Last week ended with me installing a large piece of work made from photocopies in my space. I was still interested in the horizontal brushstrokes that has been present in my work over the last few months. I was also thinking about readymade panels/prefabrication and repetition. There is a funny/bad perspective element to these pieces too. I’m not sure how I feel about them yet. There is still this towerblock feeling about it.
This week a number of MA students from Wimbledon, myself included, had a little exhibition in Battersea. I wanted to do something experimental and build upon what I’d done last week in the project space and on my studio wall. I took a corner space and installed some photocopied brushstroke panels into a funny perspective based upon my piece of work in my last post. I struggled with the floor, and tried a few things including paper and more photocopies, but in the end, I opted for a taped outline based upon last weeks projection lightbeam. As I was installing this piece of work, I noticed the stairs, and how there was a divide due to the walkway from above. I decided to make a load more photocopies and install a similar thing in this space. The reason I tackled the stairs was because the space went knowhere, kind of back on itself, at the top of the stairs, there was no exit. I found this quite interesting. In retrospect, I should maybe not have followed the contours of the steps and should’ve gone straight and flat, altering the space slightly.
I had a tutorial today and it was very useful. I was worried as usual about not knowing enough about what I was doing. My studiobased photocopy work seemed to go down well came across as being more edgy than using cement. There is also more milage in the persective paintings. I will now go about combing the two and trying to tighten a few things up. Although my experimentation has been good, I need to be specific about what building types I am using, and why I am focusing on them. Should I focus on a building with a history to it, for instance something like Auschwitz? What do different types of buildings mean and do different buildings cause different anxieties? Lots to think about and get to the bottom of before Easter. Our next assessment on the 28th of May is the diploma stage of the course and is hugely important, so I want to be completely on top of my work and ideas by then.
