we make art - experiments

It has been a while...

2011-12-27T01:17:00.000-08:00

Happy Christmas everyone. We have been busy in the studio for a long while so we have neglected our website and blog, sorry!

Anyway we will update all of our latest projects, which include work for The Mac, BBC, and Land, Sea And Air Recordings, but to name a few.

Here is one of latest. We are currently working on a promo for the band Forged Motif, who are on LS&A Recordings. Here's a link to a little test: [sample film]

Credit List:
Director/Producer: Adam Guy
Assistant Director: Patrick Caulwell
Designer: Zara Malik
Actor: Jo Billingham

Hope you all enjoy the rest of your holiday,

WMA,

x

Reference Point

2011-04-04T04:34:00.003-07:00

This is the new updated version of the We Make Art Vs Barnbrook Poster, enjoy x

Ostrich Boys_Rep Theatre

2011-04-01T04:18:00.000-07:00

He are a bunch of screen grabs from 3 short trailers we have directed, filmed and done post on for the play Ostrich Boys. The commission came to us through our relationship with the very tallented Hannah Phillips, who is the director of the play.

The films should be on the Reps site site very soon - see here. The cast are soooo young and very talented... A pleasure to work with too...

Matthew Ashmore is the actor on the bike...

More Soon...

We Make Art Home GIG!!!

2011-03-31T10:30:00.000-07:00

OMG the date is getting ever so closer to our second ever home gig! Why 'O' Why did we except the challenge of a face-off with the amazing Jonathan Barnbrook!!! He is a legend... Well it will be an amazing night.

For more details:
HERE!

It is for a good cause too!

Guest List - Strictly our nans!

Some new relief tests for refPoint exhibition

2011-02-26T06:18:00.000-08:00

New test reliefs for refPoint show_more news soon...

New Work

2011-02-13T01:41:00.001-08:00

Been experimenting with molding our sculptures........

WE MAKE ART AV PERFORMANCE

2011-01-04T14:23:00.000-08:00

We have been asked back to our home town gallery [Wolverhampton] to do another AV performance - 20th January 2011

We're on at 7pm - it's all free and the have pop!

Poster Design by Odira Morewabone, Wolverhampton Art Gallery

Teaching at FEED

2010-11-17T03:48:00.000-08:00

Taught our regular session at the fantastic FEED Studio, Millennium Point, which is part of the brand new Birmingham Metropolitan College, with the HND Graphic Design second year students on Tuesday. Bloody hell that was a bit wordy! They are a great bunch of new designers coming through soon to industry - watch out!. Here are some pictures from the session. We were trying to work with them on generating visuals and sketchbook work for their autobiography brief away from the Mac. We re-introduced them to the old scalpel, paint, Letraset, drawing and tape! We then photocopied the illustrations to get those wonderful shadows and distortion where the copier tries to work out the depth of field. The only time we used the Mac was to type out the text and project the images large to re-shoot digitally, which added a new sort of blurriness and depth of field. A most enjoyable day...

Logo Police have been busy!!!

2010-11-10T06:41:00.000-08:00

I have been walking past this large format poster for weeks and found myself getting angry at the laziness of the branding! Why do so many corporate designers keep re-appropriating the Nike tick!!! Nice one to whoever did this - bloody great!!!

Inside Out film

2010-07-06T11:25:00.000-07:00

Just finished another film project with Hannah Philips. More news soon - for now here's a few screengrabs...

New work on site

2010-04-16T14:51:00.000-07:00

New work on our site www.wemakeart.com

Heterophobia at The Rep

2010-03-06T11:51:00.000-08:00

We are pleased to announce that we will be performing Heterophobia at The Rep, Birmingham on March 17th. Full details can be found here: www.birmingham-rep.co.uk

It's free - hopefully see you there!

Bloody Great

2010-03-06T09:30:00.000-08:00

[picture taken from off the CIB site]

It is probably very old news but for those of you that do not already know 'Created in Birmingham' have opened a shop in the Bullring. Probably because it is them doing it and not some 'Arts Council' funded one off talent sapping want to be curator or something equally shit - it's actually rather good. Professional artists, designers and students work exhibited together and all for sale. The work on show is bloody great and on a corny level it really helps to celebrate the local talent without the usual shite of Sunday Art, Si Scott rip offs and want to be Wanksy's, which tends to make these kind of things too parochial - come on.

