James R Ford is a British artist whose practice is concerned with childlike and adolescent past-times, pursuits and obsessions. His body of work consists of projects and investigations based around observations, process and play: ranging from inventing a new home based sport, to covering a Ford Capri in over 4,000 toy cars, to utilising his pet cat as an art tool. http://www.jamesrford.com Fri, 16 Jan 2009 12:55:00 GMT Fri, 16 Jan 2009 12:55:00 GMT A series of large monochromatic jigsaw puzzles printed in Cyan, Magenta, Yellow, and Black. With over 1,000 pieces in each, and no two pieces being the same, an enjoyable puzzle transforms into a tedious task. http://www.jamesrford.com/works/cmyk4160/index.shtml Wed, 07 Jan 2009 12:10:00 GMT 20 February - 28 March 2009 (Private view: 19 February 18.00). FERREIRA PROJECTS is proud to announce James R Ford's second solo exhibition in London titled Only Boring People Get Bored. Ford's latest body of work is an existentialist outing via assemblage, games and by-products of boredom. The installation 33 things to do before you are 10 will be shown as the result of his gallery residency as well as forming an integral part of the exhibition. http://www.ferreiraprojects.com/programme/2009/only_boring_people/index.htm Tue, 06 Jan 2009 11:10:00 GMT Residency Period: 22 January - 19 February 2009. FERREIRA PROJECTS_01 is proud to announce James R Ford's new Residency project - 33 things to do before you're 10. Over a 4-week period Ford will create a room-sized installation filled with photography, documentary debris and monitors; a haphazard collection of documentation from the deceptively grueling 17 month online project of the same name. http://www.ferreiraprojects.com/residency/33things/index.htm Thu, 13 Nov 2008 14:28:00 GMT Constructed from 27 Rubik's Cubes, each one twisted by hand to fit a designated pattern so that when stacked together they form a large six-sided die. http://www.jamesrford.com/works/rubik_die/index.shtml Wed, 17 Sep 2008 13:24:00 GMT This durational film features 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 the Guitar Hero III game. http://www.jamesrford.com/works/hmwybs/index.shtml Tue, 19 Aug 2008 15:44:00 GMT After 17 months, the 33 things to before you're 10 project is now complete. http://www.jamesrford.com/works/33thingstodobeforeyouare10/index.shtml Fri, 18 Jul 2008 17:06:00 GMT FERREIRA PROJECTS is proud to announce James R Ford's first curatorial project - Irregular Pulse. Presenting a group of contemporary artists whose work is imbued with a sense of play and conceptual wit; spanning installation, sculpture, painting and video. Ayling and Conroy, Bedwyr Williams, James R Ford, Russell Herron, Sarah Doyle, Stewart Gough. Exhibition: 30 July - 16 August 2008. PRIVATE VIEW: WEDNESDAY 30 July 18.00 - 21.00 http://www.ferreiraprojects.com/ Fri, 27 Jun 2008 17:56:00 GMT Instead of bringing home gifts of dead mice and birds, Oscar the cat stole stuffed toys from nearby households and left them on his owners' door mat, over a period of three months. http://www.jamesrford.com/works/oscar_presents/index.shtml Wed, 18 Jun 2008 10:11:00 GMT The website has had a complete overhaul. It is now cleaner, simpler and easier to navigate. http://www.jamesrford.com Mon, 21 Apr 2008 13:48:00 GMT Click on the link above to view works from this project or cut and paste this link http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BiktxUNdq5M to view a brief walk-through of the exhibition as shown at FERREIRA PROJECTS this month. http://www.jamesrford.com/works/duchamp_cranes/index.shtml Thu, 10 Apr 2008 16:09:00 GMT There is a full page spread about Ford's imminent London solo show in the current issue of Grafik magazine. Click link to view the press cutting. http://www.jamesrford.com/press/articles/grafik_apr2008.htm Mon, 17 Mar 2008 12:35:00 GMT Number Plate sized, aluminium mounted print of all 124 npi findings (views of each vehicle and close-ups of the number plates) that Ford documented over the period of a year. http://www.jamesrford.com/editions/index2.shtml#npi Wed, 05 Mar 2008 15:58:00 GMT FERREIRA PROJECTS is proud to present the first solo exhibition in London of James R Ford - Duchamp Played Chess; I made Cranes. Ford's new body of work emerges from his fascination with the ancient Japanese practice of Origami and begins to illustrate how Eastern Art has become Westernised. SHOW RUNS 18 April - 10 May, Monday - Saturday 10.00 - 18.00. OPENING NIGHT 17 April 18.00 - 21.00. http://www.jamesrford.com/news/crane_flyer.jpg Thu, 20 Dec 2007 11:19:00 GMT For this work Ford was focused on the playground activity of making paper aeroplanes. Many different designs (of varying difficulty) were folded, flown and documented in the process. The drawings are studies of these planes handmade by Ford - the subtle depiction of warped edges and uneven folds conveys their pathos and imperfection. http://www.jamesrford.com/works/paper_planes/index.shtml Wed, 28 Nov 2007 11:48:00 GMT "Initially I started folding paper cranes as a way to escape - Origami to me was like what playing chess was to Duchamp, although I never intended to retire at this point." Click the link to read the interview in full. http://www.myartspace.com/blog/2007/11/art-space-talk-james-robert-ford.html Fri, 09 Nov 2007 16:03:00 GMT The 9 Rotating Rainbow Cranes screensaver is a collection of illustrated Origami cranes, infinitely spinning through the colours of the rainbow to protect your computer monitor in its periods of prolonged inactivity. http://www.jamesrford.com/editions Wed, 10 Oct 2007 14:22:00 GMT Now that the 21st instalment of the Bond series has been released on DVD, and I have had chance to time it, here are The Bond Formula results (the first release of Casino Royale in 1967 wasn't included in the project because it isn't an official MGM Bond film). They changed the format more than usual in Casino Royale 2006 - there is no Money Penny or Q/R characters and there is no actual final combat between Bond and the main villain - it's Bond being tortured and then some guy comes in and shoots the villain. Still counts though! There were a number of casino gambling scenes so I chose the first one as the one to count. This was also the longest Bond film ever. http://www.jamesrford.com/works/the_bond_formula/index.shtml Wed, 03 Oct 2007 11:37:00 GMT I am not a fridge, 2007, Fridge door, magnetic letters, 52 x 80 x 11 cm http://www.jamesrford.com/news/iamnotafridge_big.jpg Mon, 01 Oct 2007 09:10:00 GMT Camping out in the back garden as part of the 33 things to do before you're 10 project. http://vimeo.com/2296262 Fri, 10 Aug 2007 14:10:00 GMT Oscar (a 6 month old kitten) is wearing a customised Chihuahua hoodie with modified wireless spy camera attached. He was filmed roaming around, going about his day to day activities. http://www.jamesrford.com/works/catcollartv/index.shtml Sat, 14 Jul 2007 00:25:00 GMT A 1/4 size replica of the Capri that Ford used to build his General Carbuncle sculpture, recreated in the second hand state it was bought. http://www.jamesrford.com/works/homage_crap_capri/index.shtml Tue, 05 Jun 2007 15:05:00 GMT Driven, Fieldgate Gallery, London. Exhibition open 30th June - 29th July 2007. Private View 29th June, 6-9pm. Ford will be exhibiting his Number Plate Initials along with a new work called Homage to a crap Capri. http://www.jamesrford.com/press/flyers/driven.htm Fri, 25 May 2007 16:19:00 GMT The Six Degrees of Smoking lighters are still travelling the world after 18 months! http://www.jamesrford.com/works/six_degrees_of_smoking/info.shtml