Signs – what is meaning?

The following film was the end result of a project I had worked on in my second year of University for a module entitled: ‘Writing and Devising 2’

Our main interest, as a group, in this project was the use of and perceptions of signs in everyday life. This was an endeavour into our interests in semiotics and phenomenology. What gives something a meaning? The aim of the project was to explore how we perceive signs and to uncover why it is exactly they lead us to particular meanings.We each went away and created a collage consisting of 2-5 signs that evoked particular emotions within us – this could be signs that are seen on the streets of London, ideograms or more abstract and symbolic signs. We got together with these collages and spontaneously recorded our reflections with a Dictaphone, allowing us to explore why we chose these signs and why exactly they had the impact they did on us. We did this individually, one by one. This video is a result of these recorded reflections compiled alongside the relevant images and video that they correspond to. Themes such as love, acceptance, politics, culture and conspiracy are covered with an underlying reason for why they made us feel this way.

Compiled/edited by Myself

Promotions, Magazine coverage and radio interview

As some of you may know, outside the realm of my performance/theatrical endeavours I also have a career in skateboarding. Although the word ‘career’ doesn’t settle well in my stomach – Since I could never see it as a ‘job’. This may just suggest that maybe my definition of the word ‘job’ differs to the conventional one. I thought I would use this post to cover some skateboard related updates that I have gotten myself into. So…

Vans footwear have promoted me to the full UK skate team, so to make this official Vans have released a short online web clip to welcome me to the team entitled Stepping Up. I also have a teampage on the skate section of www.vans.co.uk.

Clip can be watched here

Team page can be viewed here

I recently had advertisement’s published for Dephect Clothing in Sidewalk Magazine issue 141 and 142. You can see this below:

Sidewalk Magazine, issue 142

Sidewalk Magazine, issue 141

Last but not least. Last week I did an interview for Stroud fm’s The Skateboarding Show hosted by Brett Dye. The Interview covers a lot about skateboarding and my cultural background but also my exploration in the field of performance, theatre and studies on my Modern Drama course. For those to wish to listen, you can hear it on the Soundcloud link below.