Crystal Palace Park Community Audio Trail

I recently completed a new profile image (it's not really a logo) for the Crystal Palace Park Community Audio Trail. It's a project created by Sarah Glover to document audio stories of Crystal Palace residents and visitors to the famous park, and nearby. The image is now being used on their Soundcloud and Facebook pages. Have a listen to the tales here - nicely edited, and produced with a lovely atmosphere to them. More tales added as the interviews continue, I understand, with the latest only uploaded a few days ago.

Design Competition With OhhDeer.com

I've just entered a design competition through online store OhhDeer.com adapting some images that may be already familiar to you, dear Reader. The concept of the contest is as follows: I create the pillow/cushion design (or three in this case) which is uploaded onto their site. At the end of the 'live' period (I think it's mid November) the designer of the cushion with the most social media sharing AND sales will be asked to join their collective. It's a very clever device and a good way for them to see a whole range of artists' work, but within a real commercial setting.

If you're reading this, please share your favourite cushion (via the relevant Facebook link on the OhhDeer.com website) or even buy one! Even if I don't win, the automatic designs the competition creates look great, and may have inspired me to do something like this myself in the future.

Click on each design below, and it will take you to that product on OhhDeer.com.

Dinosaurs design

Three dragons

Sphinxes

Joint Exhibition at Crystal Palace Station

Photographer James Balston and I installed our mini exhibition of prints, this week, at Brown and Green Café, Crystal Palace Station. All the work is related to the Crystal Palace area. My stuff has been inspired by the dinosaur and sphinx sculptures in Crystal Palace Park and the disused subway as mentioned many a time on this blog. James' photos are of the subway itself, and really capture the lovely (if unloved) Victorian brickwork down there. Lucky ballot winners for the Open House Weekend (21st September) will be able to visit the structure later next month. James and I were really lucky to be granted access when we did.

All the works are for sale. My prints can be bought here: bannisterimages.bigcartel.com, and James can be contacted via his websites here: jamesbalston.squarespace.com or thetrianglese19.blogspot.co.uk.

Brown and Green Café

That's not me buying a coffee but if you look, you can see James in the distance behind the cakes.

Transpontine

I've recently discovered a good blog, based around all things S.E. London, called Transpontine. I had to look up what the word meant (sorry!) but was happy to find it aptly means:

1. Of, pertaining to, or situated on the far side of a bridge.

2. Of, or pertaining to the sensational melodramas presented on the south side of the Thames in the 19th century or earlier.

They were kind enough to run a little piece about my work. Which was nice.

http://transpont.blogspot.co.uk/2013/03/matt-bannister-crystal-palace-dinosaurs.html

Dinosaurs Arrive at Bishopsgate Institute

Well, my aforementioned Crystal Palace Monsters piece has been selected for the new Londonist Underground exhibition at the Bishopsgate Institute. http://londonist.com/2013/03/londonist-underground-exhibition-opens-at-the-bishopsgate-institute#gallery-1

It's on until the end of April, and features the work of 9 other artists. I'd never been to the venue before and I'll definitely go back and investigate further. The Institute is a deceptively cavernous Victorian establishment tucked between modern buildings, near Liverpool Street station.