Blogging for Artists on Vimeo.
I’m frequently asked to give talks to artists and creative practitioners about how they might use blogging and related social media tools to promote their work but until now I’d never recorded myself doing one. On Wednesday I did one for Shropshire Council’s Arts Network and popped the Flip video camera on a table. As I explain in the intro the framing and audio are awful but you can hopefully make most of it out and get an idea of what I do.
I start off with a brief look at how I use the Internet both as a business and as an emerging artist, emphasising how simple the process is and the effects of my behaviour online. I then work through a few examples of artists working in various mediums who blog, looking at how they use simple and free tools. I emphasise telling the story, bringing the personality of the artist to the fore and, ultimately, using social media as a means to enable communities of artists to emerge, grow and strengthen. I also look at how putting byproducts of an artists practice online without giving away the “crown jewels” can be effective and the notion of throwing small pebbles into a lake and letting them ripple out.
I’m very interested in doing more of these. While it’s pretty basic stuff to me it keeps me grounded and the Q&A often brings out things I hadn’t necessarily considered.
If you’d like me to come and talk to your group or at your event, please get in touch.
This was a really informative talk thanks Pete. It certainly inspired me to get out there and use the internet more creatively, both in my own work and exploring it to find other people, artists and exciting things. Still haven't quite got into blogging yet, but I'm tweeting reguarly now!
Despite the perception of rural areas being low tech and idyllic I think its even more important here to use this technology to connect to people locally as well as the rest of the world, and now we know how thanks to you!