Art has left the Building
Re:Call Interview
1) When were you at Bournville School of
Art?
From
2005-2009
2) What course did you study here?
BA
Visual Art by Negotiated Study
(as
well as Foundation Art & Design)
3) Who were your tutors?
Steve
Bulcock, Sean O’Keeffe, amongst others
4) What area did you specialize in?
Digital
practice (websites, 3d animation, projections & installations)
5) What memories do you have of your
first day at Bournville School of Art?
Sun,
people, smell of ink, busy cafeteria, chocolate, finding it difficult to
navigate maple road
6) What memories do you have of your
final show at Bournville School of Art?
Feeling
simultaneously confused, relieved and annoyed. Arriving too early and being
anxious on the private view, the distracting presence of ‘scum slave’…
7) What piece did you do for your final
show at Bournville and could you describe it?
Episodic
3d animation of a warped virtual space, on a screen acting as an aperture
angled inside an abstract sculpture. Accompanied by an interactive website
revealing the opposite vantage point of the same animation.
8) Could you give just five words to
describe your experience at Bournville School of Art?
Quiet,
fulfilling, disoriented, proficient, deceptive
9) Could you indicate what creative
activity you have done since your time at Bournville?
Worked
as a web designer, curated exhibitions in London and Birmingham, presented work
as part of group shows, created/presented work online.
10) Could you describe your current
creative practice/ideas/work?
Currently
a practicing artist/curator, working on collaborative projects as well as
design work when available.
11) Could you say a little about the
work you have chosen to include in the Re:Call exhibition?
Unearth
is an audiovisual piece that explores the digital screen as virtual space. A
beam of light scans objects and spaces acting as a metronome to the slowly
developing soundtrack. Threatening to resolve itself the video deliberately
reverts to the consolation of a repetitive scanning line of white pixels.
Versions of this piece have appeared in parts of other works and installations.
12) What are you working on at the
moment?
More
short video’s and music, applications for residencies, research projects,
publications and web documentation for past exhibitions.
13) What are your creative plans for the
future?
Build
on design experience, develop an online exhibiting space.
14) Is there anything else you would like
to add?