Steve Taylor’s business basics session was super important and eye opening for me. He introduced us to business terminology that is often heard but not understood and it felt like the most real world knowledge imparted onto us within three years. He told us how to set ourselves up as a small business as an… Continue reading Professional futures 6
Author: Lucas Yoshimura Wood
Professional futures 5
It seems more difficult than ever to live as an artist. It can be seen even with the established people that give us guest lectures that many of them have side hustles/multiple revenue streams related to their practice or not. Otherwise they are an academic and get funding for research from working in universities or… Continue reading Professional futures 5
professional futures 4
From studying at university I have realised I struggle very much with organising and motivating myself to make my own work, therefore I feel the freelance artist route is not well suited for me. I weirdly feel I would enjoy a “boring” office job for the structure it would bring to my day to day… Continue reading professional futures 4
proffesional futures 3
I am not sure if I want to continue with my installation practice as without the resources of a university it becomes infinitely more difficult. I have read through some open calls and residencies for the appraisal that might suit my practice of audiovisual, digital, video, projection… arts which may offer me the support to… Continue reading proffesional futures 3
Professional futures 2
After graduating from LCC I would like to continue with my noise performance practice using no input mixing board, guitar pedals and feedback. Although it was stressful, I really enjoyed the Corsica studios gig and last year Tata and I did a couple improvised performances at Gallery 46, Old Church Stoke Newington and Avalon café… Continue reading Professional futures 2
Professional futures 1
Looking back over these three years I cant help but feel regretful of all the missed opportunities because I didn’t put myself out there. I spent so much of the course doubting my place on it, often rejecting the term musician or sound artist because I didn’t feel like I did enough to call myself… Continue reading Professional futures 1
prototype review
Reflecting on this prototype there are a few things I think I can develop or change in the future. Firstly I need to experiment more with different mediums or even if I want it as an installation at all. The projector definitely has its advantages in the ability to play with light as an object… Continue reading prototype review
diy
Over the holiday my dad and I made a DIY rat distortion pedal from a kit I got for Christmas. I am yet to house it in a box but it was good practice for my aims to build some sort of instrument for my portfolio. Working on skills such as organising parts, following circuit… Continue reading diy
Process – sound
I used a simple no-input setup – just 4 loops without any effects pedals as I wanted to keep the sound quite uniform as they would be layered after. Also the style I was going for was more of a noise wall sound compared to my usual performance improvisation (which focuses on more select noises)… Continue reading Process – sound
process – image
I went on a walk with a friend to Hampstead heath and began noticing the potential noisiness in nature. I kicked myself for not bringing my film camera I had intended to try for this project so just used my phone as tester images to then try recreate. However the photos stuck. I have used… Continue reading process – image