Reflections on a personal project exploring the nature of art in the age of digital reproduction.
Tag: Work in progress
‘Field Work’ expanded
In March we were set a project prompt that encouraged us to interact with a public site in nature as far as was safe to do at the time given the lockdown restrictions. Select a public site in nature you can record using photography, print, drawing, film or create site-specific works by walking, using found… Read More →
Digital Remains: PechaKucha
The above presentation shows the evolution of my work in relation to the notion of digital afterlife. It shows my influences, and hopefully illustrates my developing practice. Please note there are some moderately flashing images at the end. This was the third time I had presented my PechaKucha (a presentation format using 20 slides shown… Read More →
Digital Remains: Broken packets
Yesterday’s play with colours has resulted in more experimentation today. It’s still work in progress but it’s interesting to explore the different possibilities and see which ones resonate for me. I had kept the backgrounds white because much of our data transfer is about light but as ever, I am drawn to the dark and… Read More →
Disruption
Take an existing piece of work and disrupt it in some way Take a found image or object and disrupt that Bring the two together to create a new piece We had certain parameters in creating our newest prompted piece, most of which focused on moving away from our current area of practice. As much… Read More →
Digital Remains: work in progress
One of the things I enjoy about making is the problem solving involved in taking something from concept to resolved piece. I am currently working towards an interim MFA show in the UCA James Hockey Gallery in March. The title of the show is ‘Unsettling Focus’ which is perfect for the glitched work I am… Read More →
52-week collage workshop: Citrasolv collage
The prompt for this week’s activity was to use Citrasolv, ideally with a National Geographic to make ‘papers’ for collaging. We were asked to create at least three collages. I had tried to do some photo-transfers before using Citrasolv with little success so wasn’t too sure what was going to happen. I was also… Read More →