Had a really good tutorial with the artist Jordan McKenzie today. After getting a bit stressed about refining my personal project, and the piece of critical studies writing that will go with it, earlier this week, I am now feeling more relaxed about things.
Instead of worrying about whether I am a theatre designer or a fine artist, Jordan suggested that perhaps my work lies in the space between those two disciplines - or maybe it doesn't even have to be a case of separating these disciplines in to categories.
I am attracted to the work of artists who use organic materials, creating installations which show the effect of time on these objects, letting the pieces decay and change, an evolving artwork. I also enjoy performance, and the visual language that can arise from the text of a narrative, and the dialogue between the two. I particularly like the results that are aroused when fine artists such as David Hockney among numerous others, cross over in to the world of scenography, as I enjoy the collaboration and sense of symbiotic relationship between the painterly and a certain form of narrative, whether it be drama, music or dance. Maybe I should be looking at how artists link these two things?.......
Artists to look at:
Gonzalez-Torres, Pina Bausch, Joseph Beuys, Alastair McClennan.......
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