Synthetic Echoes, 2024 The challenge of the moment is therefore to re-think the meaning of appropriation in relation to a reality constituted by a multiplicity of spatialized temporalities. (Verwoert, 2007) I have now been working with the art of Rachel Ruysch and my Dutch women of the 17th Century as a starting point for more… Read More →
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Threads, Traces & Echoes
Reflections on a personal project exploring the nature of art in the age of digital reproduction.
Why still life? – Mapping the field
The start of an exploration into the genre of still life and why it has been such a core part of my body of work.
Absurd
Absurd (noun): the state or condition in which human beings exist in an irrational and meaningless universe and in which human life has no ultimate meaning — usually used with the theatre of the absurd (Merriam Webster Dictionary) Will algorithmic creativity evolve and create an even more absurd universe? Or will it enrich and expand our existence? The following images were… Read More →
The Art of Installation
Exploration of the installation artists that have had an impact on me
Dear Rachel
One of the things I am constantly exploring in my work is the interplay between the digital and non-digital. In my daily life I constantly switch between the two without a thought, and mainly out of awareness. I am also interested in addressing how artists can utilise digital as a medium without having extensive technological… Read More →
Metaphors and the digital
Exploring what metaphors conceal and reveal about being digital
Undertowprojects: an Instagram takeover
Reflections on an Instagram takeover
Beyond the Boundaries – interim group show
Forthcoming online exhibition by MFA students, UCA Farnham
Beauty: outmoded or updated?
As part of my current research I have been reading ‘Beauty: Deepening an Understanding of Contemporary Art, Art Practice & Theory.’ (Nijsse, 2005) The dissertation is structured around three research questions that are relevant to my own practice: What does a contemporary understanding of beauty entail? Can beauty provide us with a way to navigate… Read More →