, video and installation art. Although her theoretical intent is little known to us at this point, there is no mistaking the direct and compelling fashion in which her studio work is designed and sculpted. We salute you grandly. Make your way to the 'Artists' page to view this artists portfolio...

10 September 2006

Thus Cytoplasm

...Today the combination of words to form sentences introduces the work of Sound Designer and Sonic artist Shervin Shaeri. Shervin's short video is a collaborative project with french animator Martin Ruyant that will feature in the upcoming Raindance Film Festival. (http://www.raindancefilmfestival.org/) It may be described as a heavily synchronous exploration of objects, moving in seemingly endless space. White spheres move irregularly through black space, while electronic chimes and chords complement programmed movements. A bit like the first exploration of cytoplasm by a new-born cell (as mitochondria touch, an endoplasmic reticulum is thus displayed within the inner ribosome). Shervin Shaeri has a profile on the artists page from which this video of the complete reorganisation of the solar system can be accessed.

05 September 2006

2+2= 4 Artists Now Up

...The updates are steadily increasing. Today The Combination of Words to Form Sentences presents artist Thomas Owen's recent work, featured at the Slade School of Fine Art London degree show, summer 2006. These three paintings and one collage work are representative of the high standard of work we are used to seeing from the Slade and indeed Thomas Owen..We salute you both. Also, for your aural and literary pleasure; we present sonic artist and academic writer Daniel Campbell Blight's recent MPhil proposal for The Royal College of Art. Please see the 'Artists' page for more information on both artists work.

30 August 2006

First Artists 'Up'

...The first portfolio of work by artist Dr Geoffrey Glees is now available for viewing in the 'Images' page (a full textual accompaniment to his work is available via the link on the 'Artists' page also). Dr Glees' work stretches the boundaries of illustration and film installation into a world of pseudo-science. We are extremely happy to welcome Dr Glees as the latest addition to the combination of words to form sentences.

In addition to Dr Glees' full portfolio of work there is also preliminary information about new artists being added shortly to the artists page. Keep visiting back for continuous updates in the days to follow. The artists for eventual feature include Tom Owen, Jonathan Middleton, Vince Stephen, Jonathan Anderson and Daniel Campbell Blight.

23 August 2006

'One-page' website launch

...we have finally got the site launched after having the holding page up for more than four weeks. We are yet to build any more than this page to date but the rest should be up shortly. Below are a few pieces of information about the two people primarily involved; and shortly there will be additional peoples work featured in the artists page as well as various musical and sound works, essays, events and code around the site. We are extremely interested in people who would like their work featured on the combination of words to form sentences, so get in touch with either of the two email addresses below if you would like to be included in our growing community.

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