tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34120022567184651242024-03-05T11:42:57.876+00:00Optimism as Cultural RebellionMatthew Stonehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03727567284475764137noreply@blogger.comBlogger154125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3412002256718465124.post-50590609403179215582009-11-05T00:48:00.006+00:002009-11-05T01:03:37.872+00:00NEW URL - Please Adjust Your Links<a href="http://www.matthewstone.co.uk"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnKgk-WhNC1iIkp0PGJ6wcRGoKQj9Tn-Ww_9f5MXMnat8uFV96xvkY9tM_oPlVAdmqhokfXC6p9orE_belDbtUC1DjIV1JQwAx4hSVB6hyphenhyphenpelcxFo-TKD5XvM4rAjD4LRuWV9pBMT0ank/s400/OptimismSquare.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5400417588547212930" border="0" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">Please visit the new home of my blog and portfolio: <a href="http://www.blogger.com/www.MatthewStone.co.uk">www.MatthewStone.co.uk</a></div>Matthew Stonehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03727567284475764137noreply@blogger.com164tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3412002256718465124.post-78836386238760500562009-10-30T22:34:00.000+00:002009-10-30T22:37:39.144+00:00The Kiss<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGG2rMhrBH1dBWNfMf8dXtJa2oAAXlIm-Frs2QCe_jsOtAJUdjm0IYBcid0qAgFLs4p5CtglTTxf0H9eaiVqgZPSfGbn4WWwLYRjr9PJWQL4CJINRr1Tj-N0HxIeOOWrlqeR7zqB57opI/s1600-h/20580007.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; 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display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 265px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhaJIvuWF34YGNzTnZ1hq2DSmhZqJCik_N364PElSuTcpba1Ehg0EQ7EXNsBAihvcAx2ATQM8YEOdjkB3jNVCWuBl2br9wVKPP8hdXaFg1Oxk18N6xIYr3g-20FXmU2SzR6IQSBxzYXJfE/s400/42950005.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5398371455522380818" border="0" /></a>Matthew Stonehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03727567284475764137noreply@blogger.com238tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3412002256718465124.post-51287996947857388942009-10-28T13:47:00.005+00:002009-10-28T13:57:34.514+00:00Skate at Somerset House! SHOWstudio presents: Matthew Stone<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.somersethouse.org.uk/images/cm_images/17304-IR-0809-Crispin-Hughe.jpg"><br /><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 282px; height: 241px;" src="http://www.somersethouse.org.uk/images/cm_images/17304-IR-0809-Crispin-Hughe.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:Times;font-size:medium;"><p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;">On Friday December 4th on behalf of SHOWstudio I will be DJing for Skate at Somerset House! </span></p><p><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;">Book now on 0844 847 1520 or </span><a href="http://www.ticketmaster.co.uk/promo/pkcd7k?camefrom=CFC_UK_SOM_ICE_SHWEB"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;">HERE</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;">.</span></span></p><p><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;">Tiffany & Co presents</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size:100%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;">SKATE at Somerset House</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-size:100%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;">Skate beneath the stars in the heart of London this winter, as Somerset House ice rink celebrates its 10th birthday. The Skate Café & Bar is a great place to meet, with a range of hot foods, beers, spicy mulled wine and plenty of bubbly. Spectators are always welcome, so bring some friends and relax in the bar after your skate. Open all day and into the night, Somerset House ice rink is London’s favourite winter tradition.</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-size:100%;"><i><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;">"One of the most impressive skating backdrops in town - arguably in the world"</span></b></i></span></p><p><span style="font-size:100%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;">Time Out, The Best Of London 2009</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-size:100%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;">17 November 2009 - 24 January 2010</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size:100%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;">Book now on 0844 847 1520 or </span><a href="http://www.ticketmaster.co.uk/promo/pkcd7k?camefrom=CFC_UK_SOM_ICE_SHWEB"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;">HERE</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;">.</span></span></p></span>Matthew Stonehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03727567284475764137noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3412002256718465124.post-18898080342973629842009-10-26T15:05:00.001+00:002009-10-26T15:08:06.132+00:00The Centre of the Universe - Triumph of the Will<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkWSWrRDW9pXMbsM_WH7YFWSoPHSIoS7uTvIGNBHNeCukT8NgML5UTt1nfLJGVsEOTepCDT5nNnCaJeNmBrXNbFTRA_nj1QRKa1e21mk1WMpjc4sKMAXozqNq48uk6VHrkpAsf0yXTAzg/s1600-h/72130023.