creative dissent: an experiment in integrated art/life practice
mine is a nomadic practice, driven in part by the perpetual search for autonomous space within an increasingly dictated reality. nomadism can be a strategy for flexibility within a hostlie environment; it is also a way of encompassing a rich variety of people and places within the scope of your life-space. journeying is itself a space of being - for myself a fringe-space, on the edge of motorways, on the edges of countries, of people's lives.

since i created the untitled bookwork 'north, south, east', these journeys have not translated directly into another form of artistic presentation. the joureys, however, and the geographical, ecological and cultural encounters they engender, continue to inform my work and research on many levels. the attempt to communicate meaningfully with individuals from diverse backgrounds, and to do so within the space afforded by serially brief encounters, is a challenge which reveals much about the nature of language and perception, and demands a flexible and playful use of perspective. it can also be a fantastic way of honing ideas; in the face of diverse critique only that of which you are sure (and one can be sure also of an uncertainty) remains consistent.



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