This website is designed to be a hub for Artists of many disciplines who need a online platform for their in development work. This is not an online portfolio but a place where Work can be put into the public domain as part of the process of creating and reflecting. The work may not be finished, but in need of feedback or some form of finality.
The Fluent Collective #2 (Part of In Between States)

The Fluent Collective #2 (Part of In Between States)

  The Fluent Collective #2 was a collaboration between Ben Walker & Roman Sheppard Dawson for Mile End Art Pavilions exhibition In Between States. (http://www.artpavilion.info/In-Between-States) The piece consisted of 3 main bodies; a projector, a raining sculpture and a projection screen. Projected through the rain and onto the screen was a short narrative (9 minutes)  ...
The Fluent Collective Presents: #1

The Fluent Collective Presents: #1

The Fluent Collective’s first collaborative work. The piece was centred round poles or rods of different materials standing freely while being reflected in water. A couple of lights illuminate selective structures, building a hierarchy among them. In the middle of the room, a lone Rod stands while being subjected to cascading water. We attempted...
The Year Ahead.

The Year Ahead.

  So here we are. Looking at the year ahead. What I would like to think is that we have some goals/targets that we can strive to by December. Some of these would be artistically, others would be to do with admin and online presence. So. 1. Regular posting from our...
THE SITE IS LIVE

THE SITE IS LIVE

After a couple of months testing and trying stuff out, The Fluent Collective Site is now live! We hope that this becomes a good resource for ourselves and our peers within the art world. Check back here every once and a while and see how we’re getting on. Our members will be...
Who What Why & How

Who What Why & How

<ALL INFORMATION SUBJECT TO CHANGE> The Fluent Collective is a place where disciplines converge while striving for that elusive target of originality. This website is designed to be a hub for Artists of many disciplines who need a online platform for their in development work. This is not an online portfolio but a place where Work can be put into the...
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the Violinist

the Violinist

This is the fourth short film and part three of a series made by the Feldenkrais Guild UK® to promote awareness of the Feldenkrais Method®. This film focuses on Glen Sheldon a professional violinist and how he has incorporated the method in his playing over the years. I operated camera and assisted editing the film.  
Laser Tests - New work surrounding the poetic importance of working at night

Laser Tests – New work surrounding the poetic importance of working at night

New work surrounding the poetic importance of working at night. The laser lines are designed to work as neural pathways connecting thoughts and feelings. We are also discussing the idea of sound metaphorically traveling down and along the lines like an old fashioned can and string phone. This would not literally happen with the Lasers. This is a collaborative piece...
Roman's Showreel

Roman’s Showreel

My showreel of recent video work. The video consists of short extracts from longer durational pieces. Collaborative Piece made with Ben Walker.
Mile End - In Between States Video

Mile End – In Between States Video

Mile End Art Pavilion (In Between States) from Roman Sheppard Dawson on Vimeo. The Fluent Collective #2 was a collaboration between Ben Walker & Roman Sheppard Dawson for Mile End Art Pavilions exhibition In Between States. (http://www.artpavilion.info/In-Between-States) The piece consisted of 3 main bodies; a projector, a raining sculpture and a projection screen. Projected through...
Shchedrin at Kara in 1882

Shchedrin at Kara in 1882

Installation as part of MMXIII at the Mile End Art Pavilion Ink; Soil; Wheelbarrow; Metal Chain.
The Fluent Collective is featured on the Guardian Website!

The Fluent Collective is featured on the Guardian Website!

  Getting your work out of the studio and on to gallery walls is a challenge for every art student. Unless you’re constructing scale replicas of historic landmarks out of snot, used lollipop sticks and furballs, it’s unlikely to make a splash on the front pages of the newspapers.   So young artists have started...
Logo designs

Logo designs

Designs for an online jewellery company. Check out their beautiful work on facebook  http://www.facebook.com/HaberDaberCreations?fref=ts
Sea of Waves

Sea of Waves

  Expand an idea to the extremes. 1 film, 3 films, now 10+. People say when you’re working small to start working big. The same can be said for video editing.   The next thing to move onto is how it is situated in the gallery space, again bringing the 2D plain into a 3D...
The Religious triptych

The Religious triptych

  3 images. 2 book ending a larger central film. All 3 make 1 full image. The Sound of the Sea is important and has a place here where it does not in the other films. Narrative still exists. The fade.
Home Made Projector

Home Made Projector

  The Film was shown on my smartphone in a shoebox, lit through a magnifying glass. I created it to bring the swinging action out of the 2D image and into the 3 Dimensional space. It has been remarked that as I tilted the tripod to mirror the film that it feels like an xray. I think...
Assisting an Actor.

Assisting an Actor.

Photography for Cory Hippolyte  twitter.com/CoryHippolyte  by Roman Sheppard Dawson  
Creative Spotlight: Adeeb Ashfaq

Creative Spotlight: Adeeb Ashfaq

Biography: Born in 1990, and i grew up in Bradford  west Yorkshire. in 2010, i moved to neighbouring Leeds to pursue study at the prestigious Leeds college of art for my art foundation. from here, progression for me took place in the form of a move to London, namely to study BA: product design at world renowned central saint martins. in 2012, a...