https://www.iamdannewton.com/home daily 1.0 2023-04-08 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aeb06adcc8feda7e1523202/200d8cd1-25cd-4978-b2b1-a1bab7b62389/2.+AN+INTRUSION+OF+CHAIRS.jpg DAN NEWTON https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aeb06adcc8feda7e1523202/1525767012167-4YV63P34VUTMBT8Q9126/IMG_4842.jpg DAN NEWTON https://www.iamdannewton.com/we-are-eatable-ants daily 0.75 2022-12-17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aeb06adcc8feda7e1523202/1e2bbd4b-6256-4be5-8678-80949a419dba/10.+WE+ARE+EATABLE+ANTS.jpg WE ARE EATABLE ANTS - Make it stand out We Are Eatable Ants 2018 Event Poster for a ‘one night only’ showcase of something that occurs every day. Footage Below: Duration: 3 min https://www.iamdannewton.com/ventriloquisers daily 0.75 2022-12-17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aeb06adcc8feda7e1523202/1526660691684-PERYNXTTLAMUGH9TY5RW/IMG_5138.jpg VENTRILOQUISERS Ventriloquisers 2017 Installation View Found footage of an animal doorstop holding open a bedroom door accompanied by an ominous bass soundscape. This gradually builds in intensity until the sound of keys and the front door opening, at which point the score cuts and conversation can be heard from elsewhere in the flat. The gaping shark slippers seen under the bed were also present in the space, as well as an iPhone on the floor displaying fractured footage of the bedside lamp in the background possibly moving. https://www.iamdannewton.com/i-do-not-recognise-you daily 0.75 2022-12-17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aeb06adcc8feda7e1523202/1525765296015-CY2NB1IIYESYH1O7FO5E/19510633_10158865646435134_8924334882075265751_n.jpg I DO NOT RECOGNISE YOU I Don’t Recognise You (Some of my Defence in the Likely Event of a Home Invasion) 2017 Installation view A homage to Jason Dodge’s Darkness Falls series of works- while some of my best defences are displayed in the space, the flat remains more vulnerable and my activities within it compromised. Items ranged from kitchenware to the shower hose and toilet brush. Each item was also accompanied by a formal risk assessment determining their threat level. Submission for the MFA Interim Show at The Glasgow School of Art. https://www.iamdannewton.com/theres-a-crocodile-in-the-canal daily 0.75 2022-12-16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aeb06adcc8feda7e1523202/1527003031946-QOMBABKQOOHQHZ51UVD5/dan-newton05.jpg THERE'S A CROCODILE IN THE CANAL! I decided to present the main body of my MFA dissertation as an illustrated children's book. Please find to follow the Foreword. (Footnotes not included) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aeb06adcc8feda7e1523202/1527003006671-QICT1W70W675EQYSC7OG/dan-newton04.jpg THERE'S A CROCODILE IN THE CANAL! There’s a Crocodile in the Canal! 2018 MFA Dissertation The Glasgow School of Art https://www.iamdannewton.com/after-hours daily 0.75 2022-12-17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aeb06adcc8feda7e1523202/106ed572-4485-4f65-8117-fe62e2c87557/IMG_5152.jpeg OUT OF HOURS Out of Hours 2016-2018 CD album Audio recordings of janitorial staff shouting ‘Hello’ into an empty space as they locked the building at night. Each recording extends throughout the night until the space is opened again in the morning. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aeb06adcc8feda7e1523202/9b65a260-df63-4b4d-8e2b-9a27f786743c/IMG_4895.JPG OUT OF HOURS - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aeb06adcc8feda7e1523202/3289e518-1576-422f-b554-ade68b1dbdf9/IMG_4897.JPG OUT OF HOURS - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aeb06adcc8feda7e1523202/b34e6fbe-c2a3-4d1a-91b7-0aa516f9bd27/IMG_4896.JPG OUT OF HOURS . https://www.iamdannewton.com/freshly-cut-grass-locked-in-a-self-storage-container daily 0.75 2022-12-16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aeb06adcc8feda7e1523202/1525765132900-MB6D5ZIDRMAPJD6RKNJI/grass.jpg FRESHLY CUT GRASS LOCKED IN A SELF STORAGE CONTAINER Freshly Cut Grass Locked in a Self Storage Container 2016 In collaboration with Lucy Crouch https://www.iamdannewton.com/they-probably-asrent-but-there-is-a-chance-they-might-be daily 0.75 2022-12-16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aeb06adcc8feda7e1523202/6a1b5b5e-6508-4e5b-8ac5-51ecefad5ebb/9.jpg THEY MIGHT BE - Make it stand out Original text and its reproduction in vinyl alluding to sinister interlocutions between the doorstops above. Submitted for Degree Show at The Glasgow School of Art. