Ross:
It has been a while since I have posted on here.
Working with an arts organisation can sometimes cost your practice, and finding time to create anything can be a hard push. I find myself working with a number of artists and talk heavily about their practice, but as my role does not include my own practice, it can be left behind.
Within a collaboration this can sometimes be difficult. Richard is left waiting for me to come back to him with answers and suggestions for where we are to move next. Alot of admin is required too. proposals and networking are a must in this world and if you are busy doing that for an organisation it proves difficult to get anything else done.
These are perhaps excuses and I SHOULD find the time, and I will. I have been installing images sent from Richard in the abandoned house and finding out that my own work has succumb to the weather. One flaw in house is the broken windows and the strong winds. Lets hope Richard’s work lasts a little longer.
All is not lost though, and I feel that the decline of my work is fitting to the house project. It is weathered and it is old but it remains. It will be found as it is and it’s state will fluctuate. It will get wet and then dry, it will be pinned back up then fall down again and will continue to follow a line where it’s interpretation may change. it will however continue to ask questions. Why is this here? For what purpose?
Chances are most of you who read this post will not see the house and that is fine. Your interpretation of the work lies here, and in your thoughts, that will be as ephemeral as the work itself.
This is what I like.
With so much work being produced around the country all I can hope for is a thought, a moment of interest. Something that might well dip in and out of your conscience from time to time. This reflects my print rather well I think. A state of flux which also references my recent activity in this collaboration.
It is however back at the front of my conscience. Lets hope it stays dry.
Images of Richard’s work will be posted soon, but for the time being I’ve attached an image of my latest work. Plain Cube
