Currently leading up to the ‘Artefacts from Forgotten Places’ exhibition and working on five new drawings. These are quite different from previous artefact drawings and can be described more as illustrations. I’ve decided to do them entirely on the computer using a graphics tablet. This is a first for me but as they will be shown purely in digital format, I felt it was the most natural choice of medium. I love the clean separation of it, for this particular purpose.
These drawings will be archaeological style reconstructions, imagined through my findings from the sites that I studied for the Hidden Landscapes Project last year. Bringing the findings to this point is quite poignant. A chance to depict a series of scenarios and characters, that exist inside my head, in the most direct way yet. Deliberately, they are buried within an app and will be viewed only on smartphones and other such personal devices. It felt like the most appropriate way of displaying them.
They will be attached virtually to an artefact and made available to view through the free app that will accompany the exhibition.
There are a lot of unknowns. It is a first for Townhouse, whom I am collaborating with and a complete first for me. Relying on technology so heavily for an exhibition is likely to give me some serious jitters but having the knowledge and capabilities made available is such a great opportunity. Having these opportunities to experiment and work with professionals from areas I am practically clueless about is one of the things I really do love about being an artist. It sometimes feels like everyday is work-experience day!
