Art O'Clock

In order to sum up my project in a shorter post, here is my 550 word rationale to contextualise my work: The control we have as individuals is something that concerns me more as I grow older, due to me becoming aware of my own and others arbitrary positions in society. Growing up exposed me to the reality of my own choices, my own freedom and my own significance as an individual. "Man is condemned to be free"1 ; both a blessing and a curse. As a young person in society, what is my function? What will it be in 10 years? Can I control any of this?  Provoked by these anxieties, I pushed my ideas through multiple mediums to test the boundaries of control, chaos and freedom. Inspired by Zen philosophy and meditation, I have experimented ways of altering control in my work. This creates a work subject to chance/ result of chance. By removing control, I submit myself to allowing things to happen in their own way, the way of the 'tao', meaning path or way. 'Tao' i...

In this project I began with methods of changing my level of control on my work. Being interested in what it means to create raw art, without the expectation of creating good work, I wanted to try different experiments in order to create work using partially chance and part my subconscious abilities. From blind doodles to mapping things from memory, I liked the way my work began to have it's own voice: potentially a voice that wasn't mine. A part of me, unlocked by letting go of the anticipation of what I was supposed to make, draw, create. By removing certain familiar aspects of traditional drawing, for me in particular sight, I was able to create images completely separate from what was intended. What I'd intended to be the portrait of a person became an abstract doodle. Dennis Oppenheim inspired transfer drawings A5 A significant experiment in this process was inspired by the artist Dennis Oppenheim, who conducted a trial with a boy, who would draw an image on ...