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aeb06adcc8feda7e1523202/3de80d6c-dda1-4070-a608-ca940b0e7007/dan-newton-4.jpg THEY MIGHT BE - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aeb06adcc8feda7e1523202/86db5f5a-a1a7-4416-8a95-134ffb691146/dan-newton-5.jpg THEY MIGHT BE - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aeb06adcc8feda7e1523202/14a25c05-9c92-4b71-98a9-3e762b7c33fc/8.jpeg THEY MIGHT BE They Probably Aren’t But There’s A Chance They Might Be 2018 Installation view Two doorstops which featured in a number of previous works. The one on the left is holding a door open to a lamp-lit text installation (text documented in the next image) alluding to the conditions of their relationship. The other props another doorway open, watching from afar. But hold on, is that a fire door... Submitted for Degree Show at The Glasgow School of Art. https://www.iamdannewton.com/the-visiting-public daily 0.75 2022-12-16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aeb06adcc8feda7e1523202/1525765174311-BSGNXH5387W9RCXMPFNT/20%29+THE+VISITING+PUBLIC+%282015%29+Opening+night+reaction+.jpg VISITORS Visitors 2015 Poster made after my failed attempt at a participatory work for TIAF London 2015 in which audience members were advised to wear a mask throughout the show. Gallery’s sympathetic photo afterwards below: https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aeb06adcc8feda7e1523202/1525765231943-OA6QMHKI09INM9F9EE12/12141780_10156181550375134_1579649175190299194_n.jpg VISITORS https://www.iamdannewton.com/night-lights daily 0.75 2022-12-17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aeb06adcc8feda7e1523202/e6bc721c-71e3-46e7-b151-ce0ee7d242e7/15.+NIGHT+LIGHTS.jpeg NIGHT LIGHTS - Make it stand out Night Lights 2016 Moving Image Footage of the streetlights turning off between 01:00 and 01:40 in a designated neighbourhood watch zone. Footage below. Duration: 7min https://www.iamdannewton.com/blow-me daily 0.75 2022-12-16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aeb06adcc8feda7e1523202/1525766058260-GF0HMBPH7WDKVNS4VHJ2/Blow+Me+2013.JPG BLOW ME Blow Me 2014 Vantage 3 Live Art National Platform, Leeds. (Invited artist) https://www.iamdannewton.com/my-peril daily 0.75 2022-12-11 https://www.iamdannewton.com/help-me daily 0.75 2022-12-17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aeb06adcc8feda7e1523202/e734437f-1ef3-4449-a065-3ffb834bcf63/Help+Me.jpg HELP ME - Make it stand out Help Me 2019 Installation view and accompanying image Acrostic poem in which the autonomous rustlings of a carrier bag are anxiously cross-examined. Each of the 33 stanzas spells ‘Help Me’. Full text below: https://www.iamdannewton.com/new-page-3 daily 0.75 2022-12-16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aeb06adcc8feda7e1523202/23903ec3-79ea-4f8d-aaf1-6d2e84f6accb/2.+AN+INTRUSION+OF+CHAIRS.jpg AN INTRUSION OF CHAIRS - Make it stand out An Intrusion of Chairs 2019 Stacked chairs and in-situ electric heaters Installation view. Completed as part of the 2019 Interdisciplinary Residency programme at Hospitalfield, Arbroath. https://www.iamdannewton.com/a-case-of-stairs daily 0.75 2022-12-16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aeb06adcc8feda7e1523202/02d1c388-ef43-4d99-b4e0-45958854135d/IMG_2442.jpg A CASE OF STAIRS - Make it stand out A Case of Stairs 2019 Pen on paper Completed as part of the 2019 Interdisciplinary Residency programme at Hospitalfield, Arbroath. https://www.iamdannewton.com/how-were-your-hosts daily 0.75 2022-12-16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aeb06adcc8feda7e1523202/304599a2-f38b-4612-995c-eeaa66f02dfb/1.+HOW+WERE+YOUR+HOSTS%3F.jpg HOW WERE YOUR HOSTS? - Make it stand out How Were Your Hosts? 2020-present Screenplay Opening sequence of an ongoing screenplay, in which a house falls ill whilst its fearful new residents suspect paranormal inference. https://www.iamdannewton.com/ensnare-me daily 0.75 2022-12-16 https://www.iamdannewton.com/new-page-4 daily 0.75 2022-12-16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aeb06adcc8feda7e1523202/e6c87848-ba60-4694-96b9-7cd8fe848f68/14.