Recent Studio Work
These photos represent documentation of a recent studio installation made over the past two months or so. The work follows on from my interest in time and residual traces of transient activities.
I began noticing how the floor had been covered to protect it from paint. Previous tenants had put down paper and linoleum in a way that covered parts of the paper and exposed the rest to sunlight.
Parts were faded and covered in foot prints others were left almost untouched. I decided they related to my concerns and hung them on the wall.
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My next decision was to paint the linoleum white and place some found objects in the wet paint. The wet paint served to record where the objects had been as well as showing my presence in the form of footprints. For almost ten years I have been working with projected moving images in the dark, in an effort to break away from this process but still keep a concern with chance randomness and my response to this I began throwing my found objects on the painted linoleum
I was then faced with a challenge. My rust drawings used objects that naturaly left a mark with some encouragment from water. These new objects did not. Along with the wet paint I began to spread pigment and powdered graphite round them to record their presence.
Using facebook I invited volunteers to come into the studio and make decisions for me. My first visitor was Gavin heck who presented me with a photograph of his father. Next former studio mate Danny Stuelpnagel tossed some coins on the work. Jassie Rios who is studying in the MFAST program at MICA with me came and worked for about an hour. She initially arranged the objects in an ordered fashion and then disrupted this by sweeping and piling
Then came my two and a half year old son Eoin who taught me a thing or two about intentionality. He approached the installation in a way that only a two year old could. His actions were casual without prejudice and almost ( I think)completely based on what lay before him rather than preconcieved notions of art or politics.
Finally I brought some dancers in who I had worked with in the past. They performed for about an hour in the pigment and graphite and left behind traces of their bodies and movements.
I really hope that you get the chance to come and see the work either at the upcoming residents show at Load of Fun or in my my solo show at Flashpoint later in the year.
Thanks to all of my wonderful volunteers!!