Interview preparation .
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Consider who my interviewers will be.
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Consider my creative practice and the artists that have inspired my work.
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Consider my ideas, concepts and how they have translated into my practical work.
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My interviewers will consist of Jeremy Turner, Cian Quayle and Jack Welsh, each one of these individuals specialises in different areas within the creative industry.
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Jeremy is one of the interviewers and he is a member of staff that is clearly familia with my creative practice throughout my three years at Chester, this makes it comfortable to discuss my ideas with someone that already knows a bit about the background of my visual work. On the other hand Cian and Jack are less know to myself, Cian is a photography lecture and has viewed my work in pervious years through exhibitions and has had the opportunity to see some of my creative practice this year through my blog discussions, therefore he has little knowledge of my work but has had the opportunity to experience some of my completed pieces.
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Jack on the other hand is an external person who works within the creative industry and has never met me, this prospect is nerve- racking but I believe it gives me the valuable opportunity to have a fresh perspective on my creative journey as well as allowing me to build the confidence to talk about the concepts, ideas and work I have expressed throughout this year and in the future.
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Jeremy is head of the undergraduate program and within his own creative practice he chooses to specialise in sculpture, he creates work that often has a shock element to it and that appears bizarre or dangerous. His creations align with my own practice as I often like to shock, confuse and cause distortion yet I tend to do it in a two dimensional approach through print, drawing, paint and so on.
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Jeremy Turner's work as seen in this image.
Cian is a photography lecture that has a background in fine art, this is interesting as he cross over into multiple disciplines which is something I am interesting in doing in the future. Cian throughout his own creative process focusing on making work that concentrates on a theme entitled 'reverse journey' this includes him archival photography, photography from his childhood and photographic postcards. Cian's work links with mine through a shared themes as I am currently concentrating on my childhood, memories and experiences I have had throughout my life, yet my approach is extremely different as I am working in the context of text and imagery and graphical approaches to my subject matter.
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Cian Quayle work as seen in this image.
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Jack Welsh is primarily a writer that writes about art for the likes of double negative, he is also a freelance art producer. Jack writes about art exhibitions, current artwork and his own interests, this is extremely different to my practice I don't
particularly enjoy the writer element of my work, but I do understand that contextual research helps to solidify my practice.I believe my discussing my work with Jack I will gain an outside perspective on my joinery so far and this will allow me to reflect on my own work, as it will show me if my concepts and ideas are being translated into my visual language or whether I am missing certain elements in making my more more successful. Below is a link to jacks page where I have accessed and read some of his most recent work.
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Artistic and visual influences that have been key to my creative journey.
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When considering other aspects of my interview, I began to reflect on my artistic influences, the thoughts, concepts and ideas I have had in relation to my individual projects and if they had manifested in the way I had envisioned up until this point.
Through this critical reflection I began to understand firstly that I have been significantly impacted by the visual research I have undertaken for example my exploration into Pop Art has led me to create a studio project that was centred around my memories and experiences, yet it’s visual appearance has a nod to advertisements, cartoon imagery, a kitsch aesthetic and so on. Therefore, I have been influenced by the likes of Roy Lichtenstein, Andy Warhol, Eduardo Paolozzi and James Rosenquist and many more. The key figure from this movement that has been a significant part of my creative journey throughout this year and in my prior years is Eduardo Paolozzi, he has influenced because of the printing technique he used along with the highly complex and visually captivating combinations he created with a range of apposing, often bizarre imagery when paired together.
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Eduardo Paolozzi, Wittgenstein in New York, 1964, screen print on paper, 76.3cm x 53.8cm.
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Pop Art did not only inspire the visual part of my projects, it has influenced my approach to imagery and the idea of taking something that is mainstream, popular culture and the commercial world and have brought these subject matters into the realms of fine art. This is very much something I have tried to achieve; through the photographs I have chosen to use along with the graphical processes I have applied to my car park project and my studio practice project as demonstrated below.
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In relation to my more modern influences that have inspired my work that has come from the likes of Takashi Murakami, Andy Farr and Marco Ortolan. Each one of these artists produce extremely different work yet they all have aspects that I have been able to draw upon and take into my own visual work, for example: Takashi Murakami’s use of symbolic symbols to represent himself within his work, this will be a significant part of my future work. Whereas Marco Ortolan focuses on Venice and venation masks and this is significant to thoughts in relation to a final series.
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How I will present my work.
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The visual work I have decided shown in my interview will be done through a physical display, for example the range of small scale painting that have been produced on wood can be easy to manoeuvre from my house to the campus, whereas my large scale work will be shown on my iPad as I have a range of imagery that demonstrates my large scale work in a digital format. I have decided to present my work in these two ways as I have not only produced physical work like paintings, collage etc... I have also been experimenting with digital mix media work that has resulted in some highly successful outcomes, therefore I think it is a perorate to use my iPad as a platform to show how my work can not only exist in the world of fine art it could become commercial, it can be procured on a variety of different materials, different scales and so on.
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Thoughts after my interview experience.
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I have now completed this stage of my professional practice and it has been a wonderful experience. It has taught me to speak with confidence, believe in my own creative abilities, ideas and journey as well as allowing me to gaining some valuable insight into the interviewing process and collecting outside opinions on my artwork.
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When I started my interview I was rather nervous but I tried to channel that energy into conveying the passion I have for the artwork I create and after giving my talk to Jack, Jeremy and Cian I believe I achieved my goal. I say this as Jack gave me some feedback about how passionate I was and that I clearly knew what I was talking about when I was discussing my initial ideas for each piece of work. Jack also made me realise that although my work has personal memories attached to each piece that does not always come across to the viewer, which is perfectly fine as I began to understand that the most important part of this project was to create images or a complex narrative that people can interpret in their own ways.
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Overall this experiences was rewarding, exciting and extremely valuable, it not only allows others to connect and view your artwork, it allows you to have a conversation with other like minded invisibles that are industry professional which enables you to gather more inspiration, constructive criticism and praise for the work that you have put all your effort and enthusiasm into.
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