Wednesday, Jan 5, 2011 12:35PM / Members only

we're planning a new round of shoots for our HK site specific dance art project and are looking for dancers to collaborate with us on this. i've posted on the AnD castings forum however in case you've missed it i'll stick on my blog here as well. so if you (or someone you know) is interested please get in touch

gareth

Looking for Volunteer Dancers for Photographic Dance Project

we're looking for volunteer dancers to collaborate with us on a new round of our ongoing art project "Bodies in Motion, Bodies at Rest", which we will be shooting during the next 6 months

the project involves using site specific dance to give context to various off-the-beaten track HK locations

I'm interested in all styles/genres of dance as long as we can make it connect with the location.

the project is unpaid, it's an Art Project, however Collaborators will be given copies of the images which they can use for their own promotional sites.

you can get an idea of the project from my alivenotdead site here

http://www.alivenotdead.com/garethbrown

or from our company web page here

http://www.blowupstudios.com.hk/#/NON-COMMISSIONED/BODIES%20IN%20MOTION/1

and here

http://www.blowupstudios.com.hk/#/PRESS/ARTICLES/1

please email me direct at

[email protected]

thanks

gareth

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"Bodies in Motion, Bodies at Rest" at Edge Gallery

Wednesday, Dec 30, 2009 6:25PM / Members only

After the successful run of "Bodies in Motion" at ArtisTree we have transferred the exhibition to Edge Gallery in Causeway Bay, so if you missed the show before you still have time to come and catch the works on the wall. The exhibition features selected highlights form the ArtisTree show plus a couple of new pieces of Napoli Lok shot at Sha Lo Tung. we've recently added these shots to the AnD site.

the Exhibition runs until January 30th

opening times are

tuesday to friday 10.30am - 7.30pm

saturday 2pm - 8pm

closed sunday and monday

EDGE Gallery
G/F 60C Leighton Road,
Causeway Bay, Hong Kong
Tel: +852 2887 0313
Fax: +852 2887 0451
www.edge-gallery.com

i hope you can get over to see it.

on other matters, the christmas and new year lull has finally given me chance to go through some of the production shots we amassed for "Bodies in Motion", so i'll doing a new blog entry very soon with some behind the scenes shots from various rounds of the exhibition.

Finally it's about time a gave out a few thanks, i want to thank all the dancers who've given up their time and immeasurable skills to contribute to this project. Also my staff at Blow Up and all our contributor crew. I'd also like to thank the people at Swire for giving us their wonderful space at ArtisTree to stage the exhibition. Swire showed us enormous support when few others would, so i'm very appreciative of them, and of course Edge for allowing us to continue the exhibition.

Incidentally the "Bodies in Motion" project will be continuing, so if there are any dancers out there on AnD who want to pursue an artistic collaboration please get in touch.

Happy New Year

Gareth

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Tsang Tai Uk : round 6 of the Blow Up Dance/HK Project

Wednesday, Mar 4, 2009 6:58PM / Members only

For our first Blog entry we thought we'd share with you some of the background to the latest round our Dance/HK art project. This one was shot in Tsang Tai Uk a Hakka walled village near Sha Tin

The village is really well maintained and the village head, Mr Tsang Kin Tim was very accommodating to us. after the recce we selected the main central courtyard as being the best spot for the shoot.

we'd already selected our dancer for this project , Joanne Chow Hiu Man an experienced Chinese Traditional dancer who trained at the APA. We wanted to do something connected with the long sleeve dance. so enlisted Crystie Li to design a contemporary dress to fit the occasion.

next step was rehearsal time, this we did on Blow Up's roof at Tung Kin. how would Joanne look, what's the best movement, would the dress and especially the sleeves work?

Plenty of food for thought after the test and modifications soon follow........

a week later we're off to the shoot, it's a glorious winter morning with bright sunshine which of course doesn't get down into the courtyard, fortunately Alan has the powerpacks and lights in tow. here's how it looked from behind the scenes..........

Gareth tries to look knowledgeable when discussing chinese dance with Joanne

lisa and crystie take a break

Gareth's under the table again.

