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02 May2018

barque of the lost daze

Written by David Kemp. Posted in The Blog

This winter ,I avoided the cold weather, cold and damp of my workshop and worked instead from the warmth and shelter of my garden room.
Limited space has meant that I have had to work on a small scale, but I have been constructing more sculptures  from  similar objects rescued from the rapidly accumulating pile of redundant domestic electrical components that clutter our  lives.

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The barque of the lost daze

 

 

 

The so called “digital age” of “smart devices” designed to assist our lives ,

also seems increasingly to order and even control  us?

There are clever machines for every task ,answers for  every question,instant information  for all enquiries.

Information  however,is not necessarily knowledge,  and I.T  does not supply  wisdom.

 

 

 

Traditional beliefs and philosophies are falling like dominoes ,succumbing to the  “authority” of  artificial intelligence,

misinformation and “fake news” Belief systems, consumerism  politics ,democracy ,and faiths  are being  overtaken  by  the

omnipotent ,but very convenient machines, that some fear  may soon render  humans  redundant ?

 

“CROSS WIRED”

 

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27 Apr2018

back at work

Written by David Kemp. Posted in The Blog

I am back at work making small scale sculptures and painting pictures again,

Soon I will be updating this blog with news of my recent  projects.

I am sorry for my recent long   absence, this is due entirely to health reasons, but hopefully, I have found some new ways of working which will circumnavigate  these problems.

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In the meantime, here are a few recent smaller sculptures.

 

 

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04 Jul2014

the Wastelands, sketchbook,Sheffield 1988

Written by David Kemp. Posted in The Blog

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At junction 34,the motorway,a blue snake,loops east of Sheffield.                                                                                               

It was autumn in the valley of the Don,and the bricks were falling like leaves.

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In the desolation that was Attercliffe,only the walls of gutted factories were left standing,enclosing empty lots.

Scrapyards overflowed, untidy metal nests, wedged between junctions,under railway arches,and overhanging canals.

Returning to Sheffield,old iron and steel is trundled,rumbled,grabbed and and humbled,on its way to a new incarnation.

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In Grimesthorpe and Brightside,from Bessamer to Cyclops road ,past Vulcan works and out to Carsbrook,lone buildings tremble as the demolition machines crunch caterpillar closer.

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The brick strewn plains,and dead cats in sacks lands of Attercliffe,await regeneration.

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The view of the proposed sculpture site, from my workshop window at Sheffield Science Park.

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Excerpts from David Kemps sketchbook, Autumn 1988.

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03 Jul2014

HEAVY PLANT Sheffield

Written by David Kemp. Posted in The Blog

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I built the Heavy Plant in 1988, in the courtyard of  of the recently opened SHEFFIELD SCIENCE PARK , from the detritus of Sheffield’s  once huge steel industries, discovered in scrapyards and demolished buildings,in and around the city.

Now,26 years later, the clever earth(steel) from which the piece was made is rusting away , and the sculpture finds itself(again), in the way of new developments .

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A campaign has been started in Sheffield to re site the sculpture,

to view the campaign film, look under the video section on this website,

or, visit  http://vimeo.com/98880097   Contact the campaign  SaveHeavyPlant@Gmail.com

or look  at the facebook page   www.facebook.com.SaveHeavyPlant or twitter@SaveHeavyPlant

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  • Old King Coal September 18, 2018
  • The DEPARTMENT OF RECONSTRUCTION~”building a better yesterday” July 19, 2018
  • PUBLIC HANGING at WELLS ,SOMERSET July 19, 2018
  • plastic tides May 16, 2018
  • barque of the lost daze May 2, 2018
  • back at work April 27, 2018
  • the Wastelands, sketchbook,Sheffield 1988 July 4, 2014
  • HEAVY PLANT Sheffield July 3, 2014
  • E-phemera…Portrait masks from a celebrity culture. December 9, 2013
  • Autumn on the clifftops December 3, 2013
  • INTERCELTIQUE FESTIVAL LORIENT July 17, 2013
  • The NAVIGATORS,London Bridge May 15, 2013
  • Well-Heeled Bitches March 11, 2013
  • Fragments from the Ruins March 1, 2013
  • The Tribe that held the Sky up January 17, 2013
  • Is Art Fair? January 12, 2013
  • BRITISH SURREALISTS, Falmouth Art Gallery September 10, 2012
  • National Theatre London August 16, 2012
  • THE BIRDMAN’S HUT Grizedale Forest July 13, 2012
  • Tidy Junk? June 12, 2012
  • Post Digital neo-PUNK? March 28, 2012
  • Weather or not? March 28, 2012
  • Wet on Wetter January 24, 2012
  • The DELABOLE GIANT November 29, 2011
  • FLEXIPLANTS, instant landscapes, EDEN PROJECT October 11, 2011
  • DAUBING & DABBLING August 15, 2011
  • The IRON HORSE July 6, 2011
  • In the Mix….May 2011 May 23, 2011
  • A Tall Order from OTTERHAM School April 20, 2011
  • Greenhouse of Other Worlds,EDEN PROJECT March 15, 2011
  • Fish & Ships,LIVERPOOL February 14, 2011
  • Shipshape, or a bit Fishy? January 25, 2011
  • INDUSTRIAL GIANTS December 27, 2010
  • Pink Fluffy Sausages December 13, 2010
  • The Hanging Baskets of Basildon November 9, 2010
  • The Best Art You’ve Never Seen October 7, 2010
  • Jurrasic Botallack Botany September 20, 2010
  • Garden of Plastic Delights August 16, 2010
  • SO CHOUGH ED! July 29, 2010
  • Department of Reconstruction July 6, 2010
  • Heirlooms & Antiques? May 31, 2010
  • The BOTALLACK HOARD…..What the papers say April 27, 2010
  • Twenty Thousand uncertain Visitors March 24, 2010
  • CORNISH JUNK over four decades March 15, 2010
  • THE BOTALLACK HOARD Royal Cornwall Museum March 1, 2010
  • TINNERS HOUNDS February 14, 2010
  • Talking Rubbish ? January 19, 2010
  • LEKTRIK AMPHIBIANS January 1, 2010
  • STEAM PUNK? December 23, 2009
  • “OVER THE MOON “in St Ives December 21, 2009
  • More Uncertain Instruments December 3, 2009
  • UNCERTAIN INSTRUMENTS on exhibition in SOUTH SHIELDS January 1, 2009

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