Jim Lloyd
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Nothing will come of nothing, 2011. inkjet printout on A4 paper
I created a Blog called “Nothing will come of nothing” with no content (9th Jan 2012) and then posted a message on the OCA student forum informing readers about this blog stating that it was to remain empty apart from posts about the number of visitors to the site.  After 4 days the blog was deleted after 5 days the forum thread was deleted. This image is a plot of number of visitors; no other records of the blog were kept.  There were a total of 87 visits to the blog

The title is from King Lear, which is a version of the philosophical statement that “nothing can come from nothing” which is akin to the conservation of energy in modern physics.   Several artists have been concerned about nothingness and absence, such as John Cage,  (4 mins 33), Damian Hirst:  “the impossibility of death in the mind of someone living” and Martin Creed: “The lights going on and off”

I was concerned with ideas of:
  • Process versus outcome
  • The nature of existence and memory
  • Authorship and originality
  • Control / chance

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  • Projects
    • Dogcam
    • Bird field recording
    • Solresol bird translator
    • BEYOND residency
  • Photobooks
    • Letah Woods (UV)
    • Some things 1
    • Every tree in Wydon Wood
    • Starbucks to St .John Lee
    • Heart of All England
    • Random #1
    • No place like home
    • Moor track
    • River story
    • Blanchland to Riddlehamhope
    • Walking the dog
    • North
    • Some sense of place
  • Video
    • How the bird sees the wood
    • I knew ...
    • The edge of town (nightfall)
    • Secret life
    • Slaley forest
    • More from wood
    • Bin day rainbow
    • Traces
    • Camino
  • Sound
    • Glenshee
    • Railing
    • Weatherline
    • Farewell to the valley
    • Wydon Burn walk
    • A short walk through the woods
    • Intake Nightfall (sound)
    • Wydon wood - West wind, rain
    • Twisted fence
  • Drawing
    • Transcending
    • Kielder and Ennerdale
    • Sketchbooks
    • Free will
    • Shetland
  • Being Here
  • Private Section
    • Nocmig
    • The Great Northern Diver (private)
    • Solresol bird translator
    • The Wild Call
    • Speedy Bunting
  • About
  • Contact
  • New Page
  • Home
  • Poetry
  • Projects
    • Dogcam
    • Bird field recording
    • Solresol bird translator
    • BEYOND residency
  • Photobooks
    • Letah Woods (UV)
    • Some things 1
    • Every tree in Wydon Wood
    • Starbucks to St .John Lee
    • Heart of All England
    • Random #1
    • No place like home
    • Moor track
    • River story
    • Blanchland to Riddlehamhope
    • Walking the dog
    • North
    • Some sense of place
  • Video
    • How the bird sees the wood
    • I knew ...
    • The edge of town (nightfall)
    • Secret life
    • Slaley forest
    • More from wood
    • Bin day rainbow
    • Traces
    • Camino
  • Sound
    • Glenshee
    • Railing
    • Weatherline
    • Farewell to the valley
    • Wydon Burn walk
    • A short walk through the woods
    • Intake Nightfall (sound)
    • Wydon wood - West wind, rain
    • Twisted fence
  • Drawing
    • Transcending
    • Kielder and Ennerdale
    • Sketchbooks
    • Free will
    • Shetland
  • Being Here
  • Private Section
    • Nocmig
    • The Great Northern Diver (private)
    • Solresol bird translator
    • The Wild Call
    • Speedy Bunting
  • About
  • Contact
  • New Page