brand new arrangement studies
I think the correct term to use here is studies. These are by no means finished works, just arrangements for possible installations, possible props for movement and alternative contexts for widening and exploring the content of existing drawings.
I suppose I start off with the drawings in mind at least and then work from there. Work formally, seeing what fits and what photographs well (so it is remaining instilled within documentation too) and also what colours go where with other collected objects and materials.
I can see some of them developing specifically in to film works, closely recorded and then build in to larger performance pieces when I have the space to do so. It is important however that the performances – using my camera as collaborator – are worked on site-specifically, dealing with an outside context as it were. Not the context of the studio specifically.
For now these works exist in a tangible yet changeable state. Each time they are returned too they are indeed re-visited (just as the site may be too) and things are added or taken away. I see this as being connected directly to the drawing process adding and taking away erasing and making more marks – in the end it is compositional.
I would also like to return to photopia here. These are images that are taken / photographed on walks, days out, days where I do not want to concentrate entirely on art but want to get away with taking snippets of ideas using my camera phone or my SLR if I have it with me. These are indeed snapshots that are then edited digitally and formally too. They are then stored in one place allowing direct reference at a later date.
Some images may appear in more than one place.
