whenever I travel I try to be sure to place a project around it to maximise what is possible from the carbon footprint of my journey. This is a comprehensive historical reference of past designs of Tokyo Taxi signage, now but a memory as they are swallowed up by the larger taxi corporates.

I am constantly amazed by what is possible in the studio with a very simple foundry setup.

FUSION; the process or result of joining two or more things together to form one, a new single entity : the fusion of an idea.

El artista Alexander James Hamilton ha reunido a la comunidad local para reabrir este edificio abandonado para usos culturales. Desde el 16 de junio de 2020 hasta el 20 de septiembre de 2020

These are small paintings taken underwater and captured on anaogue 8 by 10 inch film plates on a Sinar camera system..

the artist has rallied the local community to re-open this derelict building for cultural uses.

view the latest release prints and works on paper by underwater environmental artist Alexander James Hamilton. Exploring the mechanics of water as a primary medium for three decades through a studio & location based practice.

a site specific installation bequested to the project site by the artist.

each a unique 10 x 10 cm chromogenic print mounted onto pure recycled copper

for many years this site has been closed, but the artist has rallied to local community to re-think of its potential.

The painting has unfortunately been cut from a much larger canvas, and appears to be dated 1798.

The building has been disused for over 185 years with only its baroque skeleton remaining

notifying the UN of its intention to leave, as other countries express regret and disappointment at the move.

Fabricated in 2015, packed away and forgotten about, a wonderful discovery.

photography as a tool used to negotiate my idea of reality.

the lifelong lack of a television in my life, has undoubtably changed my perception of the world.

talking 'Romanticism' the brooding and intensely personal eighteenth-century art and literary movement and today

Restoring a 17h Century hermitage

sharing her thoughts on the artist residency, two months after the exhibition closes.

his thoughts on what next and about the residency. 'I wrote it exactly as I feel' Oleg Deetz.

Working for cleaner waters around the world promoting a #3RStrategy - #Reduce #Reuse #Recycle

the Dark Vat artist residency as published by Red Ravine & Arkadiy Vorobyev

stating 'this is how artists learn not to fear their own ambitions'.

in the space renowned architect Norman Foster designed

by Elizaveta Stefankina

2 documentary film makers interpret ‘Dark Vat' filming the artists around the city of Krasnoyarsk.

information announcing the opening of the exhibition.

Dark Vat - By Elizaveta Stefankina

Arts Editor visit the Dark Vat Studio in Krasnoyarsk

a film from inside the space on the media open day

a film defining the purpose & philosophy of the artist residency

as each of the artists search for pockets of silence to be able to root and grow.

Notes from attending the 'plastic free Maldives' workshop an important gathering of decision makers.

artists working in the fields of ballet, opera, filmmakers, photographers, composers, pianists, digital creators, poets & sculptors are invited to apply.

Interview transcript

shot offshore on grainy 5*4 inch polaroid film stock that expired in 1987.

whilst Gregory uses a great deal of post production in his works, the scale of the production is very filmic.

Art and science have their meeting point in method. Observing nature, merely documenting my experiments.

Attended by island elders, representatives from the presidents office, scientists, educators & #EPA

No liquid behaves quite as oddly as water

for the remote islands of the Maldives

experiments with studio built Cree lighting units.

a look inside the exhibition with Dellasposa Gallery.

a book that strives to uncover the deeper meaning behind the artworks of today.

continuing on from a project I started 30 years ago.

Camilla Apcar visits the exhibition 'Death of the dream'.

ArtNet asks how to continue challenging our understanding of photography as a medium.

opening with Dellasposa Gallery.

Exploring the history & meaning behind artists using flag motifs.

asking how water can be an artistic medium ?

Only three countries have not signed up to this important environmental agreement.

Artnet article leads with the headline - 5 Artworks that remind us of the latest runway gowns.

Studio as laboratory, article published 02/17. in issue 13 of After Nyne Magazine.

words by Finnian Mallally Muschinski

working primarily on 10 * 8 & 5 * 4 inch plates

underwater floral abstractions

unique print donated.

exploring what's wrong with modern art.

joins the Donna Spaan Collection.

article 'Dancing with Butterflies'

noted in letter from Professor Andrei Tolstoy (nee. Leo) 1956-2016. dated 14th July 2014

why this painting is so important.

A very frank and off the cuff interview with Christa Leonard, founder of Philistine Magazine

by Kimberley Brown

article by Eloise Stevens from the 2015 artist residency.

'Activating The Abyss'

filmed on location in the Moscow studio "Red October'

inspiring new environmental works

A group of nine young artists working together for a month.

filmed in 1972 this short film is insightful, raw & touching.

Sophie Fenella. Prayers for sleep re-written..

The watery world of Alexander James Eva-Luise Schwarz Editor-In-Chief, Four Magazine

10 artists, 1 Studio 1 month. London. August 2015.

an alliance with nature

discussing OIL + WATER the Siberian project

Oil & Water shortlisted

strange and ethereal.

a glass work that has pure gold microscopically ground and ingested through water intake.

With Jeff Campagna published Feb 2015

light prism made of ice

with Eva Luise Schwarz

studio beds in for a cold four months

'OIL & WATER' - The Siberian project

with Britt Pfluger

opening texts for 'Rastvorennaya Pechal'

BY JOSH SIMS

with master framer Simon Quinn

TV Interview at the opening of Rastvorennaya Pechal, Triumph Gallery. Moscow.

by Sophie Jane Newstead

a stunning collection to view download and study

Anna McNay poses questions as I drive back from Russia

It seems I come with 'Hazard Markers' with old themes still haunting me.

did you really think we would go without one....

arts editor Alice Lagnado caught up with Alexander James in London.

Reflection pool installed

all new works since 2013 are produced as unique works.

getting the keys

Crossing the border into Russia, I slowly make my way to Moscow alone in the truck through thick winter blizzards.

including key Vanitas works

Lizzy Worby investigates my practice.

Garrison Golubock in talks about the Moscow relocation.

the public attack on Andres Serranos' piece titled 'Piss Christ'.

These species hatch in the studio begins breeding program.

- by Shakira Malkani

an homage

- a big thank you to all those involved

discussing 'behind the art'.

how the works were created in the studio

during the installation of 'Intersection'.

Reuters, the first outside camera to ever enter the Distil Ennui Studio

Matilda Battersby looks into my process ahead of 'intersection'

Hedge magazine's arts editor visits the exhibition

as vanitas takes over

natural developments in still life

this time with poppies

195*195 cms AP 'Glass' work in final framing

feature glass series

Closing tomorrow

hatching new butterfly specimens

Iconoclasts

Photography as a lesser medium than paint

Masters of Photography Film (1972)

Reminded today of the wonderful work by Dorothea Lange

Tokyo Taxi, shoot update from Teito Taxi Co. in Shinbashi - the oldest in Tokyo

my first showing with new gallery Pertwee Anderson & Gold.

a broad program of rare species will join the family very soon

The night I met Nancy Fouts at her second opening with the gallery.

The Rights Grab Is Spreading - Image Makers Beware

A series created in response to the BP oil disaster Deepwater Horizon April 20, 2010.

what will be the legacy from the Deepwater Horizon catastrophe

the disappointing breakup of an important collection of donated works Not Respecting Photographers Rights.