As an artist, you need to constantly be wary of the effects that side projects can have to your, shall we say, “main practice”.
Over the summer I began to do something i’ve always wanted to do – fashion & editorial photography. I worked with numerous models, make-up artists and stylists, worked both on location and in the studio, exploring different themes and from time to time getting myself published in online zines and fashion blogs.
However, now more than ever I am realising the impact that doing this type of photography has had to my practice. I am finding myself using compositional techniques, lighting set-ups etc that are typically used in photography for advertising. This has now resulted in the work i’ve been creating having a very commercial and fashion-heavy bias, which is inapprioriate to what i’m wanting to achieve.
However i’m currently collaborating with a group of performance artists called Dance4 to create an exhibition at the Nottingham Contemporary, which has really allowed me to be self-reflective and get ‘back to my roots’, so to speak.
Both the Dance4 collaboration and my latest body of work will be published on here at a later date. However, should you wish to find out more about either, here are the links:
http://www.nottinghamcontemporary.org/event/giving…
