John Moores 2010 call for entries is now open and will run until 19 February 2010.

The John Moores 2010 – Contemporary Painting Prize, which is a biennial event based in The Walker Art Gallery in Liverpool, which was set up in typical Liverpool style by Sir John Moores in concern at London’s increasing domination in the national arts scene. The most important aspect of the competition is that it is open to anyone living in the UK, this means that keen amateurs can compete and ultimately win a prize of £25,000 in a competition that has been entered by artists such as David Hockney and Peter Doig in the past.

The final image has to be submitted by the 5th March 2008.

This year’s jury consists of Gary Hume, Alison Watt, Ged Quinn, Goshka Macuga and Sir Norman Rosenthal.

In 2010 a first prize of £25,000 will be awarded along with four further prizes, each of £2500. In addition, the winner of the popular visitors’ choice prize of £2010, will be announced towards the close of the JM2010 exhibition.

There is an entry fee of £25.

BadFormat! Magazine is a pure web 2.0 publication – written by its readership, it’s a true representation of the state of play, without censorship or prejudice.

With the launch of BadFormat! magazine we aimed to enable young creatives to have an opportunity to publish their work, from articles, photos, and illustrations to tweets and status updates. The magazine is built by an online community who submit and edit the content to produce a publication that is built by as well as read by its readership.

BadFormat! Magazine:

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In May 2009 we opened BadFormat Social Club. Our aim is to provide a multipurpose venue that provides a great cafe/workspace area during the day (free wi-fi, printing and scanning facilities), modular and multipurpose evening event area (cinema, comedy, lectures, performance) and weekend live venue with amazing sound (touring bands and djs).

We want to change things, we’re not trying to educate, we’re not trying to do anything but provide a space where people with creative tendencies can work, rest and play in safety.

BadFormat! Social Club: www.badformatsocialclub.co.uk

A: BadFormat! Social Club, 3-5 Trueman Street, Liverpool, UK, L3 2BA.

T: 0151 227 5388

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BadFormat! is your’s…built for you, by you….so join in, contribute and collaborate.

ISSUE 4: MUSIC CITY – May 2009

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Swindle

The Birth and Death of Copyright

BadFormat’s Penguin Plug-in

Liverpool Music Week Listing Guide

Super Islam Banana

Paul Du Noyer – Future Sound

The Enemy – Interview

Nevermind The Eric’s

Cinematic

The Tune Bomb

*BADFORMAT MAGAZINE OUT NOW!*

PDF: BadFormat! Magazine | MUSIC CITY – Issue 2

Interview Format: This section aims to bring you interviews from artists/designers/illustrators who have influenced and inspired me along the way, hopefully they will inspire you too, whilst getting an insight into what makes them tick and how they work and create.

From a list of questions the interviewee can choose to answer as little or as many as they like, as long or as short as they like or have time for, explained or unexplained – but they are asked to answer only one option of either OR within the question…

SKWAK

“…SKWAK is a french illustrator from North of France, his unique graphic universe (Maniac World) is soaked, choking. His works revisite the childrens fairy tales and the universal myths. The adventures his characters (the Maniacs) are living are inspired from our daily life (love stories, treason, manipulation…) but are exaggerated to absurd: they express the idea of “too much”, the idea of escalation, through power, wealth, plastic surgery, celebrity..”

Q1. Delete or Save?

A1. Save!!!!!!!!

Q2. Where your from OR Where your at?

A2. Where I’m at.

Q3. Technology OR Tradition?

A3. Tradition of the technology.

Q4. Home OR Away?

A4. Home…sweet home.

Q5. Its what you know OR Its who you know?

A5. I don’t know ; )

Q6. Wall OR Canvas?

A6. Both.

Q7. Keeping it real OR Selling out?

A7. Keep it real.

Q8. Underground OR Mainstream?

A8. It’s the same.

Q9. Personal OR Social?

A9. Perso….

Q10. Sight OR Sound?

A10. SIGHT.

Q11. For the love of OR For the money?

A11. Ahahah…for my love for the money for my love.

Skwak: www.skwak.com

Inspiration – is what drives an artist or designer to create, stimulating the mind into action, through teaching, learning and looking at – great art, design, images, objects, life and the world, we discover our own tastes. By looking at artists work you can see how they have used influences to inspire, a mixture of the conscious and subconscious.

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BadFormat! Magazine is a pure web 2.0 publication – written by its readership, it’s a true representation of the state of play, without censorship or prejudice.

With the launch of BadFormat! magazine we aimed to enable young creatives to have an opportunity to publish their work, from articles, photos, and illustrations to tweets and status updates. The magazine is built by an online community who submit and edit the content to produce a publication that is built by as well as read by its readership.

BadFormat! Magazine:

www.badformat.ning.com

www.badformat.co.uk

Facebook: Badformat Social Club

Twitter: BadFormat

In May 2009 we opened BadFormat Social Club for the first event held as part of Liverpool Soundcity. Our aim is to provide a multipurpose venue that provides a great cafe/workspace area during the day (free wi-fi, printing and scanning facilities), modular and multipurpose evening event area (cinema, comedy, lectures, performance) and weekend live venue with amazing sound (touring bands and djs).

We want to change things, we’re not trying to educate, we’re not trying to do anything but provide a space where people with creative tendencies can work, rest and play in safety.

BadFormat! Social Club: www.badformatsocialclub.co.uk

A: BadFormat! Social Club, 3-5 Trueman Street, Liverpool, UK, L3 2BA.

T: 0151 227 5388

E: info@badformat.co.uk

BadFormat! is your’s…built for you, by you….so join in, contribute and collaborate.

