Strategy.

Having taken a break for Christmas and the New Year, partly due to choice and mostly due to contracting the flu virus, plans are now underway to firm up the Research in order to start work on the production of a number of animated TV idents .The client is confidential. This is most welcome as financially funding all areas of the practice has become increasing difficult over the last few months. It feels important to be tenacious and stick to Plan A, regardless of how scary this may be. The situation will be under a review for the next six months. In regards to equipment the practice is in a good position. More investment may be required to upgrade commercially licensed software in the next year.

On 2nd February there will be a formal presentation of the research practice. This will include a short introduction to the research question and the presentation of the kinetic diagram (which will evolve organically over the next 4 years). It is hoped this will see the start of an exciting period of research after the ident work completes in March. It is the intention to have all the research for the year, neatly filed and presented formally between 20th-25th January, to my academic supervisory team.

In regards to reading, (the aspect of research that is extremely rewarding) has seen the collection of journals grow. These have been read and filed over the last three months, and a review of all published materials is routinely completed at the end of each month. The books currently being read are on the topics of sacred Geometry, Cymatics, Hollywood Flatlands by Esther Leslie, and Machine Age Comedy. The focus of the research is confidential.

It is the intention to complete the research work on Location One this summer, between March and September. This involves the deconstruction of a small domestic strip of ground. All flora and Fauna will continue to be dissected, photographed, pressed and sculpturally reconstructed. This work has been in the process of study for the last three years. The geometry of the specimens will be studied and sound samples will be taken. Location 2 may also be expanded in regards to sound and fractal pattern formation.

Location 1 and 2 will feed into the final location 3 for the completion of the MPhil which it is hoped will lead onto further development under the PhD.

The unknown quantity to this plan, however, may always be satisfying commercial contracts. There is still a great joy and satisfaction in both the commercial and experimental work at present. It may be important to "grow a pair" over the financial instability this creates, in order to see the long term gain.