Statement
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I am still trying to work as a maker, but I’m also constantly asking myself the question ‘what is art?’ The majority of my work comes out of a respect of this un-knowing and belief in the object or image is still a vital part of how the artwork exists. The first of my key issues that I am a strong believer in is the ideas surround human behaviour and how it can be influenced or controlled by systems either inside the carrying body through the unconscious or the governmental laws of the outside society. In creating these works I approach issues through a number of ways that usually involve audience participation or interactive mediums in a playful yet a campaigning fusion of live performance and sculptural pieces. A lot of these pieces occur outside of the gallery as public interventions and I take great interest in concepts of street theatre and performance. While creating works in the gallery, it is becoming more and more obvious to me that the temporality of my event is becoming a vital aspect and these situations are now starting to take on an installational form assisted by an element of text through advertising. Another concept that I feel strongly influences my works are the ideas of existentialism or the constructed realities, the possibility of another world of consciousness and the powers of the mind over the brain. These interests come from my love of such classic books and movies as Jules Verne’s ‘The Journey to the Centre of the Earth’ or Pierre Boulle’s ‘Planet of the Apes’, and the work of surrealist and futurist artists such as Dali and Balla. These optimistic forms of imagery inspire me and I love they’re energy while making direct comment on the ideas of social and inner-human systems and changes visually. It is my feeling that in a situation of repression as we are in now, that more artists could find hope and revelation while looking at how artist like Balla demanded for and embraced social change with such enthusiasms. The passion for these films and artists may also be seen to go alongside my upbringing in a household where both my parents are medically trained. My mother being a physiotherapist and my father having a professional background in mental health, I have always been involved in a world that asked questions about how things work, or as it’s more clear and important to me now, how we as humans work, physical and mentally. In conclusion,
it is my wish that my works provide the public with opportunities to experience
and think about their worlds in a different way through physical play
whether they participate in an activity for an hour or twenty seconds. |
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