ISSUE 2: U41! - May 2009

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Swindle

A Cross To Bear

Myths of Reality TV

Liverpool Sound City Listing Guide

Breaking Down

A Recent Taste of Cut and Paste

Flash

YouTube Orchestra

Online Dating

Hollow Earth

Pop Turd

*BADFORMAT MAGAZINE OUT NOW!*

PDF: BadFormat! Magazine | U41! – Issue 2

Death’s-head Hawkmoth: Acherontia Lachesis.

Another 1 hour piece using symbolism, repeated patterns and symmetry.

Free MP3 Download: Charles Webster – Sweet Butterfly

Interview Format: This section aims to bring you interviews from artists/designers/illustrators who have influenced and inspired me along the way, hopefully they will inspire you too, whilst getting an insight into what makes them tick and how they work and create.

From a list of questions the interviewee can choose to answer as little or as many as they like, as long or as short as they like or have time for, explained or unexplained – but they are asked to answer only one option of either OR within the question…

ANDY MARTIN

Image-maker Andy Martin has kept abreast of shifting trends whilst holding onto a very distinctive style, most often identified by a nimble and cheeky wit.

An early adopter of the Apple Macintosh, (his illustrated cover graced issue number 2 of MacUser in the UK) he has constantly evolved and refined his approach to image making. His visual lexicon incorporates typography, abstraction, photography, info-graphics and more recently, moving images.

The cross -fertilization of ideas between his film work, the world of art and design and his love of music has created a bold portfolio of work, an ocean of notions. His constant quest for abstraction underpinned with a rigorous narrative ensures his work stays in demand. His range of clients who include; Nike, Ford Motors, British Telecom, Channel 4, Citibank, Disney, Condé Nast, New York Times and film work for Adobe Systems, The Rolling Stones, and Oasis are a testament to his flexible approach to problem solving, be it in the advertising, design, editorial or publishing arena.

With an agility for interpretation, having Andy on board can often turn a routine brief into a triumph of lateral ideas.

Q1. Delete or Save?

A1. Save! NEVER pass on the opportunity for a resale.

Q2. Where your from OR Where your at?

A2. Were you or Where you? There’s a difference.

Q3. Technology OR Tradition?

A3. Both…Technology can easily lead to conventional thinking ; )

Q4. Home OR Away?

A4. Both…Travel is great, your own bed the best.

Q5. Its what you know OR Its who you know?

A5. You know, ?no man is an island.

Q6. Wall OR Canvas?

A6. Digital media. Everytime.

Q7. Keeping it real OR Selling out?

A7. Now that just sounds like Ali G – next…

Q8. Underground OR Mainstream?

A8. Mainstream with a lingering whiff of underground.

Q9. Personal OR Social?

A9. Personal.

Q10. Sight OR Sound?

A10. Both. Like the great man said “All Transmitters to full, All receivers to boost”. (Joe Strummer – The Clash)

Q11. For the love of OR For the money?

A11. You can do both. I do.

Andy Martin: www.andy-martin.com

Inspiration – is what drives an artist or designer to create, stimulating the mind into action, through teaching, learning and looking at – great art, design, images, objects, life and the world, we discover our own tastes. By looking at artists work you can see how they have used influences to inspire, a mixture of the conscious and subconscious.

MUSIC

Music possibly has as much influence on my work as art, I have had a passion for music since an early age, fromrecording radio on cassette tape to collecting vinyl which has been a lifelong interest. I remember watching The Beatles -Yellow Submarine animated film on television as a child and it leaving a lasting impression on me, family parties would always be Soul & Motown, whilst my parents listened to Country music (which I have only learned to appreciate of late). But it was the mix tape’s that I would compile from the radio and from my Brother & Sister’s collection that got me interested in Acid House & Indie music, with my first 12″ being LFO – LFO (Warp Records), then on hearing the Stone Roses for the first time I remember feeling that I was hearing my generation’s Beatles. This lead to a lifelong interest in music, album artwork and music culture that comes with new and exciting forms of music. Recently music has moved more toward MP3, which after some cautiousness has opened up a world of music that I would never have listened to in the past, I feel to have this amount of music and technology at our finger tips will create some amazing new artists and music genres. Although my performing days with the band The Northway are behind me, I still occasionally DJ withCMYK, I aim to use my love of music within my work on future projects, whether it is music production for online films or a soundtrack to accompaniment exhibitions.

Free MP3 Download: The Northway – Starin At The Sun (Edit)

Here is another ‘1 hour piece’, as I say I intend to try and do a few of these a week and just see were ideas take me so you will see ideas emerge and progress.

At the moment I am using a lot of symbolism, repeated patterns and symmetry, all the elements of psychedelia which seems to be cropping up in everything from Illustration to Music which is never a bad thing.

Free MP3 Download: The Chemical Brothers – The Private Psychedelic Reel

We’ve got one T-shirt to give away from the Graniph Japanese Designers Project were 24 selected designers have put “Japanese Culture” into T-shirt print.

Graniph collaborate with international artists, photographers, illustrators and designers to create cult tees and have opened a flagship store in Harajuku, earlier this year. Harajuku is a exciting and innovative area of one of the worlds most exciting cities – Tokyo.

You can also check out Framedink’s T-shirt range in our Shop section were you can now view a video portfolio of designs that we have available for production, if you are interested in buying or producing any of our designs please don’t hesitate to contact us via our comments box.

To Win one Japanese Designers Project T-shirt simply answer this question:

Question: Where have Graniph opened there flagship store?

Send your answer to the question via our comments box below – Don’t Forget to send your size, gender, address, email and preferred designer (if available), Good Luck!

Sorry the competition is now closed: Thanks for your entries and congratulations to the winner.

Winner: Jonathan Holden