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Friday, 7 September 2007

"It's this purposefully made box"

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About Play

Play was a long running arts project concluding in 2010 that explored the process of collage and assemblage in collaborative and individual ways. At this point artists Steve Joyce, Emma Johnson and Alex pearl presented their current state of play as they responded to found objects of all kinds. Previous participants were Marianne Koby Johnson, Margaret Willie and Jevan Wakins Jones.

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Steve Joyce

I am an artist and lecturer who works independently on arts projects as a curator and often working on Site-specific projects with others.

Metaphors, context and presence are recurring interest of mine. Working with objects and specific materials allows me to explore responses to presence and remoteness. I am intrigued by changing perceptions and like to play with the processes of encounter and contemplation. The use of disparate objects, forms or unusual configurations in the work creates a discontinuous image that allows the viewer to engage in personal interpretations.

The work I produce tends to be varied, although I work with collage & assemblage in some way, I also work in printmaking, photography and create installations. This is because I am constantly interested in processes and create new tasks, challenges or problems to overcome.
(steve Joyce 2007)


My work can be seen on:

www.stevejoyce.co

http://www.axisweb.org/seCVPG.aspx?ARTISTID=13054


http://www.creative-freelance.org.uk/

Under Observation

Under Observation
a tiny installation from 2009-10

Monumental Heads Installation

Monumental Heads Installation
Steve's work

Strategic

Strategic
Steve's more recent work

Emma Johnson

My work deals with issues of deconstruction and transformation, the recycling of materials, and the ambiguity of communication - as well as the obsessive repetitive actions used in the making of the work. Found objects are reconstructed into artworks which stand as a tangible and symbolic presence of the information contained within, but are virtually unreadable.

The work questions perceived symbolism by removing objects and images from their original context, deconstructing and recycling found materials, and rendering them "useless", or using them for something other than their intended purpose.

Even conceptual aspects can come from the materials themselves. Found objects are chosen for their inherent qualities – history – use, collections.

On a personal level, it is within my nature (a) to hoard / archive objects, and (b) deconstruct / destroy them. As an inherited trait, this interests me a great deal: not only do the objects themselves contain a history, but so does the obsessive way in which they are treated.

installation

installation
Emma's work

Tower (1 of many)

Tower (1 of many)
Emma's prototype for larger installation

Stack

Stack

More Books

More Books
A to Z

book reconstruction in progress...

book reconstruction in progress...

Emma's Links

  • http://www.axisweb.org/seCVPG.aspx?ARTISTID=11384
  • http://geocities.com/johnson_emmaj/

Alex Pearl

Alex Pearl makes things and then videos them before they fall apart. His work deals with chance and the things in life he doesn’t do very well - singing, dancing and telling jokes all feature. In 2007 his work has screened in Iceland and India and he recently appeared as artist in residence at Bury St Edmunds art gallery where he made films about death, smiling and bad thoughts . Alex is currently trying to show work on every continent (only two more to go).

Forest (detail)

Forest (detail)
part of a growing and increasingly precarious assemblage.

LINKS

  • www.stevejoyce.co
  • Alex Pearl
  • AN projects unedited blog
  • IP Art
  • Visual Arts Ipswich

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