Each of the artists in the collective are on their own creative missions (Their Profiles can be seen to the right >>) but the main focus of the group has gradually become the collaborative paintings on which all, or some of the members work together on one image. These pictures have grown to form the identity of Collective-Era. Each painting evolves and mutates over a period of time with old parts being obscured as new areas develop.
Unlike the singular viewpoint of the individual artist, the collaborations become a visual conversation that inspires further response and expression...
The Collective
info@collective-era.com
A visual language has been constructed to aid the explanation of the unknown. There is a strange compulsion towards a bombarding unbearable multi-coloured mess. Inspiration is the fuel. This can be found in the depths of darktimes, bright times, pounding rhythms of organic and battered sound, the other souls who can do unreal things... bacon, pollock, goya, dali, nara, giacommetti, tanguy, picasso..many more. there's calligraphy, victorians, fish, plants, water, squarepusher, rats, spraycans, frizz balls, deserts, all the colours of the 'bow.
As it happens...she has always been waiting for this mouse race.
Here's to the future: maturing like a fine wine and breaking open the head until there is no head anymore.
Layla
molkoqueen@yahoo.com
Fuelled by imagination, the weird, the unique, the other place, symbols, brainfreedom, origin(ality), nonsense,
brainboosting, creativity, never taking anything seriously (especially not myself)
NoWinnersNoLosers Thomas
t1gg3r1@yahoo.com
NoRightNoWrong
NoBetterNoWorse
NoSkillsNoExcuses
NoPostmodernismNoOpinion
NoMoreMessages...................
You can hear some of Tom's music on myspace: The Malfunctioning Vessel Factory
Influences: Chris takes inspiration for his artwork from a multitude of sources including technology & nature, animation & skeletons, electronica & heavy metal, oceans, mountains and of course Ghibli his lost pet bunny rabbit. He works both with computers and with more traditional forms such as painting, drawing and collage, often combining then to create his intended image. The results can be seen as abstract collisions of artificial and organic forms.
More: Chris' would like to express his love for money, capitalism and confusion. He is currently also digging old Sepultura albums!
Chris (TPR)
chrismenes@gmail.com
Once considered one of the heaviest gangsters around. Faye's early retirement from the family was mainly due to her uncontrollable temper and rage. Now she must take enforced time out in a controlled institution to recoup and focus her energies. She battles for personal justice and freedom of expression with the wardens constantly monitoring her activities. The Collective Era sleeper cell, preparing to blow some heads.
Influences: Tea, cake, microbiology, phone tapping, taps, gunshot wounds
Notes: Approach with caution
Faye
faye.mcnulty@yahoo.com
Max has proven himself to be an essential element in the Collective-Era arsenal, adding his brand of intense hard edge line work to the collaboration artworks. His use of minimal, often black and white abstractions, which can be seen in his sinuous tree prints, are a perfect antidote to the more far flung imagery of the rest of the collective.
Besides his work with Collective-Era, Max dabbles in rave inspired mutant sound art sculptures as well as producing gigabytes of electronic music. His work in Stoke on Trent's Cheese Factory is also unrivalled! Mox you leg!
Max
maxrwade@hotmail.co.uk