+INFERNAL.jpg INFERNAL - Make it stand out Infernal 2017 (ongoing- not currently fully resolved) Books Over 40 English language translations of Dante Alighieri’s Inferno. I have hitherto created the opening chapter of an audio book amalgamating all of the different translations into one infernal loop. https://www.iamdannewton.com/three-equal-texts daily 0.75 2022-12-16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aeb06adcc8feda7e1523202/aa9614b3-bbd0-48f4-be7d-6fb1aee96d09/IMG_2438.jpg THREE EQUAL TEXTS - Make it stand out Three Equal Texts 2022 Pen on Paper In 2007, Micah Lexier presented Two Equal Texts in which the artist presented his friend with a 191 character text and asked him to create a second text using every letter and punctuation mark that Lexier used in his original. The original text described this very task, and the two were subsequently displayed side by side. This is my attempt. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aeb06adcc8feda7e1523202/6d7378ea-e7a2-4cb5-bdc8-89b110dc687b/IMG_2430.jpg THREE EQUAL TEXTS - Make it stand out A snippet of my failed attempts. https://www.iamdannewton.com/portfolio-2022/23 daily 0.75 2023-01-22 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aeb06adcc8feda7e1523202/fa87aba5-ecad-463c-8eb2-895d23141da6/13.+I+DON%27T+RECOGNISE+YOU+.jpg PORTFOLIO 2022/23 - Make it stand out I Don’t Recognise You (Some of my Defence in the Likely Event of a Home Invasion) 2017 Installation view An homage to Jason Dodge’s Darkness Falls series of works- while some of my best defences are displayed in the space, the flat remains more vulnerable and my activities within it compromised. Items ranged from kitchenware to the shower hose and toilet brush. Each item was also accompanied by a formal risk assessment determining their threat level. Submission for the MFA Interim Show at The Glasgow School of Art. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aeb06adcc8feda7e1523202/5692bbf0-d206-41e8-baf2-6b58debd4818/12.+VENTRILOQUISERS.jpeg PORTFOLIO 2022/23 - Make it stand out Ventriloquisers 2017 Installation View Found footage of an animal doorstop holding open a bedroom door accompanied by an ominous bass soundscape. This gradually builds in intensity until the sound of keys and the front door opening, at which point the score cuts and conversation can be heard from elsewhere in the flat. The gaping shark slippers seen under the bed were also present in the space, as well as an iPhone on the floor displaying fractured footage of the bedside lamp in the background possibly moving. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aeb06adcc8feda7e1523202/79264fd5-3254-467a-b8c9-c24a9404dd85/15.+NIGHT+LIGHTS.jpeg PORTFOLIO 2022/23 - Make it stand out Night Lights 2016 Moving Image Footage of the streetlights turning off between 01:00 and 01:40 in a designated neighbourhood watch zone. Sample of footage below: Duration: 7min https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aeb06adcc8feda7e1523202/654e60b9-473d-442b-a6d4-b57d7b2d89c6/Help+Me.jpg PORTFOLIO 2022/23 - Make it stand out Help Me 2019 Installation view and accompanying image Acrostic poem in which the autonomous rustlings of a carrier bag are anxiously cross-examined. Each of the 33 stanzas spells ‘Help Me’. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aeb06adcc8feda7e1523202/15be29b7-4a93-4d6f-8a9d-a1f9cd528486/8.jpeg PORTFOLIO 2022/23 - Make it stand out They Probably Aren’t But There’s A Chance They Might Be 2018 Installation view Two doorstops which featured in a number of previous works. The one on the left is holding a door open to a lamp-lit text installation (comprising black vinyl lettering cut in my own handwriting and affixed to the wall using magnets) alluding to the conditions of their relationship. The other props another doorway open, watching from afar. But hold on, is that a fire door... Submitted for Degree Show at The Glasgow School of Art. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aeb06adcc8feda7e1523202/b379e1f9-690c-433b-9735-750b57d89dc7/4.+TOGETHER+WE+DREW+THE+PHANTOM.jpg PORTFOLIO 2022/23 - Make it stand out Untitled 2019 Coffee cup and text https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aeb06adcc8feda7e1523202/91af08d0-dead-4377-a7e2-e00bd8c5ca59/10.+WE+ARE+EATABLE+ANTS.jpg PORTFOLIO 2022/23 - Make it stand out We Are Eatable Ants 2018 Event Poster for a ‘one night only’ showcase of something that occurs every day. Footage Below: Duration: 3 min https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aeb06adcc8feda7e1523202/6f0e6d6b-423e-4db7-a5ea-8e83a4e9e270/2.