Two things on their own might not mean anything, they don’t add up to something but when you put them together something new happens, there’s a new kind of dialogue between them which creates some sort of meaning. Is this how you feel when you are composing images from bits and pieces? Absolutely, there’s always a third ‘thing’ I’m looking out for, like a spark that gets the whole thing going when I combine unrelated images. Once that happens, it gets a lot easier to add or erase images because I can clearly see what direction to take, even if that direction leads to a mistake, that’s fine because it just means I’m adding more layers and depth to the picture. Juliet Prowse: Print / Acrylic on wood, 48 x 40 inches, £1000.00
How do you see your art branching out? I definitely want to edit more film, apparently it takes a certain type of person to sit there for hours on end going through footage, which I love doing. Also, I’m putting some music together for a side project so hopefully I can shoot and edit the video for that. But right now what I’m working on is making my collages bigger. Much bigger, and bigger is better, right? When did you start mucking about with bits of paper - how old where you, and did you use to cut up all your mother’s magazines? For me, collage is something quite recent; I got into it in the last 7 or 8 years. It doesn’t really feel like I’m making ‘a picture’; it feels more like therapy! Saying that, I remember trying to put together collages when I was about 16, it was a massive disaster so I left it until I was in my 30s at which point, I decided to give it another try.
Nancy Kwan: Print / Acrylic on wood, 48 x 40 inches, £1000.00
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