Edinburgh Flat

Perceptions

An experimental piece that developed through several stages. First from the idea of preservation. Of particular interest was the dynamic of perserving the natural world in an artificial container (a plastic bag) and the question of is perservation acceptable if it removes the object from sight and ultimately destroys it?

This went further, by challenging the audience to if they trust the labels, as they very well could be false. Exactly how much trust does a viewer give the artist and how much should they?

On a tangential topic, trust is related to the idea of truth. This connects back to a philosophy question concerning art and how much truth does art reflect and how much distortion. Aristotle sums this nicely when he wr​ote, “The aim of art is to represent not the outward appearance of things, but their inward significance.” So what is truth in art, particularly in a piece that challenges perceptions?

The work developed further when the casts were broken open to determine if there was an object, what object, and what its condition was.

Plaster, black acrylic paint, and natural items (leaves, feathers, flowers, berries, etc), 2018. This was made for the class, Ordinary Artifacts.

Staged Filter

Staged Filter is a stop motion animation of the Filter Gallery, documenting the seven installations that went up between September 2018 and December 2018 in Edinburgh, UK.

Video:

Staged Filter

Catalog of Works:

The Filter Gallery

The catalog indicates the materials used in the individual installations. The film used digital processing as its medium, 2018. This was made for the class, Drawn from the City.

Aximand Garro

Dearon Flamewatcher

Geldvan Trimalfiod

Leomer Bronwen of the House of Merigold

Miltoneus Forscythe

Willem Triggs