Reflective Report: Lisa Hannon: DVA264
Where do I start, as
you may have noticed where I start never turns out to be anywhere close to
where I finish? Neither does where I finish end up being anywhere near where I
saw myself going! Whilst in practice this can be extremely frustrating it is
also something I have learnt to embrace and enjoy.
Restricting myself in a
proposal, means restricting myself in my practice: so while my proposal was
entirely where I saw myself going at that time, the following week I felt
entrapped by it and had to find a way of starting again, moving forward.
I have discovered that
its not about knowing about where your going or about a “final piece,” neither
do I need to worry or stress myself with this not knowing. This knowledge is
allowing me to be more free.
Whilst I knew all along
where my interests lay, and what sort of impression I wanted my work to leave
on the viewer, I didn’t need to have restricted myself my stressing about how I
was going to do this. My tutorials with Craig were invaluable as without him
I’d probably still be worrying. Craig reassured me it was ok to be
experimenting and “playing” as my research and interests would come through in
my work by themselves, by forcing it would only confine my thoughts.
Ironically while I have
not met the specifics of my original proposal, I do feel that somehow by
looking at the relationships between my experiments and pieces that I have
started to tell my story to the viewer with each little piece in relation to
the other representing a different part.
Initially my research
started and was very much influenced by Pippi Lottie Rist, an artist who
creates the most beautiful environments and cultures which her viewers not only
experience but very much become a part of. This was something I wanted to do, to
not only create work that the viewer could enjoy, but something they could relate
and feel they became a part of.
In practice, planning,
or thinking I knew what I wanted to achieve meant I had no idea at all, so by
looking at different artist such as Helen Chadwick I was able to reopen my mind
to different options and by doing so free my practice.
I love how my work has
developed through my studio practice and pushing the boundaries found by
mistakes, experimenting and new techniques. This is something that I am
definitely going to push even further, I have some thoughts as to where Id like
this to go, but I’m not going to led this blind me.
For example, with the
work with my face casts, I’d like to start using precious metals, shrink them
even further and find new ways to create work from the original face mould.
The work with the
Dodecahedrons however, I see getting bigger: these pieces representing me
getting bigger/ stronger. They represent me trying pulling together all the
mayhem in my mind into a precise carefully constructed object to present to the
viewer as I present myself to the world everyday.
Again the study of my
mental state, perception and insight will be the foundation of my practice,
linking further into phrenology, possibly Freud and almost certainly Krishna
Murti.
“P: The moment you
posit something outside of consciousness, you are positing a state which may or
may not exist.”
KRISHNAMURTI
