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Seminar Homework / Bridge 1


FINAL DRAFT  – Memory/ Sight

 

Demon Sharks

 

Though many years have passed I still remember the dream/night mare as though it was yesterday. So clearly from beginning to end. Seeing the sharks floating around in their prison like pools starving to have a bite of me with their razor like teeth. Their aggressive turns and red eyes much as though they were the devil’s pets, for did he send them there to torment my 6 year old self? Seeing them night by night as if was a video game I couldn’t not escape I would attempt to run either side dodging and jumping away from their ready jaws with my heart pumping faster than ever before. Maybe that attracted them more? the sound of my blood pulsating faster faster throughout my veins, perhaps it was a game for them too. But then maybe I knew what I was doing was messing with them too? Perhaps it was a game for the both of us, that neither could win but did we both know that the hole time? If they knew it was a game, what was their reward? Was it me? being the same as the rest of the food chain, but the food being myself as their reward. When I would get past the many pools and I find myself close to the end, that’s when it would happen. Although every time the dream would occur I would always forget this part as if I never saw it until it was too late or maybe that was just what my brain would do to me, was I tormenting myself to see if I could finally win?  I would jump the last pool and while doing so the last, the hungriest and the biggest of them all with its blazing red eyes close to the same colour as burning coal would swiftly and almost elegantly jump out of the water and get me as if it was easy for it. It could seem like he was placed there almost as a guaranty that if none of the other sharks succeeded in taking me that he would, sort of like a grim reeper. Do you think he knew what he was doing?  And then the game was over, but was it really? Because a few nights later it would come again as if I never saw it in the first place.

 

My Final Memoir using different techniques like water colour and cutting to help advance feelings like fear when reading it

 

I am an English multidisciplinary artist raised in London and refined in New York. I am constantly inspired by urban life and youth culture. The curious, enigmatic and often provocative elements of both urban life and youth culture help to fuel my work. In a sense the two are ever changing, innovating and growing, something I can relate to with my creative practise. I often pursue my projects down a political route and equality based themes, raising eyebrows and having people question themselves where I can. To Quote Banksy “Art should comfort the disturbed and disturb the comfortable”. Perhaps due to my English upbringing where sarcasm and self depreciation is a first language and my straight to the point nature has enabled me to dig deep into problems of our culture. Much of my work is in the form of social commentary. Including issues of racism, sexism, mental health and feminism. “Any form of art is a form of power; it has impact, it can affect change - it can not only move us, it makes us move” - Ossie Davis Being an Integrated design major has allowed me to explore many pathways as well as hone in on my strengths as an artists. The mediums in which I steadily shift between and frequently combine are fashion design, photography, styling, graphic design, documentary film and art. I like to go back to the routes of my practices wether it be working by hand or using analogue cameras in stead of digital as it installs me with a sense of fulfilment and an appreciation for the past. Though this may be my mantra I do not allow it to limit me. For example digital experimentation, most notably my mixed media work. In my process I am much of a documentarian as I like to see things through from beginning to the end, allowing myself to be at either ends of a garment or accessory’s timeline . In my photography and styling practices and I a keen collaborator and relish in any opportunity to work with a fellow artist or designer. Having Grown up in two of the fashion capitals of the world my senses have been heightened to sustainability and ethical practise with in the fashion and arts world. The pressures of being a Gen Z artist and designer having to fix the mistakes of those before us, creates non stop challenges. But what is art, if you're not challenged by it?

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