Studio Views: Work in Progress, Autosuggestion

Charley Peters, Autosuggestion (2011), Duct tape on wall

Autosuggestion is the latest of my recent explorations of drawing with tape directly onto the studio wall. Although still being concerned with the repetition of parallel lines, Autosuggestion also explores geometric form and employs a wider colour palette than in previous tape drawings. This series will continue to develop in the studio over the successive weeks. More images of subsequent work will be posted on Carbon Particles when available.

Charley Peters, Autosuggestion (Detail) (2011), Duct tape on wall

Studio Views: Work in Progress, Psychoparadoxa

Charley Peters, Psychoparadoxa (Work in Progress) (2011), Electrical tape on wall

Psychoparadoxa are new works on the wall (above) and paper (below) that use the notion of perspective drawing as the starting point for geometric explorations of space. In these examples limited colour is used to both explain and confuse the separate planes of foreground and background.

Charley Peters, Psychoparadoxa (sketches) (2011), Pen on paper

Project News: Future of the City

Work in progress for the Smart Urban Stage Future of the City project

I have been invited to participate in an ongoing project dealing with the future of the city. Initiated by car manufacturers Smart, artists, designers, architects and technologists from different cities around the world are asked to question the urban status quo. Challenged to respond to a question, in this case posed by Gordon Wagener (Head of Design, Mercedes Benz), each project contributor must produce a series of 1-5 photographs as a means of communicating or exploring a notion of a 'future city'. I have been working on a response to Wagener's question, 'In reference to urban mobility (and Megacities) how will design evolve in the upcoming two decades?' My work, a series of drawn and documented interventions in locations around London can be seen online once published on the Future of the City website.

Previous contributions to the Future of the City project can be seen here: http://www.smart-urban-stage.com/

Further information about the project will be posted on Carbon Particles once the work is online.

Studio Views: Architectural Interruptions

Charley Peters, Untitled Wall Drawing (2011), Graphite on Wall

 Recent drawings in the studio has been developing the aesthetic concerns of the interrupted line. In a series of works on paper produced over the last few months parallel lines are systematically drawn but masked areas allow the lines to change direction and explore the resultant linear progressions. In Untitled Wall Drawing (2011), the architectural restraints of the corner of the studio replaces masking as the originator of the linear interruptions.

Left: Charley Peters, Praxis (Interrupted) (2011), Ink on Paper  /  Right: Charley Peters, Untitled Wall Drawing (Detail) (2011), Graphite on Wall

Studio Views: Work in Progress, Covariance Series

Charley Peters, Covariance (2011), Gaffer Tape, Canvas and Wall

Another drawing with tape is being developed on the studio wall. The black and grey tape lines, of varying weights and widths, progress across the white wall, colliding with canvas squares and altering their trajectory.

Studio Views: Work in Progress, Interrupted Vertical Lines

Charley Peters, Works in Progress (2011), Ink on Paper

Developments of a new series of drawings incorporating interrupted vertical lines, drawn sytematically parallel to each other. The ink lines are layered in an unpremeditated manner, causing colours to mix on the paper.

Studio Views: Work in Progress, Praxis Series / Grids

Charley Peters, from Praxis series (2011), Ink on Paper