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; 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display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 265px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIXwCSNTmXKDU1jLpKyzHycdl2ItlB50OQVWRBdBKQFQuEe2OIzenE09q6B3eOQKUelyseBROqlZAwVgnWyAc7iqmrizocmfcYHlTEjMbEpN1VLdTwP91ZBwy4lYOJBpVOv0Z99DuuiIU/s400/72130018.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5396925434068776722" border="0" /></a>Matthew Stonehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03727567284475764137noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3412002256718465124.post-82575886066150579922009-10-20T16:35:00.000+01:002009-10-20T16:36:31.266+01:00Katie Shillingford<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_NDOtb6Fojn8/St3Y8scArRI/AAAAAAAABiI/7dxNkRhlOx8/s1600-h/Katy_Shillingford.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 265px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_NDOtb6Fojn8/St3Y8scArRI/AAAAAAAABiI/7dxNkRhlOx8/s400/Katy_Shillingford.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5394706465892117778" /></a>Matthew Stonehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03727567284475764137noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3412002256718465124.post-82619701555687591242009-10-19T21:59:00.001+01:002009-10-19T22:00:28.092+01:00Sophie!<div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://profile.ak.fbcdn.net/v228/774/70/n1612110057_2365.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 270px;" src="http://profile.ak.fbcdn.net/v228/774/70/n1612110057_2365.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a>I'm guessing from this Facebook profile picture, I found out who got it!<br /></div>Matthew Stonehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03727567284475764137noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3412002256718465124.post-49605544544687241382009-10-19T14:23:00.002+01:002009-10-19T14:28:21.361+01:00The Free Art Fair<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_NDOtb6Fojn8/StxohIAx4NI/AAAAAAAABh8/HwH9Tx8Hbbo/s1600-h/WaysOfbecomingEachOther(Detail)_FreeARTFair.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 262px; height: 400px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_NDOtb6Fojn8/StxohIAx4NI/AAAAAAAABh8/HwH9Tx8Hbbo/s400/WaysOfbecomingEachOther(Detail)_FreeARTFair.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5394301371978735826" /></a><br /><div>On Sunday at the Barbican I gave away this large-scale artwork "Ways of Becoming Each Other (Detail)" for free. It was part of the Free Art Fair 09, organised by Jasper Joffe.</div><div><br /></div><div>I'm not sure who got the piece, but I left a post-it in the back promising to sign it if the new owner gets in touch! Does anyone know who has it? I'd love to document it in its final resting place.</div><div><br /></div><div>Matthew Stone</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div>Matthew Stonehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03727567284475764137noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3412002256718465124.post-81677604167267379102009-10-15T13:22:00.000+01:002009-10-15T13:23:24.540+01:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_NDOtb6Fojn8/StcUAbscZ5I/AAAAAAAABhk/Vcmff4SsZnE/s1600-h/MatthewStone_09.jpg" style="text-decoration: none;"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 138px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_NDOtb6Fojn8/StcUAbscZ5I/AAAAAAAABhk/Vcmff4SsZnE/s400/MatthewStone_09.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5392801076466182034" /></a>Matthew Stonehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03727567284475764137noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3412002256718465124.post-89452920718797491452009-10-15T13:10:00.006+01:002009-10-15T13:21:55.470+01:00Simon says<div><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_NDOtb6Fojn8/StcRNpH7hMI/AAAAAAAABhM/PxQD_wFiYs8/s1600-h/Simon.jpg"><img src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_NDOtb6Fojn8/StcRNpH7hMI/AAAAAAAABhM/PxQD_wFiYs8/s400/Simon.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5392798004874544322" style="display: block; 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margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 265px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_NDOtb6Fojn8/StcRcKeYMWI/AAAAAAAABhU/BiWhW29Sqkc/s400/20590008.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5392798254345236834" /></a><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#0000EE;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000000;"><br /></span></span></span></div></div>Matthew Stonehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03727567284475764137noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3412002256718465124.post-20983467886924981552009-10-15T13:04:00.001+01:002009-10-15T14:30:32.355+01:00Street Dance<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_NDOtb6Fojn8/StcQeSuK2_I/AAAAAAAABhE/Qod4Imsj_zw/s1600-h/Headless.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 265px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_NDOtb6Fojn8/StcQeSuK2_I/AAAAAAAABhE/Qod4Imsj_zw/s400/Headless.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5392797191407066098" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSGyKSIIQF_0gMBs7yQRT_nYGVA72KkgzKmEBvHZ5bQag2zX_nMKgIK0hFLM95wNd21dyeySq1tQY5zLM3bIDlQgx8XKtiWa0g9YbxOqSrRHTf4xvtcNCNp2IJV7rLTo5_3dDrKDWiZrs/s1600-h/Karley+Sciortino.