+AN+INTRUSION+OF+CHAIRS.jpg PORTFOLIO 2022/23 - Make it stand out An Intrusion of Chairs 2019 Stacked chairs and in-situ electric heaters Installation view. Completed as part of the 2019 Interdisciplinary Residency programme at Hospitalfield, Arbroath. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aeb06adcc8feda7e1523202/fcae8df4-7bd2-4f0f-9c8a-774e2c379473/14.+INFERNAL.jpg PORTFOLIO 2022/23 - Make it stand out Infernal 2017 (ongoing- not currently fully resolved) Books Over 40 English language translations of Dante Alighieri’s Inferno. I have hitherto created the opening chapter of an audio book amalgamating all of the different translations into one infernal loop. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aeb06adcc8feda7e1523202/83ea7bed-218e-4fe0-aac2-48f99df20aae/IMG_2430.jpg PORTFOLIO 2022/23 - Make it stand out Three Equal Texts 2022 Pen on Paper A snippet of my failed attempts. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aeb06adcc8feda7e1523202/ce9d1fa5-f1bd-40b3-89f8-f00f5a486c07/DEG.jpg PORTFOLIO 2022/23 - Make it stand out They Probably Aren’t But There’s A Chance They Might Be 2018 Installation Original handwritten text and its reproduction in vinyl alluding to sinister interlocutions between the doorstops above. Submitted for Degree Show at The Glasgow School of Art. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aeb06adcc8feda7e1523202/27e1b1dc-94dd-4833-aedd-54690157e95c/1.+HOW+WERE+YOUR+HOSTS%3F.jpg PORTFOLIO 2022/23 - Make it stand out How Were Your Hosts? 2020-present Screenplay Opening sequence of an ongoing screenplay, in which a house falls ill whilst its fearful new residents suspect paranormal inference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aeb06adcc8feda7e1523202/84e7b5a4-a93d-4e75-942e-21e708361721/IMG_2438.jpg PORTFOLIO 2022/23 - Make it stand out Three Equal Texts 2022 Pen on Paper In 2007, Micah Lexier devised Two Equal Texts in which the artist presented his friend with a 191 character text and asked him to create a second text using every letter and punctuation mark that Lexier used in his original. The original text described this very task, and the two were subsequently displayed side by side. This is my attempt. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aeb06adcc8feda7e1523202/0751e9cc-efe4-4bb4-ac6a-31a2b190d37b/out+of+hours.jpg PORTFOLIO 2022/23 - Make it stand out Out of Hours 2016-2018 CD album Audio recordings of janitorial staff shouting ‘Hello’ into an empty space as they locked the building at night. Each recording extends throughout the night until the space is opened again in the morning. https://www.iamdannewton.com/portmanteau daily 0.75 2022-12-16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aeb06adcc8feda7e1523202/049301aa-b8c4-4734-afeb-a4eceb9c8a15/BEAR.jpg PORTMANTEAU - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aeb06adcc8feda7e1523202/da1347bd-ed4f-40c1-92c9-91ec1fffd8bc/DOG.jpg PORTMANTEAU - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aeb06adcc8feda7e1523202/472b456f-00cf-4f95-b952-a20930641b44/Screenshot+2020-10-28+at+21.53.40.jpg PORTMANTEAU - Make it stand out Portmanteau 2017 Strange things are still afoot at home. Sample of footage below. Duration: 3min https://www.iamdannewton.com/hosewinder daily 0.75 2022-12-16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aeb06adcc8feda7e1523202/37ae33b7-d5ae-462b-94d4-f1db12534f8d/_20190410_142627+%281%29.jpg HOSEWINDER - Make it stand out Hosewinder 2019 Ongoing investigation. “There’s something wrong with my shower. Sometimes the hose detaches itself. And it moves throughout the flat. I’ve not exactly seen it snaking down the hallway. But I find it in other rooms. Coiled in the corner. Or behind the radiator. Or under the sink. Then eventually I find it back in the bathroom. As though nothing happened. Where remains. Until it moves again. It’s doing it at night. While I sleep. I don’t know why. But I’m starting to worry that I’ll find it in my bed.” Anonymous, 29, Glasgow, UK https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aeb06adcc8feda7e1523202/5a6004fd-2265-49fa-95d0-d49817196186/DSC_1986+%281%29.jpg HOSEWINDER - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aeb06adcc8feda7e1523202/5c1edd7a-2531-4d56-b490-837cd678c682/DSC_1954+%281%29.jpg HOSEWINDER - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference.