My appreciation

Abstract

My practice deals with ways of reading, visual language and how multiple meanings can resonate within a system of semiotics. Language is a vital aspect of how we live because our ideas come into being through language. We think by naming things, and this process informs how we understand the world. I situate my experimentation as an artist within the process of interpretation and communications. My interest lies with how meaning is constructed and what is communicated. Language is constructed in many layers. This seems especially the case in regard of visual languages. This artwork is a drawing installation. Within it I focus on the visual text with the aim of identifying the systems that provide the basis for meaning. I’ve used the subject of language as a vehicle for self- reflection. I’m interested in the effect language has had on how I perceive the world – for instance what role has it played in how I appreciated my life. This involves a consideration of language as it occurs within expressive environments such as home or the educational system. When using language I’ve sought out instances of confusion, which result in multiple potential interpretations. From this I wanted to construct an installation that extended this semiotic reading of language, into space. I have worked within a self-imposed restriction and limited myself to using materials close to hand, from my own environment; postie notes, pens, and fabric. This valuing of ordinary also extends to the type of mark I have elected to use. I involve the movement my own hand as I make objects that inform my appreciations. From what I know through out this project, one thing is sure, I always wanted to remain true to my sense of how my work’s development should be represented, when its completed the work acts as an indicator of my personal reflection of the making as a mind and body experience. My aim is that the objects which result from my practice speak of a phenomenology that persists within the making while at the same time they’re also constructed with reference to structural formalities that connect an audience by presenting what is common to a shared understanding.