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Ashton Blyth


Artist - the professional hoarder
Artist = collector (but no a hoarder) Discuss the following questions: Show each other something that is near you right now What is the...

Ashton Blyth
Jan 20, 2022


Moontopia
Images of the moon everyone brought: Building a ladder to the moon Moon still makes same dazzling impact Moonface CATS the musical moon...

Ashton Blyth
Jan 20, 2022
Bibliography
Books Trans Mission: My Quest to a Beard - Alex Bertie Bertie, A. (2017) Trans Mission: My Quest to a Beard Performative Acts and Gender...

Ashton Blyth
Jan 18, 2022


The intro (roughly)
In preparation for my tutorial with Jonathan, I wanted to get a rough draft of the intro completed to give him an idea of how the film...

Ashton Blyth
Jan 17, 2022


Explorer
How do you motivate yourself? Food - Justin Fear - Sophie Last minute - Vlad Getting older - Donald Part of a team - Sophie How to be an...

Ashton Blyth
Jan 13, 2022


A Place in the Middle (Dean Hamer and Joe Wilson, 2014)
In the Hawaiian language, kāne means "male" and wahine means "female". But ancient Hawaiians recognised that some people are not simply...

Ashton Blyth
Jan 10, 2022


Galaxy Youth Group
During March/April I will be running an arts based programme for the LGBTQ+ Galaxy Youth Group in Stoke-on-Trent. Working with a group of...

Ashton Blyth
Jan 7, 2022


Starting to storyboard...
I've now realised I missed out a key step... story boarding. I started to just chop and edit clips within premiere seeing what would work...

Ashton Blyth
Dec 23, 2021


Boyhood (Richard Linklater, 2014)
Like flipping through another person's family photos, Boyhood is both intriguing and gripping, yet also drags a bit at times. What may...

Ashton Blyth
Dec 20, 2021


A Scanner Darkly (Richard Linklater, 2006)
Firstly, some observations from the film: Just as much detail in the background as the foreground Strong, black, defining outlines...

Ashton Blyth
Dec 8, 2021


The selfish collaborator
Make lots of things Practice based research Noticing lots of things Apocalyptic - what do you think of when you hear this word? The...

Ashton Blyth
Dec 2, 2021


To inspire and excite
In preparation for my first in-person session with the artist's of Little Utopias, I was asked to think about a few questions: Three...

Ashton Blyth
Nov 30, 2021


Little Utopias
Recently I've been offered a couple of artist opportunities through the connections I made at Stoke-on-Trent Pride and the Better World...

Ashton Blyth
Nov 29, 2021


For just being
This week we were tasked with bringing a piece of text that inspired us, that answered the questions "what is currently inspiring you?...

Ashton Blyth
Nov 18, 2021


I feel assured.
Tutor: Jonathan Kearney Date: Wednesday 17th November 2021 I had my first tutorial with Jonathan today, it was good to finally get some...

Ashton Blyth
Nov 17, 2021


Visual Development in Film with Ralph Eggleston
As part of SPARK Animation Festival 2021, which I was fortunate enough to be a part of, they had a series of Masterclass talks - this...

Ashton Blyth
Nov 10, 2021


Introducing me
Looking at the footage I've gathered from the home videos, I'm starting to piece together an introduction to me and my family as the...

Ashton Blyth
Nov 9, 2021


Human Measure
This weekend I went to the exhibition Cassils: Human Measure, the trans masculine artist's first UK solo show and 10-year survey curated...

Ashton Blyth
Nov 7, 2021


Navigating the Matrix
Today's group activity was an introduction to drawing with code - wow! I'd never even considered the idea of creating work with code ...

Ashton Blyth
Nov 4, 2021
Study Statement: Initial Plan
1. Working Title: Defining Moments of a Trans Experience 2. Aims and Objectives: Aims: Discover my own defining moments Share my...

Ashton Blyth
Nov 1, 2021
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