I went to the Charles Matton show at All Visual Arts, and I was left with a particular envy of the space that some of the artists whose studios Matton reproduced in miniature, had at their disposal. One especially that had a motorbike being dismantled on a table, high ceilings and lots of empty floor space. I thought about how much stuff I seem to accumulate and how it interferes both mentally and physically with making new work. As Kate Murdoch has commented on the projects unedited blog “Project Me 145“: new starts are essential to keeping us from getting moribund and repetitive in our practice. College situations are full of challenges to our creative paths and I think it is healthy to try and continue this process once we are in the ‘real’ world of art. So lets hear it for shifts and new starts. Now I have to get rid of things EEK! In the end it will make new projects easier to start and build.
When I start a new project, it is certain that I will encounter new problems that I could never have envisaged. ‘007 v John Ridley’ concentrating on and examination of my father and his dedication to his business career have led me into very personal territory.
As Richard Taylor has commented there are modes of operation that produce fictional narrative from personal history and that is an area I have not examined so far. This also applies to tautology, the unnecessary repetition of an idea, or simply a doubling up, honest truth, I am unanimous in that or widow woman, these are mostly constructs of speech, something I enjoy using in performance. I don’t feel that I want to stray too far from the unvarnished truth, or the truth as far as I can conceive it from such close quarters. From where I write this (France) the performance feels more distant and less personal, but ideas about the soundtrack of the video have condensed further towards a clearer goal, that of combining movement and stillness. Maybe tautology will figure in the texts I use during the performance. Critical and physical distance are useful aides to creativity.
