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I find that the anticipation before a presentation is like running down the street naked, arms similar to those gasly machines  found outside a car shop, when for some reason beyond any fathomable explanation identifies a sale. Yes it’s true I have never been any good at presentations. Some actions that I have found counteract these nerve crushing sensations,  preparation and knowing that you know is key. I usually write queue cards, this time I chose to do an artist talk rather than a powerpoint. I spaced out the work in order of, days, video clips, sculpture, cross-over, links, performance and intended work…This helps for visual mapping of the talk and creates a pathway to travel from one space to another mentally and visually. In a way that can re-place you and I at the core of the intention and research reflection.

Images above taken by Glen Stoker.

I was asked whether the work was site specific in which I commented that they both were, Ann commented saying that she could see these’s two works anywhere. I replied that the nature of the work needs to be finalised here, the mana of things are too closely related here, that it would defy the spirit of the work. Ann mentioned that they’re a few places which such contradictions, and many islands.

However with these two work’s, such contradictions lie here,  where else would you find Mecca next to Burger King? A monster next to a gold angel? to which their faces are to resemble such familiarities. A mother town that asks for such a birthing , in a place of such squalor. Only a baby which strives on the power of innocence, could conquer such carnage.  However the plea itself could be so perplexingly beautiful that one cannot escape this place. I’ve been looking for a ‘place’ that resembles a wholly land, full of contrasting elements, honestly holy and dirty, it seems a place of wholeness. Yet it’s near to empty.


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