Ian Wolter

I create kinetic sculpture, performances and films as a means to explore societal trends, possible futures or to address political issues as I see them. I use a broad range of media and approaches. I find constantly learning new techniques really productive. I want my art to be accessible and to foster debate, to be easily argued over. I’m fascinated by Jacques Rancière’s idea that the power of political art lies not in the tension between the art and its inherent politics but in the tension between it being simultaneously art and non-art: a hundred years after the idea that anything could be art, that art may be infected with non-art and become both more powerful and less valuable. 2016 Arte Laguna Prize (Performance) 2015 Global Sustainability Institute Prize BA Hons Fine Art, Cambridge School of Art, 2015 www.ianwolter.com Cambridge UK