Today we took the mini coach out to colchester to visit First Site (gallery) and to walk around with artist mark titchner. It was really great to hear how each work came about, and as he explained each piece in the exhibition, they became more and more densely layered in meaning as more details were revealed. I wanted to come to this trip because I saw that he does a lot of text work, and I've always wanted to incorporate text in my work. I do already in the titles, but I often feel that it is not direct enough. After today, it made me really want to put text as the central emphasis of a painting. Seeing the digital prints he did for some, as well as some video work, made me really want to start experimenting with text. I am always using word play in my ideas, but have never truly encompassed it completely in a piece of work. Seeing mark so freely use his emotional responses to text in the variety of ways he has shown it was inspiring.
He also mentioned that
-he likes doing site-specific work, and has done public murals and work overseas.
-And that with so much staring at the screen doing digital work he has the urge to do something hands on, which is why he did the wood carvings/more physical work
-he is not an expert in language, but he works with his emotional response to language
-he uses projection because you can get right into it, but it is difficult in public, got to make sure nobody steals your equipment.. but public murals open up conversation with people asking questions
lilah fowler's exploration into making data into a tangible material was fascinating, and so was siobhan's immersive illusionary work.
He also mentioned that
-he likes doing site-specific work, and has done public murals and work overseas.
-And that with so much staring at the screen doing digital work he has the urge to do something hands on, which is why he did the wood carvings/more physical work
-he is not an expert in language, but he works with his emotional response to language
-he uses projection because you can get right into it, but it is difficult in public, got to make sure nobody steals your equipment.. but public murals open up conversation with people asking questions
lilah fowler's exploration into making data into a tangible material was fascinating, and so was siobhan's immersive illusionary work.
