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James R Ford
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Hit Me With Your Best Shot, 2008, DVD film
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James R Ford is a British artist whose practice is engaged with pastimes, pursuits and obsessions. Ford delves into the activities and influences of his childhood as a way of both embarking and staying put. Exploring notions of repetition, boredom and idiocy with a sense of humour and pathos. His body of work consists of projects and investigations based around observations, process and play.
Hit Me With Your Best Shot (pictured left) is a durational film (total length 2 hours, 46 mins) featuring no tuneful audio - only the pathetic clicks and twangs produced by the plastic guitar controller can be heard as Ford plays his way through all 39 solo career songs in Guitar Hero III.
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Oscar Presents: Purple Monkey
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In 2009 Ford exhibited a solo show of his work at Ferreira Projects, London, entitled 'Only Boring People Get Bored'.
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The exhibition included the installation of ‘33 things to do before you’re 10’, a room filled with photography, handmade objects, looped video footage and leftover debris of childhood rediscovery.
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33 things to do before you're 10, 2007-2008
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General Carbuncle, 2003-2006
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A Thousand Cranes, 2007-2008
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“There is a refreshing, down-to-earth quality to James R Ford… He is in many ways characterised by his desire to work within different styles, and by his concern that as an artist, his work be accessible to the viewer.”
Alice Hunter (Art Journal, 4th March 2009)
Ford's practice is idea driven and his resulting works take many forms: ranging from inventing a new home based sport, to covering a Ford Capri in over 4,000 toy cars, to spending countless hours scribbling loops. In 2006 Ford co-curated the Kitson Kaleidoscope event with Mark McGowan: a two hour set of performances beamed live on the internet from Ford's bedroom in London. Participating artists included Sally O'Reilly, Russell Herron, Sarah Doyle and Brian Catling.
Ford studied his BA in Fine Art at Nottingham Trent University (1999-2002) and Postgraduate Diploma at Goldsmiths, London (2004-2005).
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House Gymnastics (pictured right) is a faux fitness regime akin to an internet-based Fluxus "happening". When someone performs House Gymnastics they become the artist making the art, creating ephemeral human sculptures that last for only 3 seconds. Viewers can submit photos, enter the Move of Month competition and take on physical challenges such as The 25th Element.
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Elevated Dog Stretch
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A Thousand Cranes (pictured above) forms part of the 'Duchamp Played Chess; I Made Cranes' body of work, 2007-2008. By giving in to his obsession with Origami, Ford folded 1,000 cranes in different colours, patterns and types of paper and displayed them as a large installation. The bespoke wooden framework was purpose designed and resembles a Japanese pagoda in structure.
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