Methodicalism — Jack Halford Artist

We are METHODICAL, We make things! We believe in action, We believe in failure over inaction, Failure is better than inaction, Inaction is not METHODICAL, We are METHODICAL! We believe in mistakes, experiments! No right or wrong way as long as you are curious, to find new things out, We are explorers, The new adventurers! We seek to change language, minds and dreams. We respect honesty and authenticity, We are the METHODICALISTS! We detect lies, we have no time for wasters of time, we strive to make all the time, we want to create chatter, chatter is what we want, we want input and output, we are the METHODICALISTS. METHODICAL. Everyday METHODICAL. We are expressive, we experiment, we are curious like toddlers. Systematic, our poems are unusual and follow our own rules, we make our own rules, we do not take orders from anyone but ourselves, we are anti-authority, we are freedom. We believe in individuality; we believe in free thought and we are anti-censorship. We are the METHODICALISTS!

Artifact of carbonised painting process -Members Show 2020 22 October – 31 October 2020

Here is my artwork exhibited at Two Queens Gallery. It is a metal incinerator/bin with hanging charcoal made from old paintings, connected to a piece of plywood via a pulley system and counterweight. The counterweight is made up of an old painting stapled together with some sand bags. This is the first piece of Methodicalist art I have exhibited.

Nugget, 2021, terracotta and acrylic paint.

I made this Nugget brush gif from one PNG image I then animated in davinci resolve, then opened the file in photoshop and exported as a gif. the nugget brush is an art object exploring the idea of value, labour, painting and using humour to do so. the brush is made form terracotta made from clay I dug up, I then levigated the clay, made it into a slip, deflocculated that and poured it into a mould made from a real chicken nugget, then after drying I fired it to turn it into terracotta, I then crafted the ferrule from a discarded Pepsi max can and used my hair for the bristles, the terracotta is painted with acrylic paint to make it look a bit more plastic and fake. a labour intensive process to make a tool that has no real practicality as a paint brush, it’s not springy or firm enough to use with paint, it’s also not strong, so I thought, why not animate it? — Here is a Nugget brush GIF I made from a PNG image I animated in Davinci Resolve. The Nugget brush is an art object exploring the idea of value, labor, and painting, using humor to do so. The brush is made from terracotta clay I dug up which I then levigated, deflocculated, and poured into a mold made from a real chicken nugget. After drying, I fired it to turn it into terracotta, then crafted the ferrule from a discarded Pepsi Max can and used my hair for the bristles. The terracotta is painted with acrylic paint to give it a plastic and fake appearance. This labor-intensive process created a tool that has no practical use as a paintbrush; it is not springy or firm enough to use with paint, and it is also not strong. To show the ineffectiveness of this tool, I decided to animate it and create a GIF.

Made in February 2021, Jack Halford's 'Zine 1' is an experimental zine celebrating the fragility of paper. Front cover features the ‘Methodicalist Manifesto’. It touches on themes of masculinity and hard work with short, quick and expressive drawings and poetry. It measures 21cm x 15cm (A5), has 20 pages, and is printed on 100gsm transparent paper for the cover and 80gsm standard printer paper for the inner pages. It is staple bound, and is an edition of 10. All copies are now sold.