| Trish Scott Statement | ||||
My practice is process based and site responsive. Work I make is usually triggered by the context of a particular place or situation. My interest lies in exploring the different ways in which people engage with everyday objects and places, including the underlying (and often tacit) assumptions that shape interaction. My intention is firstly to reveal how patterns of behaviour relate to the material, political or historical dimensions of place, and secondly to re-negotiate these connections, overturning the ´natural´ order and challenging boundaries of perception, taste and conduct. My work generally takes the form of performative experiments; Collapsing process into output I instigate on-site tests which question, deconstruct, and reconfigure conventional forms of wisdom. These tests tend to focus on my own evolving position within a situation: Experimenting with factors such as duration and repetition I take seemingly natural practices to extremes, uncovering their inherent absurdity or contingency. I also manipulate the context of a situation in order to reveal the multiple and often incongruous connotations of a single act, utterance or object. Through simple interventions carried out in everyday space my aim is to facilitate an unexpected shift in perception that is playfully unsettling. Alongside performative work I use film, text and material traces to distill and recontextualise on-site processes for a wider audience.
|
||||