Big respect to CIB,

WMA

Poster for Heterophbia Play

2010-03-02T13:12:00.001-08:00

Got the nod today from the client for the poster design too...

We've been busy!!!

2010-03-02T12:57:00.000-08:00

We have been busy with some 'Live action' work this week as part of the play [Heterophobia_The Rep_17th March] we are working on. Directed and shot in the studio and composited in After Effects.

Really nice to be working with real people!!!

Here is little sneak preview...

New Work for 2010

2010-02-18T06:18:00.000-08:00

We are very pleased to announce that we are once again working with the theatre Director Hannah Philips on a play entitled ‘Hetrophobia’, which will run at the REP, Birmingham in March, 2010. A tight turnaround but great to be working with her again after the success of ‘The Fear of Queer’ [see last post], which is traveling down to the West End in October 2010 – more news to follow on that soon.

We would also like to welcome Becky Wheeler to the ‘We Make Art’ team. Becky is working with us on this new production and is, as you read this, drawing out hundreds [well lots] of illustrations for the new ‘Hetrophobia’ films, welcome!

[above are screenshots from early production tests for ‘Hetrophobia].

The Fear of Queer

2010-02-18T05:49:00.000-08:00

During November 2009 we were working flat out on the production of ‘Fear of Queer’ directed by Hannah Philips. We Vjayed the films live in collaboration with the actor’s performances. The run of nights, which were at The Custard Factory Theatre, Birmingham played out to a full-house every night. We are proud to announce that the play is moving top the West End in October 2010, more information to follow.

Above; shots from play [photographed by Kayne Jackson] & Screengrapbs of actual film work.

OUR SITE IS DOWN!

2010-01-31T10:05:00.000-08:00

WE ARE HAVING TECHNICAL PROBLEMS WITH OUR
SITE _NORMA SERVICE WILL RESUME SOON!

More work on website

2009-11-03T05:28:00.000-08:00

Visit: wemakeart.com

where we have placed more screengrabs from the work we have done for the Play 'Fear of Queer', which premieres 19th November, Custard factory, First night Sold Out sorry...

New Work

2009-11-03T05:23:00.000-08:00

We are happy to announce that we have just won a pitch to animate a series of films for Practical Car & Van Hire. They are a nationwide company that started 25 years ago in Brum - so we are more than happy to help them celebrate their silver anniversary by producing a series of films that take you through the 80's, 90's and the (sorry for using this term) the noughties... The films will be used at the birthday celebration as well as virals and adverts. More info and screengrabs soon.

Rehearsal FOR FEAR OF QUEER

2009-10-28T14:45:00.000-07:00

Tonight's rehearsal went well. The actors are really coming together. We need to tighten up on the film side of things but it's looking really strong - tech tomorrow at the actual theatre, which will help enormously with getting the films right in respect to colour and contrast. Just left and caught the train, which is going the long route back to wolves...

We are the only people on the train except for an MP in first class whose names we can't remember... Although I recall he did give back something like £4k's worth of expenses for which he refuses to say what they were for. Probably 1st class tickets back and forth to Landan! Champaign socialist...

hanging on...

2009-09-28T10:40:00.000-07:00

Saw this at about 7.30am, which helped set the day up nicely...

WE HAVE A WEBSITE

2009-09-18T09:48:00.000-07:00

We have caved in and made a very small website to house our commercial work. Here's the URL: www.wemakeart.com

Feel free to look through our work and get in touch to point out anything not working and our spelling mistakes.

cheers,

wma

Working on a theatre brief...

2009-08-08T08:32:00.000-07:00

We are very proud to announce that we are currently working on a theatre production with Hannah Philips and Shout. We are producing a series of printed material as well as motion graphics for the play itself. Attached are some visuals as well as the poster. This is the first time in several years we have had the pleasure of hooking up with the very talented writer and director Hannah Philips - so we are very pleased to be working on this.

Hannah is an extremely experienced and original director that always produces extraordinarily powerful plays. The play runs: Thurs 19th, Fri 20th, Sat 21st November 2009 @ 8pm
More info soon,

wma

New Pics from an old job...

2009-08-05T14:40:00.000-07:00

A friend of WMA sent us a few fresh pictures of a VJ set we did over a year ago. It was part of the Launch celebrations at Birmingham Metropolitan College's opening of their beautiful Fashion and Graphics studios, Millennium Point, Birmingham. Thought we would post them up...