I want to do more research on the origin of knowledge and the clustering of it in different locations and along different routes at certain times throughout history. I feel that it is an investigation that relates to contemporary culture which appears to have become a culture of surface, one of having rather than being (yes, that’s a quote from Guy Deborge.. clearly miss-spellt)..
It feels like a relative revival of the Dark Ages ruled by crusades and propaganda. Fear and ignorance which people appear to willingly subscibe to and a condition they seem to embrace… However at every age there were glimmers of hope, beacons of humanity and moral….
I would like to use some time investigating the historical movements of knowledge gathering and distribution across the maps of the world…
My initial visual output I will probably concentrate on and around the fable of Babylon, the associated loss of the unifying human language and with that the fable-beginning of misunderstanding and fractioning being perhaps a root cause of war..
At the moment I envisage a sculptural and film expression/ outcome.. I just require some space to think in and work in. The exact route that the project will take will depend somewhat on the available space and resources, but essentially I can provide myself everything in order to make something. But of course the more additional resources are available the more this concept and manifestation can grow.
Access to information resources, with that the internet and well stocked libraries, are vital to me. Some opportunities for quality conversations, too.
Most I really would love to have enough time to really immerse myself in the research and experimenting with possibilities for a resulting exhibition..
I have such a strong back ground in drawing practice, which I haven’t connected with for a fairly long time, I would like to pick up on that again; in fact I feel a neccessity and deep urge to…
