tom johnson : artwork

one of the new pieces im making for Iteration 2 is starting to take shape:

more words from fellow MadeScapes contributor Trevor Smith: February 15th 2012 It’s hardly news to announce that around 97% of my Facebook friends are not my friends.  A quick skim over the list reveals a collection (three hundred and fourteen of them) of former workmates, distant family members – some of whom I have never met – old college friends, a guy that sold me a pushbike three years ago, and one person whose friend request I accidentally accepted.  I addressed the accidental ‘friending’ via private message; her response was that her initial friend request was also an accident.  In a relationship it would make a great ‘first time we met’ story, but based on her status updates and her comments on other people’s status updates, we appear to be utterly incompatible, and now I am afraid to delete her because, despite my former assertions to the contrary, Facebook is the real world, and our mutual friends may swing to her favour, should I choose to proceed with th...

We managed to get access to the redcliffe bridge control room in bristol for a little while before christmas. So as another MadeScapes project, i collaborated with Jack Addis , Alex Cotterell and Will Kendrick  to produce a moving light/sculpture/installation which was imaginatively titled 'Control Room'. If u are wanting to see it in real life im afraid u missed the chance for this configuration.. but fear not, the piece will be reconstructed and reinstalled for ur viewing pleasure in the very near future...