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I'm currently still updating all the content within this new site, all retrospective news should be populated and up to date by the 10th of June, as you can see I still have two years worth to do! Thanks for your patients.
BBC Radio WM and Soundscape Birmingham May 2007
Soundscape Birmingham is a project Edward is embarking on throughout the months of December to February. He will be asking the population of Birmingham to supply him with any sound clips that are from Birmingham or remind people of Birmingham. He will himself be collecting sounds and will be mixing all the sample references into a musical Soundscape.
2nd March 2007: The Courtyard
From the 2nd March until the 14th of April 2007 Edward held a public exhibition of his latest works at the Courtyard Hereford Centre for Arts. This was a full display of his latest works together with some retrospective work; video displays, work installations and "Walking Autumn Wye".
Take a look at the Courtyard atwww.courtyard.org.uk
September 2006: Montreal to Utah to Birmingham Alabama!
This work is for a new building designed by LPD architects that is being built in Birmingham Alabama. This September 2006 Edward was in Montreal for the first stage of the testing process and he will be back in Montreal in six months time to start the project and the work.
March 2006 Solo Exhibition, Birmingham Central Library
This one month long solo exhibition featured works from the “Rhythm” collection and included a retrospective look at work and methods leading up to the Rhythmo-Kinetic style.
January 2006 Workshop Display
This workshop was held for art students with mental disabilities. Edward held a Q&A session with a talk on his working method. He then painted a piece of work and took feedback on the process.
November 2005_Live Painting Display
To celebrate the first year of the Art Lounge opening in Manchester, Edward was asked to paint and display his latest work for the invited guest audience.
Sunday 21st August 2005 - Live Performance 2
Edward's second live performance was this time staged open-air by the bar and cafe area of the mailbox for Discovery Day.
Edward painted to another jazz drum and bass influenced album, Roni Size's "In the Mode"
The finished creation is a 3.5 metre by 1.5 metre two-piece perspex painted with a mixture of oil based gloss, oil based egg-shell, enamel, Hammerite and acrylic. The piece it entitled "Rhythm the Mode"
Saturday 23rd July 2005 - Live Performance
Edward staged a live painting performance at Birmingham's prestigious leisure and shopping complex, The Mailbox. This event was held outside the art lounge art gallery and was filmed for his forthcoming documentary by the creative channel tv network.
This event saw Edward indulge in his passion for painting to music on a large scale, letting sound and rhythm directly influence the outcome of his work.
The finished creation is a 4 metre by 2 metre canvas painted with a mixture of acrylic, oil based gloss, oil based egg-shell and enamel and is named "Rhythm, Deeper, Wider"
The piece was created to the album "Deeper, Wider, Smoother - Shit" an early jazz drum and bass album by James Hardway. To see more about James Hardway's work visit www.jameshardway.com