davinci daman

Flicking through my sketchbook, I was goin over some anatomical drawings of arms 

and it reminded me of the Vitruvian man... 

I wish i could use photoshop to change him into a typical Weegie. 

That would be aces. But I can't yet.. But this idea of taking a traditional image and changing it is appealing more and more...

history of a heroin addict in 100 objects...

I saw an article in the guardian about an exhibit of the 'History of the World in 100 Objects' and i wondered what it would be like to see someones personal history... Pieces of their life that marked turning points or decisions made. And this link puts you through to an AWESOME digitallycomputertastical thing to guide you through them...

http://www.bbc.co.uk/ahistoryoftheworld/explorerflash/#/contributor/137/

aaaaaaaaanthrax ? what the... ?

Heroin tainted with anthrax, that's a new one eh? The contaminated heroin is smuggled in goat skins when it is transported from Afghanistan where it is manufactured and users in Scotland and worldwide unknowingly inject it into themselves.

As if smack wasn't dangerous enough! 

What level of trust must users have to put themselves at such risk. We all get an injection once in a while from a doctor.. but to think it was something else that was in the needle. Worrying.

it all boils down to politics...

Was researching the Opium Wars, found some amazing images... 

har har har.

Aaron Nace is an artist I have recently found. I love his blunt use of dark comedy.

 Struggling to decide what kind of message I want to send to the viewer now, 

I don't want people to think I'm not taking it seriously... 

woooooooooooooooooooooooow.

Bianca Chang's 'The Making of A' video shows real dedication.

 I've been looking at text for so long now and this piece was so nice. 

Really would like to work with paper on some level...

you really can find anything on google...

Gaylie showed me some fantastic links to use for researching. 

http://www.exchangesupplies.org/

http://www.erowid.org/chemicals/heroin/heroin.shtml

Really unbiased, factual info about heroin use, and forums FOR heroin users BY heroin users. 

I ordered craploads of stuff from exchange supplies. 

They even do discreet packaging! 

Nice to see that there are organisations that don't attach a stigma.

fluid sculpture.

Fluid Sculpture from Charlie Bucket on vimeo. Since I've been studying arms, anatomy and the likes I was really intruiged when I found this video. I put a picture in my sketchbook but the video really is quite something. I love how this looks like an intravenous drip all tangled up...

Reminds me of the Kinetic Sculptures I looked at in the last project.