Ergo Phizmiz

Shapes drawn in graphite sticks, then defined into forms by good old yellow'n'black.

OUT NOW on Strategic Tape Reserve MIGHTY GIANT PINKY Tribute Ugh  Yoing / Satanicpornocultshop A collection of music in memory of Ugh Yoing, the collage-composition and electronic music genius behind Satanicpornocultshop.  Curated by Ergo Phizmiz Limited Edition, 65 copies, cassette Get it here

New work for "Dimbola Mikado", created using realtime manipulation of images and mixed media across inkjet photocopier, silhouettes, and Victorian optical games. "Dimbola Mikado" premieres at Dimbola Lodge, former home of Victorian photographic pioneer Julia Margaret Cameron, mid to late 2020. Supported by Arts Council England, Dimbola Lodge, and Sound & Music's Francis Chagrin Award. Captain Speedy chaperones his bagpipes through the Victorian era Lewis Carroll Little Maids from School Little Maids from a school with good Ofsted The sun whose rays are all ablaze Captain Speedy plays music to the young prince Melancholy maids from school Arthur Sullivan in pursuit of the Lost Chord The rush of colonialism The sun's rays continue to be ablaze

Full photograph and details of a piece began in 2018, during lectures on the Themersons  and their contribution to 20th avant-garde thought and practice, and completed only when the inevitable happened and the Boojum - constructed of fragments of Themersons' photograms - appeared in the image in the worrisome days of 2020 to begin the digestion of the universe.  Inkjet prints on paper, cardboard, and tracing paper, mounted onto wooden frame. Photograph of a crucifix found on an abandoned academic worktop. 

Building top of the "computerless computer art" methods of the scanning-in-motion practices I've been experimenting with over the course of this productions' development, permit be to introduce you to a series of mainly 3D diorama mixing up this radical approach to image making with traditional collage, to create fragments and scenes of the story "Dimbola Mikado" will tell. All images by Ergo Phizmiz, except Lionel Blair which is by Lottie Depresstival Bowater. Dimbola Mikado will premiere at Dimbola Lodge , home of pioneering photographer Julia Margaret, in late 2020. Click to enlarge. Dimbola Mikado is supported by Arts Council England, Dimbola Lodge and Onthe wight.com The Town of Titipu A Little Maid from School Lionel Blair Stravinsky and his favourite gelatinous musical egg Opera Opera Opera Caruso Frankie Howerd fends off Michael Winner in Aspic Brexit Britain W.S. Gilbert takes the plunge i...

Superb France based radio station Le Village Pop recently interviewed me about life, the universe and everything. Listen to it on podcast here .

In recent months I have been enjoying playing with big long sticks of graphite. Starcity 1 Starcity 2 Starcity 3 Waves Pensive Dialogue