I have written a few words about myself and '30 Minutes' which you can read here:

http://mill24.blogspot.com/search/label/Steven%20Hutchinson

Mill24

Well it's been a while since my first post but I have now secured a place at The Mill24 exhibition at Islington Mill on 29th May 2010. The link to the Mill24 official blog is below.

A few criteria have changed since my initial vision for this project- the structure will remain the same, as in the the position of the clock in each scene, but will now feature only one clock, rather than a different one for each scene.

I think that using one clock (and it is a nice looking clock, all shiny and everything) will unify the scenes and tie the piece together with the one common aesthetic. Another alteration is that the film's duration will be thirty minutes, hence I have named the piece...

wait for it...

30 Minutes.

it's quite snappy, it's not pretentious, it...erm...has a number in the title....

Plus the term 'thirty minutes' suggests a single block of time as well as numerous separate moments, which is kind of what I'm getting at with the whole bloody thing.

But I don't want to blow my wad explaining the piece right now, I'd rather people view it when its done and take away from it what they want rather than me cramming it down their throats.

Please visit the Mill24 blog for all the info you need on the exhibitions which they are holding on April 24th as well as 29th May.

http://mill24.blogspot.com/

CLOCKS!

My name is Steven Hutchinson, I am a film maker from Lancashire, and my next project is quite ambitious but will be worth the effort if it comes off.

I intend to make a film featuring sixty different clocks.

The piece will explore the passage of time, how we waste time and how precious time is. It will explore the distractions of every day life, which themselves could be the very thing we are living for.

Now I've never been good at explaining my ideas to people, and when I do they sound ridiculous, even to me. So I will opt to remain mysterious as to the actual logistics of the film, which I have imaginatively titled 'Clocks.'

For the project I need to get my hands on sixty table clocks. Clocks like the one at the very top of this blogpage.

This is where YOU come in.

I would like people to donate their old, unwanted, unused clocks to this project. I'm attracted by the participation possibilities that art can present. Featuring dozens of clocks, each one with a different life and history would, In my mind, lend more weight to the themes running throughout the piece.

As mentioned, the types of clocks I need are working Table Clocks, with all three hands (hour, minute, second) in full working order. No wall clocks, no digital clocks.

As long as these stipulations are in place, It doesn't matter how old or how cheap the clocks are or what style or condition they are in.

They don't have to have be alarm clocks with bells on top; as long as I can stand it on a flat surface and set the time on it, I'll have it.

So if you want to be part of this film project and would like to give your old clocks a new lease of life, now's the time.

Please email me at clocksproject@hotmail.com if you have any queries and for a postal address if you would like to send me a clock.

Best wishes

Steven