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; 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Post Modernism flounders sopping our feet, knowing that the new ways of being are happy yet, not to concrete.<br /><br />The first urges and attempts to facilitate a "re-modernism" will fail and be forgotten. A new stance(s) will emerge that embraces the complexities of Post Modernism, but rejects its empty, pacifier Nihilism.<br /><br />We must preserve an ever-expanding diversity and tolerance thereof.<br /><br />I am known for speaking about Optimism, which I define as being the vital force that entangles itself with and then shapes the future. Rather than being a rhetoric charged but passive "hope" my "Optimism" actively designs and then through bold action shapes the future.Matthew Stonehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03727567284475764137noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3412002256718465124.post-53112086081411055502009-06-24T20:53:00.003+01:002009-06-24T21:02:16.552+01:00<div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_NDOtb6Fojn8/SkKF6rS4uRI/AAAAAAAABa8/B_ZUWmQI7Co/s1600-h/M_Stone_IMG3_Detail_LOWRES.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 400px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_NDOtb6Fojn8/SkKF6rS4uRI/AAAAAAAABa8/B_ZUWmQI7Co/s400/M_Stone_IMG3_Detail_LOWRES.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5350986550370416914" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:85%;">Detail from FutureHindsight series <span style="font-weight: bold;">2007</span><br /></span></div><br />Few know of what I speak now,<br /><br />And of those who don't, even less suspect.<br />But the time has come to be direct.<br />I walk the earth, but my home is above,<br />Peopled with strings, a world of love.<br /><br />True on earth, hardship brings community.<br />How dare I justify self-imposed immunity?<br />Our rarefied land of nobile sublimity,<br />Extracts and catalogues all of <span class="il">divinity</span>.<br /><br />Upon our strings we soar on high,<br />Our thoughts as sound adorn the sky,<br />Partnered concepts find chords of truth,<br />Fractured themes bend to youth.<br /><br />And with these gifts we can bestow<br />Fleeting clarity to those below,<br />The greatest artworks for all the ages,<br />and hero songs upon history's pages.<br /><br /><br />This is an excerpt from the Poem/Story "FutureHindsight" I co-wrote with Richard Elms in 2007.Matthew Stonehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03727567284475764137noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3412002256718465124.post-44496091541944821272009-06-23T23:02:00.004+01:002009-06-23T23:20:26.706+01:00When is a RULE not a RULE?<div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_NDOtb6Fojn8/SkFUYcqfB6I/AAAAAAAABa0/SgAKqFQe2AI/s1600-h/EVERYTHINGISPOSSIBLE_DETAIL_Matthew_STONE_2008.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 394px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_NDOtb6Fojn8/SkFUYcqfB6I/AAAAAAAABa0/SgAKqFQe2AI/s400/EVERYTHINGISPOSSIBLE_DETAIL_Matthew_STONE_2008.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5350650611280840610" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:85%;">"Everything is Possible" (Detail) - 2008 - Photographic print on vinyl and wood.</span><br /></div><br />At one of my regular artist salons, I set the group task of generating a set of rules for artist's behaviour. This is clearly an odd task and was not one that many were particularly happy to engage with! The general consensus was that we did not have the right to prescribe the actions of others. Some refused point blank stating that there should be "No rules!", which somewhat mystically became rule number 7.<br /><br />I set the task because I wanted to think and hear about the personal "rules" that my friends subjected themselves to. Even if they weren't prepared to believe that these rules should be applied universally. Perhaps they aren't even rules at all.<br /><br />The rules were actually written on a cloth napkin, smeared with chocolate cake and then tied around the neck of a glass water bottle. At some point I will upload a picture of the napkin.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Please add responses and your personal rules in the comments.</span><br /><br />These are the rules that were generated by the salon.<br /><br />(As they were being created we acknowledged that at any time they might need to be destroyed entirely.)<br /><br />1. No cocaine<br />2. Must be beautiful<br />3. Learn how to draw (respect doodles)<br />4. The work is more important than the man<br />5. Be informative<br />6. Shut up about the art-world<br />7. No rules<br />8. No work about money<br />9. Have discipline<br />10. Don't repeat anything more than three times<br />11. No irony<br />12. Psychological danger - Do it<br />13. Fuck semantics<br />14. Fashion is not art<br />15. Art is not fashion<br />16. Be totally convinced of your ideas at the same time ready to relinquish them entirely<br />17. Trust intuition<br />18. No hierarchy of education<br />19. Be melodramatic<br />20. Storytelling is SO importantMatthew Stonehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03727567284475764137noreply@blogger.com5