Liz offers her usual advice

and off we go

and here's how it looked through the camera

cheers to all the crew

Joanne Cheung : Producer

Liz Mok : Operator/Retoucher

Alan Tam : Lighting

Eliud Kwan : Second Asst

Crystie Li : Styling

Lisa Chan : Hair & Make-up

and of course our dancer

Joanne Chow

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M3GA
posted on Thursday, Dec 8, 2011 11:30PM [Report]

M3GA <3
hurricankatrina
posted on Friday, Jan 7, 2011 12:40AM [Report]

I saw you on the discussion board and Wow! Amazing photo shoots! Good job! I'd like to be in it but I don't think I am good enough.
Best wishes!
alivenotdead
posted on Friday, Dec 31, 2010 4:19AM [Report]

Happy New Years from everyone at alivenotdead.com!
jessicarong
posted on Thursday, Oct 28, 2010 10:16PM [Report]

Hi,
my dear friend
My name is jessica.
How are you? I am happy that
I am fine thanks and what about you?
Best regards to you!
I wish you a nice weekend!
Gareth Brown
posted on Wednesday, Dec 16, 2009 5:28PM

tx for the comment, quite liked your locations and of course your pics. where were they taken?
DJ Cross Trancid
posted on Wednesday, Dec 16, 2009 2:45PM [Report]

thanks viewing me...like your photoshoot as well , keep it up =) wish u Merry Christmas and Happy New Year =^^=
Faye Leung
posted on Sunday, Oct 11, 2009 3:12PM [Report]

hey gareth ;

havent heard from you long time , just wondering if you are ready to show me those pics ?
peapops
posted on Monday, Apr 13, 2009 7:30PM [Report]

Hey Gareth! Welcome to AnD! Can't wait to see what magic you'll do on the Kai Tak pix!! Thanks again!!
elle
posted on Sunday, Apr 5, 2009 6:13PM [Report]

You got some amazing photos and I enjoy every single one of them. Looking forward to check out the rest of the photos here when I have proper time to go through them again. Thank you (^_^)
Shairah
posted on Sunday, Mar 29, 2009 10:59AM [Report]

Absolutely beautiful and creative! Lovely!! Thanks for the behind the scenes inside look too :) ~Shairah~
jackillin
posted on Sunday, Mar 29, 2009 10:52AM [Report]

Beautiful shots!
Ohm Ponce D'Rouge
posted on Friday, Mar 27, 2009 4:42AM [Report]

some pics have strong narrative and poetic too!
Ohm Ponce D'Rouge
posted on Friday, Mar 27, 2009 4:41AM [Report]

i actually like the idea of incorporating dance, art, and environment....if its well captured and choreographed.

some of the images are conceptual and fine artsy, which elevate the over all quality...

i can see it becoming a strong project...

good job!!
;-)
Linghu_Chong
posted on Friday, Mar 27, 2009 3:21AM [Report]

Awesome pics!
Shann Larsson
posted on Thursday, Mar 26, 2009 2:27AM [Report]

wow... gorgeous photos!
henryleonson
posted on Thursday, Mar 26, 2009 1:18AM [Report]

Fantastic works! Looks forward to seeing more works from you soon =)
Marie Jost
posted on Wednesday, Mar 25, 2009 6:26PM [Report]

Interesting concept, to take the dancers off the stage and out of the studio and integrate them into an "ordinary" environment. You do a good job of making the dancers part of the environment (costumes and all), rather than some bit of exotica that has been stuck into an incongruous setting.
Simon Brading
posted on Tuesday, Mar 24, 2009 4:49PM [Report]

Why couldn't I have met a photographer like you when I was still dancing!
Wonderful photos.
ordinarywenda
posted on Tuesday, Mar 24, 2009 6:14AM [Report]

love the photography <3
keep the works up!
Loan Trinh
posted on Monday, Mar 23, 2009 10:02PM [Report]

Very nice photography work !
And oh welcome in AnD =)
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Gareth Brown

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I'm a photographer and have a company called Blow Up Studios. We shoot a lot of commercial stuff - lifestyle, fitness, property etc but for my sanity like to shoot art and am especially interested in dance and movement. As a studio we are working on a long term site specific dance project "Bodies in Motion Bodies at Rest". We like to take dancers out of the theatre space and get them to interact with the environment. We are always looking for new collaborators especially dancers. If you like our work and you're involved in dance - get in touch!
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