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Helsinki Comics Festival

Here’s my stall at the Helsinki comics festival. It Included some new comic publications I’ve just self-published from the Adam’s Dream story and an array of prints. The stall seemed to go down well with the Helsinki crowd. I will be updating my online shop soon incase you want to get your hands on any of the work on display.

The stall also included comics and books by some other glasgow based artists and comics collectives including Silje Eirin Aure and Khaki Shorts.

In addition to manning a stall I also participated in a discussion about British comics with some big British comics world players (Left to Right… Paul Gravett, Sam Arthur from No Brow Press, Brian & Mary Talbot, Warren Pleece and me). I gave my humble interpretation of what the comics scene is like in Glasgow.

Tsarino 2011

Tsarino is a deserted village without electricity and running water. Very close to the border with Greece, it is located in the Rhodope mountain region in Kurdzhali, Bulgaria. Nearly the entire former population left Tsarino just before the fall of communism. Now that there’s only one remaining inhabitant, Tsarino has been removed from the map. The residency involved making new work for an exhibition in a nearby village called Chorbadzhiysko.

I designed this poster which was pinned up in a few different villages. That’s me by the bin! ‘ЦАРИНО’ means Tsarino and ‘Давид Питър Керр’ is my name written in Cyrillic.

I also exhibited a new series of drawings and prints based on some research I have been doing about search engines, operating systems, google, facebook, free software and open source technology.

I will be returning to Sofia again in September to participate in another group show of the work produced during the Tsarino residency. For more pictures and information check out the Tsarino Foundation Facebook Page and Blog

Usage share of operating systems March 2011

Usage share of web search engines March 2011

Google Maps

This drawing is titled ‘Очаквана дялова печалба на google maps от Царино 2011′ which means ‘Predicted profit share for google maps from Tsarino 2011′

Google Ads

Emulsion, Acrylic and Graphite on a wooden board

Water Tower Arts Festival, Bulgaria

I’m just back from Bulgaria where I was lucky enough to participate in the Water tower arts festival in Sofia and a residency with the Tsarino foundation in the middle of nowhere.

Thanks to the Hope Scott Trust for supporting my participation in the Water Tower Festival and to all of the nice people I met in Bulgaria. For more information check the Watertower Festival Facebook Page and Website.

Here’s a couple of close-up images of the beautiful Bath Building where some of my work was on display.

Catalyst Arts Publication

One of my comics was published in this anthology as part of the ‘¿@#!*$’ show at Catalyst Arts in Belfast.
Some of the bigger names in the show included Chris Ware, Tom Gauld and Simone Lia.

 

Ligatura – International Silent Comics Award

I’m happy to say that I came third place in the Ligatura International Silent Comics competition.

The work I submitted for the prize was exhibited in Poznań in Poland and is featured in the catalogue for the show. Check the Ligatura Facebook Page and Website for more information. Kus comics made a nice blog post about the festival and there is even some coverage of it on Polish television here.