ALTAR

I thought the best way of consolidating all my work for my Master's in Fine Art this semester,was to build a Shrine/Altar in the Project/Space of the M.A studio.I really enjoyed collaging all the elements together and the project hopefully gives off a strong aura of the esoteric and the liminal.We seem to hang in a vacuum of sheer Surreality as we study it's contents and I feel that I am finally getting somewhere in terms of the strength of the line in my work,how this relates to form,the use of colour and the concept of creating a ritual/devotional environment that may very well give birth to further installation work! x

https://soundcloud.com/james-sheer-phaily/hekt2

Please check out the soundscape above which informs the installation! x

 

SATURNALIAN ONSLAUGHT

PERFORMANCE - Greyfriars, Lincoln, XMAS PARTY-2013

 

After the success of my Samhain Vigil I was conscious I should mark and give some recognition to the onset of the Solstice and the start of the Ancient Roman (twelve day) feast of Saturnalia.

 

  On the morning of the party I decided I would like to perform, so rang up my friend Tom (who was helping organize it), who gave me the go-ahead. I was thrilled. Tom asked me if I had a mystic cowl to wear (as I have done on previous occasions) but explained that I only borrowed that. It was decided then that I would perform shirtless and go barefoot, which I have become used to ritually, after hanging out with my friend the Australian Artist/Mage Orryelle Defenstrate-Bascule.

 

The performance went really well, things seemed to flow really well and everyone was in good “spirits”. I got a good reaction. The highlight of my performance(for me) was undoubtedly Orryelle’s TIA-MAAT chant from his Labyrinth LP.

 

Overall I think it flowed seamlessly, allowing the performance to be a moment in itself. I really liked being in the Zone and making people happy. PLEASE LISTEN TO THE RECORDING OF MY SET BELOW x 

 

https://soundcloud.com/james-sheer-phaily/greyfriars1-wav