Artist
Statement.
My artwork is my view and comment on
issues I feel most important.
Life needs to
be fed, as fire requires oxygen. We are now at a point where our consciousness
allows us to understand through reason and logic such a large amount of
information we may be able to change life’s destructiveness. Everyone knows of
the many environmental issues facing the planet yet we so easily overlook them,
perhaps doing a bit of recycling to ease our conscience.
My work is currently exploring energy
usage and how we are partially unconscious to its existence. I would like to
use this as a gateway into broader investigations into the effect energy has on
our consciousness.
I would say
our consciousness allows us to know
these issues however I believe we actually know very little. I can rationally
believe that lions and tigers exist yet I have never experienced one myself. I
believe this to be the difference between knowing as we generally accept it and
truly knowing something that you have experienced. This opens up a huge area
for artists to explore and play with. Digital media is leading this change as
it is largely due to the capability to share information so easily through
print and now the Internet that has led to the rapid advancements in
civilisation and our consciousness.
This is the first time my work has
taken the form of 3D sculpture and I have learnt a lot from this new approach
to my art. This work started with me trying to find ways to represent data in a
new aesthetic format. They took the form of circular patterns I had been
working on last year. These evolved into 3D versions. I intended to present the
patterns as a way of comparing different sets of data to highlight certain
issues but found by presenting them as part of a larger piece I am more able to
communicate the message to the viewer. Consideration of positioning has been
important to my work.
With our
growing understanding of the world around us, science and consciousness are
always pushing the boundaries of what we know. For anything to change there
must be energy to make it happen. In the future I hope to capture energy by
looking for materials that will in their use, create physical reactions. By presenting
them in a way linked to our perception of them I hope to discover how energy affects
us.
