On Second Thoughts, Eddie!

My friend from back in our art school days Eddie Peake is starring in this bad-disco-style art flick called "On Second thoughts, Eddie!". You can see it in full at the Jerwood Space/London on 29th Jul.


Trailer for film "On second thoughts, Eddie!" by Paul Richards, Jason Dungan, Jenifer Evans, Claire Hooper, Eddie Peake, Guy Rusha, Gili Tal, Joseph Walsh.

Eddie's a fabulous artist, and it's pretty refreshing to see art that is humourous and unpredictable at the same time. I also like the "Put Out the Bin" collective, whose philosophy is "Choreography VS. Chaos":

Cat-Nap VS. British Gas Eyes

Rancid Glamour Photography by Mike Topping

Also check out: Eddie's online chef d'oeuvre: "The Discrepancy Between My Intentions and Your Understanding" here.

How to Make An Earthquake Simulator

Section Cut: "Disaster Simulator (Welcome to Your Mind)", 2008

I'm currently working on a project to make an earthquake simulator (Disaster Simulator-Welcome to Your Mind) with Vaccine (carpenter) and Nuk and Nun (my technician-mechanic uncles) to be shown as part of an ArtAids project that'll travel through Thailand/France/Amsterdam (2008/2009)

Basically, you walk up to the gallery, and you're like "Oh Shit! The only entrance is through that dark, cramped passageway in the corner...what do I do now?" Suddenly this hand (probably mine) pushes you inside and you're forced to feel your way around this completely dark, twisting passageway. You keep walking for what seems like ages and ages and every now and then the whole floor shakes really violently. When you finally reach the end (if you do)....there's a door, which you push open, and then...........SURPRISE!!!!

Apparently the queene will be visiting on the opening night (merde!!!!).

Also, all I keep hearing about these days is the news that Bangkok will be hit by earthquakes and floods sometime within the next four months, apparently similar to the recent catastrophes of China and Burma. So I thought this would be a good piece to recreate now, in our day and age where everyone fears everything.

Section cut closeup: under the floorboards, motors, springs, timing device and sensors.

General View (without walls)

Bird's eye view.