On Tuesday the 3rd of December, I had another discussion with Mariana in which I discussed the direction of my work. We continued to talk about the spaces that were created by the linocut prints and the possibilities of their perceived scale. What is the difference between experiencing the linocut prints if they are on a wall, where they would feel very small, verses on a page, where they could take up the entire space.
I started to think about what could happen to create spaces/panels when putting the print rooms next to each other. How could they bleed into each other? How could those connections create new spaces.
Too, I started to realize that the works were perhaps becoming less about my own brother and more about the spaces that happen to be of psychological interest. How can spaces/our memory/visual interpretation of spaces reflect our psychology and perception.
Mariana pointed me in the direction of Peter Zumthor’s book ‘Atmospheres’, which addresses the psychology of spaces.
My prints are also bridging the gap between fine art and illustration, but Mariana pointed out that there are many artists who keep both as their practice, namely Paula Rego. She is an interesting artist because the communication of narrative goes both ways: she is inspired by classic folklore, and she also illustrates to accompany stories. He work offers a dark reinterpretation of narrative with a feminist twist, but her stories are largely figure based.
I like the idea of using classic narrative imagery as a scaffolding for a visual reinterpretation of story to create images that can have lives that stand alone as well as that accompany text.
This has clarified for me the space that I want to occupy with my work going forward. I am happy to let my work sit next to a story, but I also want to leave the spaces that I create up for reinterpretation.
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