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09.03.25 That Was The Week That Was - 9th March 2025
With the publication of Certain Irregularities last week, this week was centered around fulfilling those orders – printing, packing and s…
02.03.25 That Was The Week That Was – 2nd March 2025
At some point this week I realised 2025 marked 25 years since I first registered brendandawes.com. It's been my corner of the web where…
23.02.25 That Was The Week That Was – 23rd February 2025
Back in New York to attend the Augmented Intelligence opening night at Christie's where my latest work – Altarpiece – will be on show and up …
16.02.25 That Was The Week That Was - 16th February 2025
For many years now the music I play in the studio is routed through a Raspberry Pi running a thing called Mopidy – a music server written i…
09.02.25 That Was The Week That Was – 9th February 2025
"Gardens exist on the threshold of artifice and nature, conscious decision and wild happenstance" – Olivia Laing, A Garden A…
02.02.25 That Was The Week That Was - 2nd February 2015
This week started painfully. I managed to sprain my left ankle — not by any activity at the gym but by simply standing up from the sofa on M…
26.01.25 That Was The Week That Was - 26th January 2025
Sunday saw me heading to New York for a few days to meetup with Gary Hustwit to consult on a new film project through our joint venture…
19.01.25 That Was The Week That Was - 19th January 2025
"Your flight has been cancelled." These words flashed across my phone on Monday evening, about 12 hours before I was due to fly…
12.01.25 That Was The Week That Was - 12th January 2025
The only consistency I want is to be inconsistent You'll often see comments from "collectors" of art how an artist should be…
05.01.25 That Was The Week That Was - 5th January 2025
There are certain things in this world which keep me sane; things that I look too which reinforce my idea people are inherently good and…
24.03.24 That Was The Week That Was — 24th March 2024
The week started with travelling to Copenhagen – one of my favourite cities – for CPH:DOX and the European premiere or ENO which Gary Hus…
29.10.23 That Was The Week That Was – 29th October 2023
This week I travelled to the Venice Biennale Musica to install Nothing Can Ever Be The Same – my collaboration with documentary film maker G…
16.04.23 That Was The Week That Was – 16th April 2023
The focus this week was all about Barcelona and setting up for the upcoming Digital Impact show. The 3D printed sculptures had arrived the…
09.04.23 That Was The Week That Was – 9th April 2023
When I was commuting to Manchester everyday – something I did for over ten years – I often bemoaned the state of the railways in the UK. Unr…
04.12.22 That Was The Week That Was — 4th December 2022
Lots of sonic explorations right now for an ongoing project for release in the New Year. All these are from the cutting room. Fun…
13.11.22 That Was The Week That Was — 13th November 2022
Been exploring mathematical forms this week with added repeats and recursion. Really like the wooden forms which is probably influenced by…
16.10.22 That Was The Week That Was — 16th October 2022
They say travel broadens the mind and I've been fortunate enough to have the opportunity to have my mind expanded and visit many places…
25.09.22 That Was The Week That Was — 25th September 2022
This week started with a drop on NiftyGateway for the forthcoming book CryptoArt Begins, created by NFT Magazine and edited by Elenora…
18.09.22 That Was The Week That Was — 18th September 2022
This week I had two priorities: finish the work for the IN TOUCH group show curated by VerticalCrypto and Anika Meier and also make good…
04.09.22 That Was The Week That Was — 4th September 2022
Pause.
29.08.22 That Was The Week That Was — 29th August 2022
After over a year of discussions against the background of COVID outbreaks, myself and Neal Gallery in Beijing have marked December 2022 as…
21.08.22 That Was The Week That Was – 21st August 2022
Operator – Ania Catherine and Dejha Ti – are two of my favourite artists; their work is brilliant, engaging, challenging and always thought pro…
15.08.22 That Was The Week That Was – 14th August 2022
It's been a tough week in many ways. I generally don't talk about personal things on my blog but the week has been dominated by elderly…
06.12.20 That Was The Week That Was – 6th December 2020
This week was all about the release of a dream project I had been working on for some weeks. Back in July, Jim Coudal, co-founder,…
29.11.20 That Was The Week That Was – 29th November 2020
This week I found myself filled with equal parts excitement and nervousness. On the Wednesday was my debut drop on NiftyGateway – an NFT A…
22.11.20 That Was The Week That Was – 22nd November 2020
After buying a Beomaster 1900 from Ebay to replace my Beomaster 1500, I realised a few days later that several of the bulbs – the ones for b…
24.08.20 That Was The Week That Was – 24th August 2020
The majority of my time this week was spent working on my third commission from Trend Micro. The majority of the scenes are now rendered,…
16.08.20 That Was The Week That Was – 16th August 2020
I've always been a fan of mechanical keyboards, my absolute favorite being the Apple II extended. Yet it's a pain to use with modern…
09.08.20 That Was The Week That Was – 9th August 2020
For twelve years my 2nd generation Drobo has been my main archive drive, with 16TB of data whirring away under my desk, storing all my…
02.08.20 That Was The Week That Was – 2nd August 2020
For the second year in a row I found out this week my work Black Mamba's Revenge had been long listed for the prestigious Lumen art and…